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Exercise releases endorphins for mood improvement from "summary" of Habits of a Happy Brain by Loretta Graziano Breuning
When you move your muscles, they release endorphins, which are molecules that communicate pleasure to your brain. This is why exercise is often recommended as a way to improve your mood. Endorphins are not magical mood lifters, but they are one of the four happy chemicals produced in response to survival-related activities. They evolved to reward you with a good feeling when you do something that promotes survival. Endorphins are the brain's way of saying, "You did something right! Keep doing it!" Endorphins are released by other activities that promote survival too, like eating and socializing. But in the wild, our ancestors were active all day, unlike us. So we got hooked ...
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