How Exercise Can Change Your DNA
Scientists discover that physical activity leads to beneficial changes in gene activity, even after a single workout.
http://healthland.time.com/2012/03/07/how-exercise-can-change-your-dna/
More bla bla bla exercise or die horribly from preventable diseases bla bla bla. I was a bit surprised to see that genes were being _de_ methylated as based on my (now clearly ancient) understanding of gene regulation methylation was considered mostly irreversible (methylation generally results in a gene that won’t be expressed). To see that the methylation was reversed so quickly (within 20 minutes) was amazing. It gives some hope to the reports of methylation changes (also now often referred to as ‘epigenetics‘) due to environmental factors can be reversed.
Now, get off your butt and get your heart rate up!
