August 10, 2018
According to a study conducted between 2011 and 2015 on 1.2 million Americans, physical exercise can effectively fight against depression.
Participating in sports is essential for mental health
Dance, running, football, tennis, basketball, rugby, martial arts, table tennis … All physical activity is good as long as it is appropriate for your health. Moreover, they are essential. A person who does not exercise is more easily depressed than an individual who practices any regular sporting activity.
Playing sports is so important that even doing housework could help improve the mental health of an individual who does not participate in any sports activity, according to a study carried out between 2011 and 2015 on 1.2 million Americans. According to the results of the experiment: ” People who are physically active report 1.5 days less of poor mental health per month compared to those who are not active “. In other words, playing sports is essential to maintain good morale.
Not playing sports could promote depression
According to the researchers who carried out this study, it takes 45 minutes of sport a minimum of three times a week to have a body and mind in good shape. A finding that is not surprising, because it is commonly accepted that sport helps to secrete endorphins, hormones linked to the cerebral pleasure sphere, which help to feel happy.
The researcher from the American University of Yale who led this investigation, Adam Chekroud, also pointed out that a person’s relationship to physical activity can have double-edged consequences. He explains that the relationship between physical activity and depression reduction “ could go either way : Inactivity could be a symptom and factor of poor mental health, and activity could be a sign of or contribute to resilience “.
