Why does running give you high? Here's the science

Endocannabinoids.

Persistence, is the key, to experiencing a high while excercising, but maybe, that’s not the best way to think about it.

Endocannabinoids…

Dopamine, in the brain’s reward system… Optimism.

Increasing, the density of binding sites, for endocannabinoids.

The, Runner’s High, seems an unlikely antidote to social isolation.

Loneliness.

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