Sunday, August 04, 2019
Maybe the old cartoons were right?
Via Eurekalert, an intriguing bit of research.
In the face of diabetes, a common condition in which glucose and levels of destructive inflammation soar, whole body vibration appears to improve how well our body uses glucose as an energy source and adjust our microbiome and immune cells to deter inflammation, investigators report. For the first time they have described how regular use of whole body vibration can create this healthier mix by yielding a greater percentage of macrophages -- cells that can both promote or prevent inflammation -- that suppress rather than promote.In earlier decades, whole-body vibration was supposedly used for weight loss. These vibrating rollers and vibrating belts: were often seen in movies and cartoons. I've never seen them used in real life, and doubted that they could do any good. Maybe these machines did some good after all. How?
Our microbiome, like a casserole, is in layers and one way whole body vibration may work is by rearranging those layers, Baban says, but they reiterate that no one is certain just how whole body vibration works in this or other scenarios....Makes sense. The machines were allegedly breaking up the fat around the gut, but they were ALSO vibrating the gut itself. Like flossing, breaking up a biofilm stops the damage.
Labels: Asked and partly answered
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