For many years, physical exercise has been considered a tool to compensate for excesses, a kind of modern penance to pay for our sins. Under this approach, many conceive the gym as the true “hell” where they burn extra calories.
Nothing is further from reality! In the year 2000, the exerquinas, molecules that had always been there but about which we knew very little. Twenty years later, and although they have many surprises What to give us, today we are clearer about the life, work and miracles of the exerquinas. And I tell you what they are a revolution for the concept of physical exercise. If you haven’t heard of them yet, pay attention because they will soon be making headlines.
During exercise our muscles contract and small injuries are generated in the muscle fibers. In 2000 it was discovered that, in response to these injuries, the interleuquin-6 (IL-6), a protein that acts as a signal in the body. Until then, the release of IL-6 was considered worrying, because it was believed to be just a inflammatory molecule.
However, in several studies it was observed that, in reality, far from being harmful, this molecule was a kind of referee that, when there is dangerous game, points out the foul so that order can be established on the field. Acts as a inflammatory signal to indicate muscle damage and stimulate repair, but at the same time it can have anti-inflammatory effects to limit the tissue from becoming too inflamed. Quite a change of concept.
It is moleculesas the IL-6which our body generates with physical exercise, are included in the so-called myokines and exerchins. Quinas comes from the Greek kein, “movement.” Are the molecules of movementwhich are released in the muscle during physical exercise, but also in different organs.