06 Exercise and depression
" Mens sana in corpore sano" (A sound mind in a sound body) Worldwide, 350 million people suffer from depression. Common symptoms include a depressed mood, and feelings of sadness, fatigue, sleep disruption, changes in appetite and body weight, reduced interest in life events, hopelessness, and suicide. Major risk factors include female gender, physical inactivity, family history, stress social isolation and a chronic health condition. The greater involvement in regular exercise, the less is the risk for clinical depression. Exercise is an all-natural treatment to fight depression Regular exercise can boost your mood if you have depression, and it's especially useful for people with mild to moderate depression. Exercising starts a biological cascade of events that results in many health benefits, such as protecting against heart disease and diabetes, improving sleep, and lowering blood pressure. High-intensity exercise releases the body's feel-g...