David Sinclair· PhD
Muscles are an endocrine organ. When you move, they release molecules (myokines) that protect your brain, heart & immune system
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Muscles are an endocrine organ. When you move, they release molecules (myokines) that protect your brain, heart & immune system
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you Flex the muscle and it releases essentially signaling molecules into the body
in addition to lactate exercise intensity also affects the muscles ability to produce other compounds known as myocin so these are molecules released from muscle cells that signal to nonmuscle tissues that the body is physically active
the key here is I think that exerc um exercise intensity and or duration are really what increase myokine levels
generally speaking the greater the intensity of exercise the greater the myokine release again it's one of those you're putting stress on the muscles and the the muscles are then forced to adapt and one of the adaptations is releasing myocin again um duration also matters so the harder and the longer the muscles work the greater the myokine release