The Claim

In spontaneously hypertensive rats, 10 weeks of aerobic exercise was associated with a 226% increase in microsomal GLUT4 expression in epididymal fat, and this increase remained unchanged after 4 days of detraining.

Source: Short-Term Detraining does not Change Insulin Sensitivity and RBP4 in Rodents Previously Submitted to Aerobic Exercise

What the research says

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Correlation
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In plain English

When rats with high blood pressure did 10 weeks of running, the amount of a specific protein in their belly fat jumped by more than double—and even after just four days of stopping exercise, that protein level stayed high.

See the scientific wording

In spontaneously hypertensive rats, 10 weeks of aerobic exercise was associated with a 226% increase in microsomal GLUT4 expression in epididymal fat, which remained unchanged after 4 days of detraining.

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: Short-Term Detraining does not Change Insulin Sensitivity and RBP4 in Rodents Previously Submitted to Aerobic Exercise

    The study found that after 10 weeks of running on a treadmill, fat cells in rats had more than double the amount of a key protein (GLUT4) that helps with sugar control, and even after just 4 days of stopping exercise, that protein stayed high — exactly what the claim says.

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