{"id":2221,"date":"2022-06-30T00:25:11","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T00:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=2221"},"modified":"2022-06-30T00:25:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T00:25:11","slug":"move-yourself-happy-how-to-exercise-to-boost-your-mood-whatever-your-fitness-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=2221","title":{"rendered":"Move yourself happy! How to exercise to boost your mood \u2013 whatever your fitness level"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everyone knows the benefits of exercise: stronger muscles, more energy, weight management, better sleep. A mood boost is often tacked on as a bonus. But there is stronger evidence than ever before that movement not only improves your mental health, but also protects it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Depression is the fourth most serious disease worldwide, yet the psychological benefits of exercise have been overlooked, says Jack Raglin, a professor of kinesiology at the Indiana University\u2019s School of Public Health: \u201cThe evidence just keeps on coming.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fact, even if you were to exercise for the sake of your mind alone, it would be well worth doing \u2013 and the good news is, a little makes a big difference. Here\u2019s how to move yourself happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the full story at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2022\/jun\/29\/move-yourself-happy-how-to-exercise-boost-mood-fitness-level\">The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone knows the benefits of exercise: stronger muscles, more energy, weight management, better sleep. A mood boost is often tacked&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2222,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exercise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2221"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2223,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221\/revisions\/2223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}