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Mental Health Benefits of Exercise

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By being mindful of your body and how it feels during exercise, it can help get the nervous system out of the immobilized stress response. This increased level of focus and concentration during movement can also alleviate the symptoms of PTSD or trauma.

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Health Education Lesson Plans

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Food also provides non-energy vitamins and minerals that support essential activities like converting food to energy, developing hormones, supporting the immune and nervous systems, and protecting our body from damage. Food provides energy to think, breathe, grow, move, repair, and heal.