Can exercising actually increase stress rather than reduce it?
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exercise is clincly proven to reduce stress, whem done in moderation and on a consistant basis..
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Some people are born more suseptable to stress than others. \nOthers, seem to become stressed from problems they are now facing.  \n\nI would say that people in the corporate world, people in bad relationships, teens, parents of teens, and working moms with infants have a lot to stress over.  Not to mention people who are prone to anxiousness to start with.\n\nExercise is a good stress reliever--even walking can help.  Punching something like a pillow (not a person or wall) can help.  In my family we yell and scream (but do not hit).\n\nI understand that B vitamins help--but check to see which ones and how much of each to take.
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Too much exercise can be harmful. The body needs sufficient rest, which is why most health experts say one should exercise every other day or 3 times a week. Without proper rest, the chance of stroke or other circulation problems increases, and muscle tissue may develop slowly.\n\nOver-exercising does more harm than good. For many activities, especially running, there are also significant injuries that occur with poorly regimented exercise schedules. In extreme instances, over-exercising induces serious performance loss. Unaccustomed overexertion of muscles leads to rhabdomyolysis (damage to muscle) most often seen in new army recruits.\n\nStopping excessive exercise suddenly can also create a change in mood. Feelings of depression and agitation can occur when withdrawal from the natural endorphins produced by exercise occurs.\n\nExcess is unhealthy. Exercise should be controlled by each body's inherent limitations. While one set of joints and muscles may have the tolerance to withstand multiple marathons, another body may be damaged by 20 minutes of light jogging. This must be determined by each exerciser.
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try exercise, but dont overdo it.
379231
It depends on how much strain is involved.  If the strain is nothing in excess, the more exercise the better.
909888
Too much stress and not enough exercise come to mind
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1 is correct.\n2 isn't too bad but exercising would be better than practising.
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to a very limited extent yes. its the worry benefit ratio.\nwhen you worry a little there is benefit. as you keep worring more and more....the increase in benefit is very little. \n\nalso worry take a lot of energy and time (brain time).\n\nthe benefits of worrying beyong a certain extent are too mintue. however the amount of energy and time -- such worring would take -- would be huge. This causes other problems.\n\nunless taking a huge risk...why worry so much?\nand also...why take a huge risk anyway.....specially if you worry a lot.\n\n\n\nMoral/Take away is \n\nthat generally --\n\nits much more beneficial to not worry beyond a certain point and invest that energy on getting excited about things.
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Stress can directly and indirectly contribute to general or specific disorders of body and mind. Stress can have a major impact on the physical functioning of the human body. Such stress raises the level of adrenaline and corticosterone in the body, which in turn increases the heart rate, respiration, and blood pressure and puts more physical stress on bodily organs. Long-term stress can be a contributing factor in heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke and other illnesses.
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Even for the disabled, exercise is critical for maintaining function and mobility.  Exercise not only helps maintain muscles, but the endorphins that are released are a nice boost to metabolism and mood.  That means that excercise can be a great way to relieve stress and promote fitness.  It is important to build up to a regular level sensibly and to follow a regular schedule.  I like to think of it as a regular part of daily life.\n\nI think being as fit as you can also assists you to function mentally and physically at leisure activities more easily.\n\nFollowing a sensible diet will help control fat too.  It's not really more time consuming to cook from scratch than to go through fast food chains.  Next time you make yourself a sandwich, just pay attention to how long that took; did it take more time than to drive somewhere?  I'll bet that sandwich you made was healthier than what you'd get through drive-through.\n\nGood luck!
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Try reducing stress dot net.\nI think I saw a related article there.\n( http://www.reducingstress.net )
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yes stress can make big changes in your period, as can increased or decreased exercise.  heck, just be happy it's lighter for a change!
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Yes it could work. But still excercise is the better thing to do.
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Yes, prolonged stress can indirectly increase your weight. Why?\n\nWhen you're stressed your body releases a hormone known as Cortisol. One of its functions during prolonged stress periods is to breakdown lean body mass (muscles) into amino acids to be turned into glucose (energy). When your muscle mass decreases, your metabolism will simultaneously decrease as well. This means that your body will start lowering its metabolic rate (burning less and less calories than usual) to preserve itself, causing a weight gain (fat in this case) whilst carrying normal diet and maintaining level of calories.\n\nThis process is known as catabolism or a catabolic state of metabolism.\n\nHope this helped,
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In fact it does, exercise helps blood flow to all body parts and that is the secret. Just don't exercise to death in order to be a jenius that wont happen ...lol
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I would say that the guys above are on the right path.  It just varies from individual to individual how you deal with stress, some people eat more and veg out, while other people work out to relieve stress, and still others eat less.\n\nOne thing you should NOT buy into are the claims that an overactive production of cortisol will make you fat.  This is just advertising to make you buy something you do not need.   Read the below and visit the url to find out more about the myth of cortisol.  Good Luck!!!\n\nDoes stress make you fat?\n\n"No. If it did, then everyone who is stressed would be gaining fat. Many people lose weight while under stress. In some studies, test subjects with the highest cortisol levels lost the most weight. Stress, by itself, does not increase body fat. However, if stress stimulates appetite and leads to overeating, then the excess calories from stress eating can make you fatter."
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The answer is no. It's not healthy and it does no good to stress about anything, especially something you have no control over. Just let things flow and try not to stress, you'll be fine.