The Claim

Twelve weeks of exercise training at 80–85% of maximum heart rate, performed five days per week, reverses hyperactivation of the mitochondrial fission protein DRP1 at serine 616 in skeletal muscle of obese adults with type 2 diabetes, resulting in elongated mitochondrial structure and reduced mitochondrial sphericity.

Source: 1602-P: Exercise Training Reverses Skeletal Muscle DRP1 Hyperactivation and Improves Respiratory Capacity in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

What the research says

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In plain English

When obese adults with type 2 diabetes exercise hard for 12 weeks, five days a week, their muscle cells start to fix broken mitochondria—making them longer and less round, which might help the cells work better.

See the scientific wording

Exercise training for 12 weeks at 80–85% of maximum heart rate, five days per week, reverses hyperactivation of the mitochondrial fission protein DRP1 at serine 616 in skeletal muscle of obese adults with type 2 diabetes, leading to elongated mitochondrial structure and reduced mitochondrial sphericity.

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: 1602-P: Exercise Training Reverses Skeletal Muscle DRP1 Hyperactivation and Improves Respiratory Capacity in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

    This study showed that when obese adults with type 2 diabetes exercised hard for 12 weeks, five days a week, their muscle cells’ energy factories became longer and less round because a problematic protein (DRP1) calmed down — exactly what the claim says.

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