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Tag: Fitness

Well-Exercised Mice Passed Natural Fitness to Their Male Offspring, But Not Through DNA
Physiology

Well-Exercised Mice Passed Natural Fitness to Their Male Offspring, But Not Through DNA

October 16, 2025October 16, 2025

What if there were a way that didn’t involve CRISPR to give your offspring a natural talent for athletics?…

One Exercise Session or Disturbed Night of Sleep Still Affects Cognition Weeks Later
Physiology

One Exercise Session or Disturbed Night of Sleep Still Affects Cognition Weeks Later

October 15, 2024

The everyday effects of sleep, exercise, heart rate, and mood—both good and bad—could linger in our brains for over…

Physiology

Endurance Athletes And Their Lactate-Consuming Athletic Gut Bacteria

June 25, 2019

There are hypotheses that athletes, particularly endurance athletes can alter their microbiome to include species of bacteria which aid…

Physiology

English University Investigates Hunter-Gatherer Style Exercise Pattern As Public Health Initiative

May 5, 2019

Across the pond, the British National Health Service has given a 2.2 million pound grant to Loughborough University to…


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Julien Torres October 4, 2025

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