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ENGAGING IN STRENUOUS exercise when you’re very stressed makes you three times more likely to have a heart attack, according to new research.
The study, which was led by scientists at NUI Galway, laid bare the extent to which stress can bring about a heart problems.
It found that the risk of a heart attack is more than doubled in the hour after becoming angry or emotionally upset.
The same was true for heavy physical exertion during the hour before their first heart attack.
The association was even stronger, at more than triple the risk, in patients who recalled being angry or emotionally upset while also engaging in heavy physical activity.
The study of 12,461 patients across 52 countries demonstrated the crucial link between mind and body.
Dr. Andrew Smyth of NUI Galway’s HRB Clinical Research Facility said that both emotional and physical triggers have similar effects on the body.
“Both can raise blood pressure and heart rate, changing the flow of blood through blood vessels and reducing blood supply to the heart” he said.
Regular physical activity has many health benefits, including the prevention of heart disease, so we want that to continue. However, we would recommend that a person who is angry or upset who wants to exercise to relieve some of this stress, not go well beyond their normal routine to extremes of activity.
The authors of the study point out a number of limitations to the research, including that different participants may have different descriptions of what constitutes ’emotional upset’.
Also, participants who experienced a heart attack may be more likely to say they were stressed before it happened.
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They need to legalise marijuana. Everyone will be chill.
Chill, slow and dopey while punctuating the end of every sentence you speak with like or man.
I ran the Amsterdam marathon high, I have chronic asthma and almost missed the start of the race I was that stoned. I completed with a pb of 4.53 knocking 30 mins of my Dublin time. WAS THE BEST MARATHON EVER…man
They change their minds all the time on these studies, I thought exercise was supposed to be good? Thought they said if your feeling stressed you should exercise and this will make you feel better.
How about reading the full article and not just the headline?
A good brisk walk is good for the head and the body if you’re stressed.. Actually walking is the best exercise you’ll ever do.. It’s free and you don’t have to push your body to the limit to lose weight..
You referring to me?
But but but the guys in the gym said I am a cross athlete and people who tell me not to kill myself are just jealous fat people.
It’s a wonder Roy Keane is still going! Very angry man on the pitch.
When I get stressed I usually have a couple of mars bars ,and make love to myself ,this I find releases a lot of tension ,,I’ll close the door on my way out ,,
“It found that the risk of a heart attack is more than doubled in the hour after becoming angry or emotionally upset.
The same was true for heavy physical exertion during the hour before their first heart attack.”
How would you know you were going to have a heart attack if you had never had one before? What about those who who never survived their first heart attack to tell them whether they were stressed or not?
More boffin “research”. Make it up as they go along.
When I’m in the car and I see someone jogging and looking like they are about to collapse, I’ll drive by real slow and blast “Eye of the Tiger” just to give them a little inspiration.
But exercise can reduce stress?
Please tell me this “research” wasn’t funded with tax money.
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