(Not counting the three slices of pizza you ate last night.)
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Just five minutes of running outside can make you feel better about life.
All it takes is five minutes of outdoor exercise to see improvements in self-esteem and mood, according to a UK study. The people who saw the biggest impact were the young and those suffering from mental illness. The study also found that the effect was greatest in environments where water was present.
Those five minutes may also help you live longer.
Even 5 to 10 minutes of slow running (less than 6 miles per hour) can reduce your risk of death from all causes, including cardiovascular disease, concluded a study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, published in August 2014.
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Exercise also makes you happy. And the more you do it, the happier it makes you.
Sure it's easy to reach for the ice cream when you're feeling down, but reaching for your sneakers will make you feel better, and not just in the short term. In one 12-week study, participants who exercised saw an improvement in their physical and mental health both immediately and at the one year follow-up. A later study found that "regular exercisers have approximately twice the [mood improvement] effect as nonexercisers." So if you don't feel the mood boost the first time, try, try again.
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