Exercising regularly is a very important part of a healthy lifestyle. And, according to several studies, people who wear an active life have less probability of getting sick and higher probability to live a longer life.
In general, exercising allows you to be in better physical condition and also improves your mental health and the feeling of well-being. Most importantly, this doesn’t have to be energetic, as you can find ways to stay very active that fit into your life. everydaysuch as walking.
A detail that does not go unnoticed
As if that were not enough, researchers from the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) have recently revealed that the positive aspects of moderate physical exercise are good for those who practice it, but that its benefits benefit their children and are transmitted as inheritance even to the second generation, the grandchildren.
“We have done this work in laboratory mice. And we have discovered that the mice grandchildren of grandparents who exercised have more capacity to learning and memory“explained Dr. José Luis Trejo, CSIC scientific researcher at the Cajal Institute in Madrid and co-author of the study.
In depth
Most likely, it is mediated by a small group of “micro RNAs“that act by being transmitted from parents to children throughout the generations. These “micro RNAs” (miRNAs) are RNA small in size that are involved in physiological processes that govern normal brain function and that are capable of controlling gene expression.
And of course They constitute an epigenetic inheritance mechanism that is transferred to subsequent generations through sexual cells.
To take into account
And like all propertiesthe authors of the work have verified that adverse effects of a sedentary lifestyle – which many Spaniards currently lead – also have an impact on their offspring through them. mechanisms.
This finding, it should be noted, is key due to the current lack of evidence that support the transgenerational transmission of positive results derived from interventions on lifestyle targeting the brain and cognition.
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