Getting to the bottom of the runner s high
16 Mar, 2021 01:02 AM
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Runners develop a gentle intoxication, known as a runner s high. Photo / 123RF
New York Times
For years we ve been crediting endorphins, but it s really about the endocannabinoids. We can stop crediting endorphins, the natural opioid painkillers produced by our bodies, for the floaty euphoria we often feel during aerobic exercise, according to a nifty new study of men, women and treadmills. In the study, runners developed a gentle intoxication, known as a runner s high, even if researchers had blocked their bodies ability to respond to endorphins, suggesting that those substances could not be behind the buzz. Instead, the study suggests, a different set of biochemicals resembling internally homegrown versions of cannabis, better known as marijuana, are likely to be responsible.
The runner’s high is a result of endocannabinoid receptors in your body, rather than the release of endorphins, which was previously believed to be true.
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