How Exercise Makes You Happy What happens to our body when we exercise? We all know that it is a great way to burn calories and build muscles. It affects our weight, our physical appearance, and our health. Exercise combats heart disease, regulates blood pressure, helps prevent type 2 diabetes and offer many more health benefits. What not many people know is the effect exercise has on our brain. Exercise may enhance our memory, improve our sleep, reduce stress and make us overall happier. It just takes few minutes of exercise to improve our mood. And there is a scientific explanation to that as well. The following infographic describes what exactly goes on in our body and brain when we exercise, what chemicals are released and why those are important.
Via: https://www.developinghumanbrain.org/serotonin-mystery/