Posted by Cecilia on May 7, 2000, at 0:21:22
In reply to Exercise; Part II, posted by JohnB on May 5, 2000, at 16:42:34
> According to William Haskell, exercise expert an Stanford University Medical School, besides helping to keep fit, exercise "improves the ability of insulin to enter cells, so it lowers the risk of diabetes. It also lowers the risk of heart disease by improving blood clotting mechanisms, lowering triglycerides, and raising HDL (good) cholesterol."
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> "In our studies, exercise improved sleep in people with modest sleep dysfunction, that is, people who take a long time to fall asleep or who wake up frequently at night."
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> "Exercise isn't a panacea, but it has consistently been shown to help relieve (mild forms of) both depression and anxiety."It doesn`t seem to me that studies showing the benefits of exercise for depression could be very accurate since surely those who are able to make themselves comply with the exercise program are usually those who are less depressed to begin with.
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