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Exercise to Reduce Stress

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An increased heart rate means that more oxygen, natural sugars, and blood will be circulating throughout the body, including to the brain. Oxygen and sugars help your brain to think more clearly and be alert. At the same time, increased blood flow carries waste products away from the brain cells. These accumulated waste products are produced by expended energy from the thinking process.

An exercise session can redirect your focus to controlling the movements of your body, or, in the case of a competitive sport like tennis, to winning the game. The brain cells have an opportunity to be rested and restored during exercise.

Exercise can also raise your confidence in your abilities.

Exercise gives the thyroxine and adrenaline produced by your body a mechanism by which to expend themselves. Rather than unleashing the negative emotions of anger, frustration and irritability, the stress hormones deplete themselves and are replaced with increasing levels of the exercise chemicals serotonin and endorphins.

How Does Serotonin Reduce Stress?

This important neurotransmitter aids in the transference of signals from one neuron to another. Studies have found that people who suffer from depression have low levels of serotonin.