Scientists discover different effects of morning, evening exercise - ANI News

Copenhagen [Denmark], January 14 (ANI): Scientists still do not know why the timing of exercise produces different effects.

To gain a better understanding, an international team of scientists recently carried out the most comprehensive study to date of exercise performed at different times of the day.

Their research has shown how different health-promoting signalling molecules are produced by the body in an organ-specific manner following exercise depending on the time of day.

"A better understanding of how exercise affects the body at different times of day might help us to maximise the benefits of exercise for people at risk of diseases, such as obesity and type 2 diabetes," said Professor Juleen R.

This means that the sensitivity of different tissues to the effects of exercise changes depending on the time of day.

This allowed the scientists to detect hundreds of different metabolites and hormone signalling molecules in each tissue, and to monitor how they were changed by exercising at different times of the day.

The result is an 'Atlas of Exercise Metabolism' - a comprehensive map of exercise-induced signalling molecules present in different tissues following exercise at different times of the day.

Finally, the study identified new exercise-induced signalling molecules in multiple tissues, which need further investigation to understand how they can individually or collectively influence health.

"Not only do we show how different tissues respond to exercise at different times of the day, we also propose how these responses are connected to induce an orchestrated adaptation that controls systemic energy homeostasis," said Associate Professor Jonas Thue Treebak from CBMR at the University of Copenhagen, and co-first author of the publication.