New research from the Department of Health published in October 2017, reported 12 per cent of cases of depression could be prevented with an hour of exercise each week.
Up your workouts to three a week and you could reduce your risk of depression by 30 per cent.
Other research shows that depression relapses were less likely and more likely to partially recover or completely recover.
See the data here – https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/216370/dh_128210.pdf
In other research, stress was found to be reduced when exercising.
A team of neurologists at Stanford Medical School, U.S., studied brain scans and found regular exercisers have more grey matter in the prefrontal cortex, which governs stress-management.
Research has shown that exercise is clinically proven to stimulate serotonin, your natural feel-good neurotransmitter.
See the data here – http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2011/12/29/a-conversation-about-the-science-of-willpower/
