Let me share with you a few studies about the effect of this kind of life style.
我和你們分享幾個關于這種生活方式的影響的研究
This was done by Michael Babyak and his colleagues at Duke Medical School.
是由邁克爾·白貝艾克以及他在杜克大學醫學院的同事共同完成的
This was a very important study that launched other numerous studies that replicated this
這是個很重要的研究 做了很多很多的實驗
and showed how this applies, how exercise is important just for depression, also for other areas.
模仿這個 并顯示出這有多現實 鍛煉有多重要 不僅對于抑郁 還有其他方面
So what Michael Babyak did was bringing in 156 patients with major depression.
邁克爾·白貝艾克做的實驗是 找了156個抑郁癥患者
These are people who have a number of symptoms, among which are insomnia,
這些人有各種各樣的癥狀 包括失眠
eating disorders, listlessness-lack of desire to act, depressed mood,
飲食不規律 無精打采 不愿動彈 情緒低落

many of them suicidal with attempts or thoughts about suicide and on and on.
其中很多人都有自殺的想法或傾向 諸如此類
These people who are in bad, very bad shape.
這些人身體都非常不好
And he brought them into the lab and randomly divided them into 3 groups.
他將他們帶到實驗室 隨機分為三組
The first group was the exercise group; second group was put on medication;
第一組是鍛煉組 第二組服藥
and the third group was put on medication and exercise.
第三組既服藥又鍛煉
The kind of medication was the antidepressant, Zoloft,
他們所服用的藥是抗抑郁藥 左洛復
the second most popular, common antidepressant after Prozac-very powerful; works.
繼百憂解之后最普遍的抗抑郁藥 非常有效
A lot of studies, compared to placebos, showing that Zoloft works. An SSRI.
很多研究 以安慰劑為對照 證明左洛復是有效的 是一種選擇性5-羥色胺再攝取抑制劑
The exercise that they were put on was 30 minutes of moderate difficulty-so
他們所做的運動是半個小時中等難度的
aerobic physical exercise-so it could be jogging or race-walking; it could be swimming.
有氧運動 可能是慢跑或者競走 也可能是游泳