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Degrees of Health

Muscles, Cancer & the Future of Exercise Medicine | Professor Mark Febbraio

14 Oct 2025

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What if your muscles could talk to your organs and maybe even prevent cancer? Here, Ben sits down with world-renowned exercise scientist Professor Mark Febbraio to dismantle the science behind myokines - molecules released by muscle that signal throughout the body.Insights covered in this episode:đź§Ş Myokines and inter-organ communication🦠 Exercise’s role in cancer prevention🧬 Inflammation, cytokines & what IL-6 doesđź§  The cognitive power of exercise & BDNF🏋️‍♂️ What type of training protects best and how much is too muchđź’‰ Why we don’t understand GLP-1 side effects yetđź§« The future of exercise mimetics & blood-based therapiesđź§  Why “we don’t know” might be science’s most honest answerFrom interleukin-6’s double life to how exercise blood can fight tumours, this one’s a digestible dive into how movement truly is medicine.Find Mark and papers reference in this episode:Google ScholarResearchGateExploring the benefits of red and infra light therapy? Our community receive 10% off via this linkWant to watch this on video? Subscribe on YouTubeInstagram  @degreesofhealthDisclaimer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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