According to these folks exercise does more than just make is slimmer, faster and etc.
The last paragraph of the article says it all...
In the meantime, the study underscores, again, the importance of staying active. Both the control mice and the genetically modified group had “normal background levels of autophagy” during everyday circumstances, Dr. Levine points out. But this baseline level of cellular housecleaning wasn’t enough to protect them from developing diabetes in the face of a poor diet. Only when the control animals ran and pumped up their intracellular trash collection did they regain their health.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/...eaning-for-the-body/
What I do: http://app.strava.com/athletes/345699
The last paragraph of the article says it all...
In the meantime, the study underscores, again, the importance of staying active. Both the control mice and the genetically modified group had “normal background levels of autophagy” during everyday circumstances, Dr. Levine points out. But this baseline level of cellular housecleaning wasn’t enough to protect them from developing diabetes in the face of a poor diet. Only when the control animals ran and pumped up their intracellular trash collection did they regain their health.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/...eaning-for-the-body/
What I do: http://app.strava.com/athletes/345699