30 minutes a day.

​Thirty minutes of exercise may reduce depression symptoms, study finds

• A team led by Iowa State University recruited 30 individuals who were experiencing major depressive episodes to cycle at a moderate intensity or sit for half an hour.
• They were asked to fill out electronic surveys measuring symptoms of depression before, during and after the exercise period.
• Participants in the cycling experiments showed improvements in their depressed mood state throughout the period and all the way to the 75-minute post-exercise mark.

Thoughts

Research like this reaffirms the importance of being active. There are so many benefits that go beyond the physical. Personally and professionally, I have experienced this first hand. 

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