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. 2019 Aug;15(8):440-441.
doi: 10.1038/s41574-019-0229-z.

Timing tweaks exercise

Amandine Chaix  1 , Satchidananda Panda  2
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Timing tweaks exercise

Amandine Chaix et al. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2019 Aug.

Abstract

Exercise is the elixir of health. However, timing can boost or blunt exercise performance and health benefits. Two complementary studies used transcriptomic and metabolomic tools to dissect how time of day affects the impact of exercise. The findings open new avenues for optimizing timing of physical activity to boost its benefits further.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests

S.P. authored “The Circadian Code” for which he collects author royalty. A.C. declares no competing interests.

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