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Re:Heated yoga may reduce depression in adults by pfisherman on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @11:48PM (#38008932)
Yes they buried the caveats at the very end of the article. They don’t know whether effects are specific to hot yoga or exercise in general.

My experience is that 30 mins of vigorous exercise at least 3 days per week has huge benefits on overall wellbeing - including mental health. The caveat there is that diet has to be tuned to support your level of activity. If you are exercising and not eating enough, low blood sugar can bring on the bad feels / thoughts.

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Re:Heated yoga may reduce depression in adults by shashasha2 on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @05:43AM (#38011029)
Can you expand the "low blood sugar can bring on the bad feels / thoughts" ? Are there studies about this ?
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Re:Heated yoga may reduce depression in adults by pfisherman on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @07:22AM (#38011624)
A quick search on tells me there are. I am speaking from personal experience. If I do an intense workout and don’t eat within the next few hours I get anxious and depressed.

Took me a while to realize that diet was the culprit; but after a lot of self experimentation I am 100 percent certain.

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Re:Heated yoga may reduce depression in adults by lm28469 on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @01:47PM (#38015762)
It has to be highly personal, I cannot eat after a gym session, but I feel better than ever. I often train fasted and stay fasted until my evening meal
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Re:Heated yoga may reduce depression in adults by sunnybeetroot on Thursday October 26, 2023 @06:12AM (#38023717)
I am the same, morning workout with protein shake then evening meal. Everyone is unique.
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