Why is a rapid heartbeat and high blood pressure from exercise healthy for your cardio system, but the same effects from drugs like alcohol and nicotine cause damage?
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Exercise is under your control, you can feel when it’s getting too much, and you slow down or stop, you rest after. Your body enjoys it like a luxurious stretch, there is feedback and growth, and the muscles get stronger.
When you use drugs, they artificially stress your heart and cardiovascular system. It’s like putting yourself into a machine to exercise.”A thousand push-ups? Sure!” Drugs screw with the knobs, you can’t control it, you can’t slow down when it hurts, you can’t stop, you can’t shut it off to rest. There is no useful feedback, so it’s just damage without growth.
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