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More importantly is having a variety of moderate exercise mixed in throughout the day. Your lymph system relies on the movements of your skeletal muscles to pu
by IX-103 5y ago
More importantly is having a variety of moderate exercise mixed in throughout the day.
Your lymph system relies on the movements of your skeletal muscles to push anything not water soluble through your body. This includes fats, various local inflammation signaling molecules, etc.
- hanniabu 5y agoInteresting, had no idea about that with the lymphs
- lm28469 5y agoI think this is one of the most important health information most people have no idea about. When you feel sick don't stay in bed, go for walks, a large part of your immune system is passive and rely on muscle contraction to work optimally.
- GuB-42 5y agoI have doubts about that. The feeling of sickness is basically our body telling us not to move. Sick animals also don't move much. And a common reaction to being sick is shivering, so maybe the body is already compensating for the lack of movement.
- jameslk 5y ago> When you feel sick don't stay in bed, go for walks, a large part of your immune system is passive and rely on muscle contraction to work optimally. Do you have a source for this? I haven't heard this before and genuinely want to learn more about it. A cursory Google search didn't find anything related to this
- georgeashworth 5y agoNot the OP, but: https://www.mdanderson.org/publications/focused-on-health/exercise-and-the-lymphatic-system.h20-1592991.html#:~:text=And%20every%20step%20you%20take,muscles%20to%20make%20it%20flow https://www.mdanderson.org/publications/focused-on-health/ex....
- agumonkey 5y agoGuts too. Whenever I walk/jog/ride my BM are better. Nature likes to scavenge energy it seems.