Exercise Can Be Addicting; Moderate Exercise May Help Recovering Drug Addicts

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Bill

…The scientists who conducted the study reason that if excessive exercise is addicting, then maybe addicts could take moderate exercise instead of drugs to feel good. The findings also shed light on the potentially fatal eating disorder called anorexia athletica, in which exercise undertaken to shed pounds becomes as compulsive as taking drugs, resulting in even greater weight loss….

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