Does the Placebo Effect Apply to Exercise?

May 1, 2014

pimg class=”alignright” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA%202012/boxjump.jpg” alt=”boxjump” width=”320″ height=”213″ title=”Does the Placebo Effect Apply to Exercise?” /A couple weeks ago I a title=”You Are What You (Think You) Eat” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/placebo-effect-food-diet/”highlighted a nutrition study/a that suggested even the body’s hormonal responses (not just self-reported “feelings”) could be impacted by how we perceive a particular food we eat. It’s the kind of thing that I feel like opens up life and health in an amazing way. Let me be clear that I’m not claiming people can abuse their bodies and then erase it all with the magic of a title=”The Power of Positive Thinking” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-power-of-positive-thinking”positive thinking/a. I think most people understand it’s positive thought in tandem with positive action that makes for significant, long term benefit. To a point, I’ve always felt there was something to the a title=”Physical Benefits of Positive Emotions” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-physical-benefits-of-positive-emotions”psychological overlay/a in health. We’ve all seen it. People give up on […]

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