Dr. Mark Hyman

It reduces inflammation.

It helps you produce more mitochondria and help them work better and be more efficient.

and and have better function because mitochondria is where you make energy and as you get older you lose energy so you want to boost that it also keeps you strong and functional you know i just came back from skiing out in switzerland and i had a really great time it was a privilege to be able to go there and i was amazed like i was just skiing along like i was when i was 30 or 40 and i i was probably going a

You know, I like to do that.

And, you know, I felt strong and able to do it.

And it was keeping up with people half my age.

So I think the body has the capacity at an age to do this.

It also makes you happier and improves your mood and even improves your sex life, believe it or not.

So what does the research say?

Let's talk about some of the nitty gritty about how it works.

If you really, you know, maybe you want to know about the science, maybe that'll motivate you.

It probably doesn't motivate most people, but it kind of gets me all excited.

I kind of like that.

I'm a little weird.

But it really, the research is just, it's just unbelievable about exercise.

When I started to dig into, you know, obviously you can look at exercise in anything and search on PubMed and learn about it.

But I started to look at exercise and longevity and what it does.

So we covered a little bit of this, but I want to sort of expand on it.

It improves your telomeres, which are little caps at the end of your chromosomes that start to shorten as you get older and shorten your life.

It actually lengthens your telomeres by exercising.