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Addiction to exercise[]
Physical exercise releases opioid peptides or endorphins, opiates that exhibit synergetic effects with other neurotransmitters, causing exercise euphoria, also known as "runners high",[1] and causing addiction to physical exercise and possibly decreased sex drive. This usually leads to over-exercising; a person suffering exercise addiction is often described as a "gym rat", "body nazi", "exercise freak", etc.
Stopping excessive exercise suddenly can also create a change in mood. Feelings of depression and agitation can occur when withdrawal from the natural endorphins produced by exercise occurs.
Exercise and anorexia nervosa[]
Does exercise helps brain function[]
In the long term, exercise helps the brain by:
- increasing the blood and oxygen flow to the brain
- increasing growth factors that help create new nerve cells
- increasing chemicals in the brain that help cognition[2]
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs nameduusitalo - ↑ Parker-Pope, T. (2001). For a Healthy Brain You Really Need to Use Your Head -- Physical and Mental Exercise Can Stave Off Mental Decline. The Wall Street Journal Europe, November 26, 2001, 8. Retrieved October 5, 2006, from ProQuest database.