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10 Reasons Why You Should Get Out In Nature!
By Steven Bancarz
Spirit Science and Metaphysics
Nature is where we belong. It’s no coincidence that the minute we get out to a beach, a forest, or a waterfall that we begin to feel better immediately. Nature is more than just eye candy, it is also one of the most powerful medications on the planet. If Big Pharma could start charging people for going out into nature, I’m sure they would. Here are 10 reasons why you should get outside! (after you read this of course..)
1. Nature improves lung and heart health. In a study in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine, researchers found that people experienced more deaths from heart disease and respiratory disease when they lived in areas where trees had disappeared.
2. Nature lowers stress hormones. Those who live in the areas with the most amount of green space have lower levels of cortisol (known as the stress-hormone), and their self-reported feeling of stress were lower than those who spent more time in urban settings.
3. Nature increases your creativity. Spending days in nature, away from electronic devices, is linked with 50 percent higher scores on a test for creativity. The findings provide “a rationale for trying to understand what is a healthy way to interact in the world, and that burying yourself in front of a computer 24/7 may have costs that can be remediated by taking a hike in nature,” says study researcher David Strayer, a psychology professor at the University of Utah.
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Source: http://www.riseearth.com/2014/08/10-reasons-why-you-should-get-out-in.html
