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You know magnesium makes you feel good,
but you know what else makes you feel good?
A little bit of exercise, and I'm gonna explain to you
exactly why it's happening.
And a little bit of a forewarning,
it's not endorphins like you think it is.
So let's get straight to the facts,
and let's get straight to how this truly is
working within your body.
All right, so let's talk about what makes you feel good
in the brain when you're working out,
and if you know this you're gonna start to learn
how you can maximize and how you can capitalize on it.
First and foremost, it's not endorphins.
Believe it or not people always associate
that runner's high or that exercise high with endorphins.
A lot of studies have measured endorphins,
and we do know that endorphins elevate
during a workout or during activity.
But here's the thing,
endorphins don't cross the blood-brain barrier.
They can help your body feel good.
They can even help your organs function better.
They can even help different catecholamines.
They can help different actions within the body.
And they can help loosen you up.
So they're not a bad thing at all; they're really good,
but they don't cross the blood-brain barrier
so they're not affecting your mood.
So what exactly is going on?
Well, it's something completely different
and it's a whole different world.
It's called anandamide.
Anandamide is a neurotransmitter/endocannabinoid,
and what that means is that it acts on the body
in a completely different way.
You see what endocannabinoid is
is just like the name implies,
it works on the cannabinoid receptors in the body.
So we're talking things like cannabis.
We're talking things like cannabidiol oil.
The way that those make you feel,
that's the way that endocannabinoids work.
That's why when you're working out or when you're running,
or you're getting that runner's high,
you're having that feeling, that feeling of bliss,
that feeling of where there's no pain.
The whole idea behind that
is that's exactly what endocannabinoids do,
and that's exactly what certain neurotransmitters do
is they block pain.
In fact, the word anandamide
comes from the Sanskirt word bliss.
So we're literally talking about bliss
where you don't feel pain,
you don't feel that stress.
It's really remarkable what exercise does
in the way of anandamide.
Here's how it actually works in the body.
Anandamide increases something known as
brain-derived neurotrophic factor.
Now I talk about this a lot.
I think there's probably 10 or 12 videos
where I mention BDNF.
But in this particular case we're gonna talk about it
from a slightly different angel.
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is brain fertilizer.
It's what helps grow new brain cells.
But not only does it trigger the brain stem cells
to produce new cells,
it also protects the existing brain cells,
which is exactly what we're feeling
when we're getting that high when we're working out.
You see, a massive influx of calcium
that is a response to stress whenever we're working out
is what's triggering this.
So that massive increase in stress
and that massive increase in calcium
activates what are called transcription factors.
These transcription factors trigger the release
of particular neurotransmitters that trigger more BDNF.
So it all has to do with this chain reaction.
When we have more BDNF, we have more neurons
which means we have more response to different things.
We're more in touch with ourselves.
We feel more alive.
We feel more alert.
But the cool thing is the protective process.
You see what ends up happening is that BDNF
protects the old neurons.
It keeps them from dying,
but it also makes them more resilient.
So get this, by working out, by exercising,
by having mild stress on the body,
we are training the brain to become more resilient,
which is exactly why we feel so good.
Stress literally doesn't affect us as much,
because the BDNF has put this protective layer
around the brain cells so they don't get affected as badly.
It's truly remarkable,
and it actually has effects that stick.
So even when you're working out and you feel amazing
and then you kinda come down from that workout high,
you're still at a baseline that's higher
than you were before.
Each and every time you work out
and you increase that BDNF,
you are increasing your brain cell's resilience.
That little bit of stress that you put yourself through
is doing amazing things in terms of getting you, well,
high so to speak.
It's been shown in a lot of studies
that people that exercise and do more aerobic activity
have significantly lower instances
of anxiety and depression.
They also bounce back faster, and that's what's important.
Because in reality, it's okay to get stressed,
it's okay to get depressed; it's part of life.
But how you bounce back from it
and how you recognize it is what's everything.
So if you're active and you have the ability
to bounce back from that depression
or bounce back from that low part of your life,
that's what makes you powerful.
That's what makes you get up the next day
and get to the gym again so you can get in amazing shape.
Now there's one other thing we have to factor in too.
That brain-derived neurotrophic factor
has a reciprocal agreement with seratonin.
What I mean by that is it sort of has this arrangement
where when BDNF elevates, seratonin elevates.
Seratonin is a neurotransmitter that helps you feel good,
helps you feel a little bit relaxed,
helps you feel like everything is all good in the world.
But increases in seratonin also cause
more increases in BDNF.
So it's like this cycle where it constantly
elevates each other: more BDNF, more seratonin,
more seratonin equals more BDNF,
and it goes on and on and on.
So then you end up feeling really good,
and quite honestly get a little bit smarter
and a little bit more resilient in the process.
There was even a study that was published
in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine
that took a look at those that did aerobic activity
for 30 minutes three times per week
ended up having a 50% reduction
in their depression and anxiety symptoms.
That's just 30 minutes three times per week.
Now, we definitely feel this a little bit more
when it's aerobic activity like this study implies,
but there's another study too.
This study was done by Princeton University,
and this study revealed was that
exercising increases the production of these new neurons
that secreted GABA, gamma-Aminobutyric acid.
Now GABA is something that helps you fall asleep
and helps you feel calm.
This GABA is very, very important.
It's very important to the natural cycle of our bodies.
Right before we fall asleep
we usually have a massive influx of GABA.
It's what helps us feel like all is good in the world
and we can just relax and let go
and not be affected by everything.
Kinda sounds familiar, right?
Just how you would feel right after an amazing workout.
So as we know laughter is an amazing medicine,
exercise is definitely an awesome medicine,
but magnesium's right up there too.
So make sure you click on the link
and checkout Jigsaw's MagSRT
so you can get the most out of your magnesium,
get the most out of your life,
but also capitalize and maximize
the feelings that you're already getting from your workout.
I'll see ya there.
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