{"id":50126,"date":"2024-06-02T01:49:45","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T15:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=50126"},"modified":"2024-06-02T01:49:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-01T15:49:45","slug":"exercise-protects-against-heart-disease-by-lowering-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=50126","title":{"rendered":"Exercise Protects Against Heart Disease by Lowering Stress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-50127\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/exercise-lowering-stress-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"exercise lowering stress\" width=\"666\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/exercise-lowering-stress-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/exercise-lowering-stress.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_0\">A reduction in stress-related brain activity may be behind some of exercise\u2019s heart health benefits<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_1\">People with higher levels of physical activity had lower stress-related activity in the brain and a 23% lower risk of developing cardiovascular disease compared to those who didn\u2019t exercise regularly<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_2\">Stress signals in the brain are linked to inflammation, hardening or thickening of the arteries, increased blood pressure and higher sympathetic nervous system activity<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_3\">Exercise was about twice as effective in lowering cardiovascular disease risk among people with depression<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_4\">If you\u2019re middle-aged or beyond, focus on fun, social and moderate-intensity exercise; too much vigorous exercise can backfire<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2024\/05\/24\/exercise-lowering-stress.aspx\">https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2024\/05\/24\/exercise-lowering-stress.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reduction in stress-related brain activity may be behind some of exercise\u2019s heart health benefits People with higher levels of physical activity had lower stress-related activity in the brain and a 23% lower risk of developing cardiovascular disease compared to those who didn\u2019t exercise regularly Stress signals in the brain are linked to inflammation, hardening &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=50126\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Exercise Protects Against Heart Disease by Lowering Stress&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50126"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50128,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50126\/revisions\/50128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}