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86Thousand400: Fighting our Instincts
The human body is built for regular physical activity. 10,000 years ago everyone was a hunter gatherer and life was marked by periods of...
86Thousand400: Stress and Fat
Cortisol wears a number of different hats during the stress response, one of which is that of traffic cop for metabolism. Cortisol takes...
86Thousand400: The Underlying Connection
We learned in the early 1990s that Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) protects neurons against cortisol in areas that control mood,...
86Thousand400: The brain, depression & exercise link
When drugs don't work, exercise does. As of yet no-one has been able to find an antidepressant without side effects. MRI scans point...
86Thousand400: Prozac Vs Exercise
Prozac is the mother of a class known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), which prevent serotonin from being recycled at...
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