Miller recommends people who want to boost their mood by exercising pick a program that is easy and enjoyable for them to do for an extended period of time. “The problem is that it is a lot easier to take an antidepressant than to go on a regular exercise program.”įor that reason, Dr. “In some ways, exercise at a certain level can actually be, for some people, the equivalent to taking an antidepressant,” he says.
Miller, member of the Department of Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Mental Health Letter. “There has been a lot of debate about whether exercise is helpful for mood and it turns out that it is,” says Dr. Feeling a little down in the dumps? It turns out that a modest exercise program - even just taking regular walks - can improve your mood significantly.
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