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Diet and Exercise Evolution: Adaptation (part I) -- Theory
Adaptation is the most important weight loss concept you can learn. The human body adapts to the pressures it is put under with the goal of prolonging life. Your body wants to survive as long as possible, and it will adjust its internal workings...
Exercise equipments and home gyms , what's the hype
Exercise equipments and home gyms , what's the hype
Exercise bikes are long being considered the magical exercise equipments and may continue to do so as they are really worth the hype.
There are two types of exercise bikes, the stationary ones...
Exercise The Right Way - The Lat Pulldown
Other articles in this series looked at a number of exercises, mainly from the perspective of developing a comprehensive muscle building program. Sometimes we take things for granted, especially when it comes to performing the basic exercises that...
How Exercise and Beta-Glucan Help the Immune System
It is thought that moderate exercise, such as speed walking, jogging, and aerobics may enhance your body's natural resistance to infection. This is due to that fact that this kind of physical activity activates the release of immunostimulatory...
Six Tips to Keep Up Your Exercise Motivation
The next time you start to slide with your exercise program, stop! On again off again exercise will never get you the results you want. Instead, use these six tips to stay on track and achieve and achieve your desired fitness goals: 1.Don't beat...
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Mayo Clinic: Exercise combats depression and anxiety
This excellent article from MayoClinic.com shows the growing recognition that exercise should be a component of any anti depression and anti anxiety treatment program.
The Mayo Clinic article cites the following: "there's substantial evidence that exercise can enhance mood and reduce symptoms of depression" AND
"One of the physiological mechanisms that may be at work is an increase in levels of certain mood-enhancing neurotransmitters in the brain. In addition, exercise may boost feel-good endorphins, release tension in muscles, diminish sleep abnormalities, reduce levels of the stress hormone cortisol and even increase body temperature, which has calming effects."
It's likely that no one single biological or psychological factor associated with physical activity is responsible for improving depression and anxiety. Just as mental disorders often have many different causes, exercise acts in many different ways.
"There's plenty of evidence to suggest that exercise is important for emotional well-being and is helpful in reducing symptoms of depression," Dr. Vickers-Douglas says. "It's true that less is known about how exercise affects mood. But there's no reason to wait until the direct, indirect and interactive influences of physical activity on mental health are fully understood. You can start taking advantage of the benefits of physical activity now."
Some people have the idea that being physically active is supposed to be easy and natural," Dr. Vickers-Douglas says. "Some think of it as just having enough willpower. But that really oversimplifies it and can make us feel like failures. You can't just rely on willpower. Identify your strengths and skills and apply those to exercise. Change isn't simple, but taking a series of simple steps in the right direction can be very effective. Just figure out what is the very first step for you."
Please consider exercise as one the weapons to fight depression. Unlike some of the pharma treatments, the side effects of an active exercise program are all huge positives.
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