Exercise helps connect the pancreas, bones and fat cells

Most people know that exercise is good for you, and even if you're not trying to get ripped any amount of movement can improve your overall health. Scientists are constantly finding more benefits of working out, and recent research suggests that working out can lower the risk of diabetes and have positive implications for bone health.

Researchers from the Georgia Health Sciences University have discovered that cells in the bones, fat and pancreas all seem to be communicating with one another, and that exercise can increase bone strength and lower an individuals chance of developing diabetes. Norman Pollock, Ph.D., a bone biologist at Georgia University, explained the connection between these cells.

"The idea is that bones can possibly sense environmental stimuli such as being physically active or sedentary and dictate energy regulation accordingly," he said. "When osteocalcin is released [through exercise] in your blood, that hormone is talking back to the adipocytes, the cells that store fat, and the pancreatic cells that release insulin to improve energy metabolism."

This adds further evidence that working out increases health in all areas of the body, including unexpected ones such as the pancreas.