BITESIZE | The Best Type of Exercise to Reduce Stress and Anxiety | Dr Roger Seheult #363

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Dr Rangan Chatterjee

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🗓️ 18 May 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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You may have heard that exercise can really help to support mental health, but which type of exercise is best? Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart. Each week I’ll be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Today’s clip is from episode 242 of the podcast with California based medical doctor, Roger Seheult. In this clip, Roger explains the connection between stress, inflammation and immunity, and he shares the type of exercise that studies show is most effective in lowering stress, anxiety and fear. Thanks to our sponsor athleticgreens.com/livemore Support the podcast and enjoy Ad-Free episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/feelbetterlivemore. For other podcast platforms go to https://fblm.supercast.com. Show notes and the full podcast are available at drchatterjee.com/242 Follow me on instagram.com/drchatterjee Follow me on facebook.com/DrChatterjee Follow me on twitter.com/drchatterjeeuk DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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0:57.4	Today's clip is from episode 242 of the podcast with California-based medical doctor, Dr. Roger
1:05.2	Schwelt. In this clip, Roger explains the connection between stress, inflammation and our immune systems,
1:12.9	and he shares the type of exercise that studies show is most effective at lowering stress, anxiety and fear.
1:24.1	So when we're looking at inflammation, how does stress fit into that?
1:30.2	What does the science tell us?
1:32.1	If we look at stress and see its effects with inflammation, it becomes very apparent very quickly.
1:39.5	So there's a number of researchers to give you an example here in Pittsburgh that looked at stress and inflammation and the immunity specifically, how this affects immunity, because I think that's a big thing as well.
1:53.5	We all know about cortisol.
1:56.0	Cortisol is a hormone in the body that gets released during stressful situations. It's a stress hormone.
2:04.9	And I want to make sure that I'm using the word stress here appropriately. There is stress that we feel
2:09.9	mentally and there is stress that's going on in the body. And I want to make sure that when we talk
2:14.8	about stress, we're talking about that specifically. So when there is stress in the body physically, there is that stress hormone cortisol, which is
2:22.7	released from the adrenal gland.
2:24.7	And one of the physiological downstream effects of cortisol, they found, was a way that
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