Chinese study shows that exercise leaves an invisible legacy in your child’s DNA that you wouldn’t even have imagined

We already know that during pregnancy, everything the pregnant woman eats or does directly influences the baby. But did you know that parents can also “transmit” the effects of their own lifestyle, even before conception? A new study published in Cellular metabolism shows that regular exercise by the father, before fertilization, can improve the physical resistance and even the metabolism of future children. The research was carried out by a team from Nanjing University, China, and analyzed how small RNA molecules present in sperm carry biological information capable of altering the development of an individual or couple’s offspring, sons and daughters.

Study reveals that paternal physical exercise modifies children’s resistance and metabolism

Physical exercise is fundamental in everyone’s life. According to the World Health Organization, exercise has benefits for physical and mental health, from strengthening muscles, preventing diseases like cancer and diabetes, reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety, and improving overall well-being. But what no one knew was that Children are also positively influenced by their parents’ physical activity.

To carry out tests to prove the theory, they decided to use science’s best friends: mice. They observed the animals and separated them into two groups: sedentary males And men trained in resistance exercises. THE…

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