Luke O'Neill

And in fact, they could block endorphins as a way to block the receptors for endorphins.

And they tried those in people who were runners, and it didn't affect the mood lift.

That is good evidence, isn't it?

So in other words, you go for a run, you feel a bit better.

Is it endorphins?

If you block them, you still feel better.

So it wasn't endorphins.

And then the question is, well, what is it?

Well, a second family of happy hormones, as it were, are called endocannabinoids.

Now, there's a mouthful for you.

They've been studied a lot.

They do improve mood, make you feel a bit happier.

And guess what?

They were the ones they think that might be involved.

And the endocannabinoids are creating that well-being after exercise.

So at the moment, we're leaning towards endocannabinoids.

Now, guess what?

Endocannabinoids are very similar to

to the drugs that we found in cannabis and marijuana cannabis cannabinoid so in other words if you take exercise you're getting a natural high just as if you might have taken a bit of cannabis is the idea i suppose because what's in cannabis then is mimicking the natural happy hormone in your body the endocannabinoid so again that's quite an interesting connection there so a really healthy way to boost your own endocannabinoids is through exercise so isn't that great to uh

to read as well.