350 million people suffer from depression in the world *. How to remedy this plague? In addition to antidepressants, researchers have found that physical activity can prevent but also cure depression while avoiding the side effects of drugs.

Sport, a new cure for depression

Two recent studies have confirmed that exercise can protect and reduce depressive symptoms.

One has been published by Swedish researchers in the prestigious medical journal Cell and reveals that the trained muscles allow the elimination of the body from a toxic substance for the brain (kynurenine).

The other, published in the journal JAMA Psychiatrie and conducted on 11,000 people between the ages of 23 and 50, reveals that the more you exercise, the less depressive symptoms you develop. She even goes so far as to say that more than three sessions a week would reduce the risk of being depressed by 16%.

Watch out for injuries!

However, be careful not to engage in too intense physical activity without training because on the one hand, injuries prevent you from playing sports but they can also shatter beliefs about the positive virtues of sport.

If we summarize, to avoid depression, you must do three sports sessions a week, without forcing too much to avoid the risk of injury.

It remains to find the motivation

It would be all about motivation! We would be tempted to tell our girlfriend at the bottom of the bag to put on his running to find the smile. The only problem, unfortunately, is precisely what is missing for people whose morale is down. Those who have experienced depression or have experienced people with depressive disorders know how difficult it is to get the patients moving. So it's not easy to celebrate 100% of this excellent news ...

* WHO source