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Article: Exercise is medicine.
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- Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine
- Article date:
- February 1, 2008
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Exercise and Mood
Throughout the vast majority of human existence, movement has been a necessity. It has allowed the migration of the species, been the chief means of acquiring food, and been the primary protection against danger. Movement provided the physiological stimulus needed to develop the fitness attributes required to survive in different environments. Movement is intimately tied to whole body function and is a powerful promoter of heart, lung, and muscle function. Increased movement directly influences blood flow and therefore metabolic function on a systemic level. The brain is a chief beneficiary of increased blood supply induced by movement, and it stands to ...
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