April 10th, 2008 by artfldgr

Could this be the reason for the decline of women after their “liberation” to state economic drudgery?

Maybe this is why, when men clean up more, they start not working as much, and letting the wife earn the money? They suddenly get a burst of mental health and figures its better to be a wife at home, cleaning and being healthy, than the charge in the world, sick, worried, full of strife, never enouhg, and destined for an early grave.

Perhaps there is something here? It is after all easier to create an army of defectives under socialism. Lower mental health favors such movements. So isnt it interesting that domestic living is associated with greater health, longer lives, greater happiness, healther children, and now greater mental health.

Well all that is tongue in cheek, and only an introduction to the real science, dont take the introduction too seriously, its not research.

In essence they are saying that the best exercise you can have, is a full life in which you do the things that need to be done, rather than think your getting something out of avoiding them through accepting unhealthy ways of life that grant the repreive from health.

Just 20 minutes of weekly housework boosts mental health

Just 20 minutes of any physical activity, including housework, in a week is enough to boost mental health, reveals a large study published ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

While regular exercise is known to be good for mental health, no one seems able to agree on how much, or what type of activity, is best.

The findings are based on a representative sample of almost 20,000 men and women who were quizzed for the Scottish Health Survey about their state of mind and how much weekly physical activity they engaged in.

Over 3000 participants were deemed to be suffering from stress or anxiety, using a validated scoring system.

But any form of daily physical activity was associated with a lower risk of distress, when other influential factors, such as age, gender, and the presence of a long term condition, were taken into account.

The range of activities, which proved beneficial, included housework, gardening, walking, and sports, although the strongest effect was seen for sports, which lowered the risk of distress by 33%.

The results also indicated that while just 20 minutes improved mental state, the more activity a person indulged in, the lower were their chances of psychological distress.

Physical activity curbs the risks of a range of serious diseases, such as heart disease and certain cancers.

And it improves several biological risk factors, such as glucose intolerance and inflammation, which have themselves been linked to depression and dementia, say the authors.

Source: British Medical Journal