Exercise and Mental Health

Exercise and mental health. we certainly do not doubt how exercise can provide many benefits to our health. exercise not only affects the physical health, but also for mental health. Exercise can be solution for mental health problems, such as stress and depression. Daniel M. Landers, professor of physical health and sports sciences from the University of Arizona, has found new evidence. so that adds a long list of positive effects of exercise. only just move your body for 10 minutes every day, we can maintain mental health and improve performance faster.

There are several benefits of exercise program for our mental health:

1. Reduce Stress
every human being will not be able to escape from stress. Our lives are always surrounded by stress. many sources of stress are approaching towards us. so that the stress needs to be managed so as not to cause bad effects that make us worse off. can even go into depression. And one solution is to sports. recreational sports including forms that can distract us from our problems. Regular exercise can improve blood circulation to the brain, because the heart is working optimally to pump blood to the brain. the better supply of oxygen to the brain, the easier we achieve relaxation.

2. Optimize brain function

Exercise routines can improve the reaction, concentration, coordination, creativity and mental health. nerves to be stimulated and trained so as not to die quickly. this is because of brains get an adequate supply of oxygen to perform its functions optimally.

3.  Increase secretion of Endogeneus opioids hormon.
In the wonders of the human body, scientists recently have discovered a hormone system that serves as the morphine-called endogenous opioids. It is enough to attract attention because its receptors found in the hypothalamus and limbic system of the brain, areas associated with emotion and human behavior.
Endogenous opioid system of hormones, one of which is beta-endorphin, not only reduce feelings of pain and gives strength to face cancer alone, but also adds memory, normalize appetite, sex, blood pressure and ventilation.
When exercising, the pituitary gland adding a product of beta-endorphin, and as a result of beta-endorphin concentration increased in the blood that are drawn also to the brain, thus reducing pain, anxiety, depression and feeling tired.

4. Stimulate alpha waves
Research shows that exercise, there is the addition of alpha waves in the brain. Alpha brain waves have long been known that associated with relaxed and relaxed as when meditating. Alpha waves are seen at a jog for 20 to 30 minutes, and can still be measured after the exercise ended.
The researchers suggested that increasing the power of alpha waves contribute to the psychological benefits of exercise, including reduced anxiety and depression.

5. slows aging
Recent studies prove that with only mild exercise such as walking can help the body prevent the decline in brain power in older women. The longer and the frequent activities of walking is done, then the sharpness of the mind also is getting better.

Best results will be obtained by moving the body each week for nine weeks. "The activity need not be too high intensity, simply by wandering around, the important resources we can increase cardiac pacemaker," said Landers. "But the benefits of memory we will always be sharp."


6. Enhance the feeling of happiness
Exercise can stimulate spending endorphins, serotonin, adrenaline and dopamine. these hormones are hormones that stimulate feelings of happiness.
A survey in England reported a 83% suffering from depression depends on the activity of sport in improving mood and reducing anxiety. Exercise regularly for 16 weeks in people who had higher levels of depression are getting happy effect.

Research at Duke University show that 60% of patients with depression who underwent 30 minutes of exercise three times a week for six months can fight the pain without having to use a medicine doctor. But for people with severe depression certainly can not simply escape from the drugs. It's just that many physicians are now incorporating sporting activities in addition to their prescription medication sedation


7. Increase confidence
Now that confidence can be achieved not just by relying on physical beauty again. A case study in the U.S. proves that teens are active in sports have the same levels of confidence strong with their friends who have a body and a beautiful appearance.

This self-consistency lies in the results they get, namely a healthy body image and excellent physical strength, not merely obsessed with vigorous exercise because of physical figure of the model on the cover of magazine

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