The Claim
In healthy women, aging is associated with elevated baseline and post-exercise concentrations of TNF-α and a reduced IL-10 response following eccentric exercise, independent of muscle damage markers.
What the research says
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As healthy women age, their bodies show higher levels of the inflammatory marker TNF-α and lower levels of the anti-inflammatory marker IL-10 after eccentric exercise, even when muscle damage is accounted for.
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In healthy women, aging is associated with higher baseline and post-exercise levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokine TNF-α and lower anti-inflammatory IL-10 response following eccentric exercise, suggesting a diminished capacity to regulate inflammation with age, independent of muscle damage markers.
As women age, their immune cells become less able to turn off inflammation after exercise, so they keep producing TNF-α and fail to increase IL-10, even when muscle damage is the same as in younger women.
What the research says
1 studyOlder women had more inflammation and less anti-inflammatory response after intense exercise than younger women, even though both groups had the same level of muscle damage — showing that aging makes it harder for the body to calm down inflammation after physical stress.
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