To understand how regular exercise over many years affects fat tissue, a research team at the University of Michigan (USA) compared two groups of obese people:
The first group consisted of 16 people who exercised at least four times a week for at least two years—an average of 11 years.
Group 2 consisted of 16 people who had never exercised regularly but met other criteria such as body fat mass, weight, and gender.
Regular exercise is always good for your health.
The research team took samples of abdominal fat just beneath the skin from both groups.
The results revealed that obese individuals who exercised consistently maintained healthier abdominal fat tissue and were able to store fat more safely than those who did not exercise.
They possess unique structural and biological characteristics within adipose tissue, which helps to increase their ability to store fat more safely, according to the medical website Medical Express.
Specifically, people who exercise have more blood vessels, mitochondria, and beneficial proteins, and fewer inflammatory cells.
Meanwhile, those in the non-exercise group did not exhibit these characteristics.
"This is important because the healthiest place to store fat is the adipose tissue just beneath the skin," said lead researcher Dr. Jeffrey Horowitz, professor of exercise science at the University of Michigan. "Increasing the ability to store fat there through exercise will reduce the need to store fat in unhealthy places, such as visceral fat."
These differences are more pronounced in people who exercise regularly for many years compared to those who do not exercise.
Regular exercise alters fat tissue in a way that helps store body fat more healthily.
Professor Horowitz concluded: Regular exercise over months to years alters fat tissue in a way that helps store body fat more healthily if weight gain occurs – a common occurrence as people age.
Professor Horowitz noted: The important thing is that increased fat storage capacity doesn't mean increased body fat, but rather that if weight gain occurs—which often happens with age—this excess fat will be stored more healthily under the skin, rather than in the internal organs or accumulating in the liver or heart.
This also applies to fatty liver disease, which commonly occurs in overweight or obese individuals. Excess fat accumulates in the liver and can lead to conditions such as cirrhosis or liver cancer, according to Medical Express.
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