Banish Anxiety & Reduce Inflammation

PART ONE

One scientific reason why proper exercise helps anxiety and boosts mood 😁

"Hope molecules" are myokines (tiny proteins and peptides) secreted by muscle cells during muscular contraction.

They travel to the brain 🧠, cross the blood-brain barrier, and act as antidepressants. 

What are the positive effects of these “hope molecules?”

• Improve mood: Myokines can improve mood and resilience to stress 

• Reduce anxiety and depression: Myokines can reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression 

• Protect the brain: Myokines can protect the brain from the effects of aging

• Improve learning: Myokines can improve the ability to learn

How can you increase hope molecules naturally?

• Targeted physical rehabilitation

• Most forms of exercise

See you in the gym! 💪

PART TWO

Continue reading and learn a great way to avoid unintentionally deceiving your brain 🧠 and how to discontinue sabotaging your hard-earned progress. 

FACTS:

• The FDA emphasizes that high fructose corn syrup, as well as other added sugars, can increase the risk of diabetes and other health concerns.

• This addictive additive is so super prevalent, so much so that it's quietly included in many foods that don't even taste sweet.

• High fructose corn syrup consumption has been shown to increase your chances of visceral adiposity (excessive fat is dangerously deposited around the organs.

• This condition also exacerbates insulin resistance. 

• High fructose corn syrup also fails to stimulate leptin effectively, which impedes our experience of fullness after eating.

• This type of sugar has also been generally shown to worsen internal inflammation.

It's easy to see how the brain can be chemically fooled into overeating and the body repeatedly damaged by these negative consequences. 

Talk to your doctor or registered dietitian about the effects of high fructose corn syrup and artificial sweeteners in your diet as soon as possible!