Send us a text! We'd love to hear what you think of the podcast!Thanks for tuning in! Don't forget to like, subscribe, leave a review, and follow our social media pages @kickbackscience! In this week's episode, we discuss why muscle is the most important organ in your body!! If you think of muscle as an organ that just helps us move and lift heavy things, you've got it all wrong. Muscle is involved in nearly every aspect of our health. It is an incredibly unique organ that directly impacts the brain, heart, lungs, kidney, liver, etc. Muscle is absolutely essential to our overall health and longevity.Listen as we break down all the incredible research in the world of muscle. I promise you'll never think of muscle the same again!If you find the podcast content interesting, please like, share, subscribe, and follow! You can also submit feedback, comments, questions, or request the next podcast topic on our website (www.kickbackscience.com). We will answer submitted questions live during the podcast episodes! REFERENCES:Muscle declines with age: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcsm.13522https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8574623/Muscle has antiinflammatory properties: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40477-024-00917-5#:~:text=Skeletal%20muscle%20tissue%20showed%20a,%2Dinflammatory%20reactions%20%5B11%5DMuscle impacts the brain:https://academic.oup.com/biomedgerontology/article/77/10/1959/6602136?login=falseMuscle can treat symptoms of depression and anxiety: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/eip.13528#:~:text=We%20reported%20that%20resistance%20training,elevated%20depressive%20or%20anxiety%20symptomsMore muscle = longer life:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11147802/#:~:text=Performing%20any%20amount%20of%20weight%20training%20was%20associated%20with%20lower,observed%20among%20women%20than%20menIt's never to late to start!https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37875254/Support the show

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