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In older adults who exercise regularly, the contribution of beta-adrenergic receptors to resting energy use is detectable when energy expenditure is high but disappears when energy expenditure is lowered, suggesting that higher energy flux maintains this physiological mechanism.
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When older adults who exercise regularly stop working out and eat less, their bodies burn less energy at rest—and this drop is linked to their body turning down a specific energy-burning signal. The study shows that keeping up exercise and eating enough keeps this signal active, helping them burn more calories even when resting.
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