Runner’s high uses same system as marijuana




Health in a Heartbeat show

Summary: People have long credited endorphins, released during exercise, for the pleasant feeling of the so-called runner’s high. But scientists know that endorphin molecules can’t cross the blood-brain barrier. It turns out something a little more closely associated with a couch and a bunch of snacks may be responsible for exercise-induced euphoria: endocannabinoids. The endocannabinoid system […]