Oct 28, 2013
Exercise Reduces Anxiety
In a recent article, which appeared in the Columbus Dispatch, researchers found that regular exercise reduces anxiety. The study, which was published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, studied 3000 sedentary participants who had chronic illnesses but were able to exercise in sessions of at least 30 minutes. Compared with similar individuals who did not exercise, those who exercised had a 20 percent drop in anxiety symptoms. The amazing thing, that the study also confirmed, is that regular exercise helped with all kinds of health problems: cancer, depression, heart disease and fibromyalgia.
So why don’t more people exercise? The answer – I don’t know! If you engage in regular physical activity then you know how good it makes you feel and how bad you feel when you have to miss a workout. Most people go through their daily lives feeling tired, achy and stressed, thinking this is the way they are suppose to feel. When you think that 70 percent of the population does not participate in regular exercise it is no surprise we are currently faced with a health crisis in this country. The human body was designed to move, not sit at a desk all day! Moving is what keeps us alive! To be healthy, you need to challenge your body to move. It does not take a huge time commitment to accomplish this! It’s not how long you exercise its how hard you exercise that makes the difference.
You have one shot at life – “live healthy, live fit!”
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