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Jim · 02-14-2007, 02:30 PM

Belief in exercise may make it more effective - Yahoo! News

People who think they're getting a good workout obtain more benefits than those who perform the exact same activities, but don't think what they are doing is exercise, according to the findings of a study by Harvard researchers. These results support the idea that the benefits of exercise may involve a placebo effect.

dor · 02-14-2007, 03:09 PM

i think so, but its funny how there's a semi brush off calling it 'placebo effect' rather than the active power of the mind - placebo effect makes it sound like accident or perception.

Chris_Stretten · 02-14-2007, 04:16 PM

Placebos (in drugs anyway) have been shown time and time again to provide as much benefit (if not more) to those recieving them than the actual medicine. Cough medicine is a great example. I've heard doctors say you might as well give a person corn syrup on a spoon for all the good many cough suppressants do. I find it amazing in my children that when they have a cough, their belief that being given something to stop it causes it to work immediately! Children snuggle down with a sigh of relief in their beds at 2 am after coughing for an hour. On the other hand, they never seem to work for me anymore... even the dreaded Buckleys... go figure.

Cheers,
Chris

Shaden · 02-14-2007, 04:35 PM

Never underestimate the power of the mind to satisfy the expectations we invent for ourselves. Even alcohol has an observed placebo affect i.e. you get drunk because you expect to get drunk. The chemicals serve as the tipping point, the expectations magnify the results 10 times.

Which is one of the (many) reasons why I'm tee total.

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Jim Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Lincoln, NE Posts: 111	Proof of Intention Manifestation? Belief in exercise may make it more effective - Yahoo! News People who think they're getting a good workout obtain more benefits than those who perform the exact same activities, but don't think what they are doing is exercise, according to the findings of a study by Harvard researchers. These results support the idea that the benefits of exercise may involve a placebo effect.

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02-14-2007, 03:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
dor Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 587	i think so, but its funny how there's a semi brush off calling it 'placebo effect' rather than the active power of the mind - placebo effect makes it sound like accident or perception.

02-14-2007, 04:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
Chris_Stretten Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 37	Placebos (in drugs anyway) have been shown time and time again to provide as much benefit (if not more) to those recieving them than the actual medicine. Cough medicine is a great example. I've heard doctors say you might as well give a person corn syrup on a spoon for all the good many cough suppressants do. I find it amazing in my children that when they have a cough, their belief that being given something to stop it causes it to work immediately! Children snuggle down with a sigh of relief in their beds at 2 am after coughing for an hour. On the other hand, they never seem to work for me anymore... even the dreaded Buckleys... go figure. Cheers, Chris

02-14-2007, 04:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
Shaden Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Gainford, England Posts: 375	Never underestimate the power of the mind to satisfy the expectations we invent for ourselves. Even alcohol has an observed placebo affect i.e. you get drunk because you expect to get drunk. The chemicals serve as the tipping point, the expectations magnify the results 10 times. Which is one of the (many) reasons why I'm tee total.

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