More Evidence Proving Abundant Natural Environments and Outdoors Benefit Health

 


'Turns out that your mother’s advice to get out and get some fresh air may have been wiser than she even knew, with one study showing the benefits of nature. A study that analyzed morbidity of more than 345,000 people based on records from 195 different physicians spread across the Netherlands, individuals with a higher percentage of green space within a 1 km radius in the immediate vicinity of their postal code had a lower prevalence of 15 of 24 disease clusters. Morbidity was classified according to the International Classification of Primary Care, a classification “developed in response to an increasing demand for quality information on primary care as part of growing worldwide attention to global primary health care objectives, including the World Health Organization’s target of ‘health for all.'''



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What Causes Your Stress? Understanding Stress Management

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Endtime Madness: A Condition To Be ‘Reckoned’ With

 

'How do you spell S T R E S S? How we deal with this little reality of life in 2012 and beyond will dictate, to a great extent, how far we stay away from even a hint of Endtime Madness. For those completely uninitiated in this type of discussion, please be aware that even the best of us can be caught unaware when we least expect it even after we have shined the light of awareness on it.

Please do be aware that we are using this label of “Endtime Madness” a little more loosely than usual in order to sensitize every reader to a dynamic which is occurring under the radar more and more every single day. Is it a bit melodramatic? Perhaps for those who live in a cocoon. 

 Does it have a definite set of symptoms and possible causes which might be listed in the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)? Well, “NO”, not quite yet … and it may never make it to that level of acceptance or scrutiny for reasons that are best described in the following essay:'

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Holy Basil: My Number One, Ace-in-The-Hand Herb

'Holy basil, because of its adaptogenic properties, works to bring the body back to a proper balance – but what I’ve found is that it works extremely well with people who are experiencing stress and poor adrenal function.

Anyone who takes stimulants, stresses out, or is a high anxiety type, runs the risk of burning out the adrenals to the point where they don’t produce enough pre-hormones to help regulate the body.
For those of you who don’t know, the adrenals sit on top of your kidneys and are small glands that secrete hormones like cortisol (fight or flight) and pregnenolone (a pre-hormone that assists in the formation of others). The adrenals of course produce other hormones as well, but I want to focus on these two.'

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Happiness: 69 Year-Old Women Has Not Used Money In 15 Years

'Heidemarie Schwermer, a 69-year-old woman from Germany, gave up using money 15 years ago and says she’s been much happier ever since.

Heidemarie’s incredible story began 22 years ago, when she, a middle-aged secondary school teacher emerging from a difficult marriage, took her two children and moved to the city of Dortmund, in Germany’s Ruhr area. One of the first things she noticed was the large number of homeless people, and this shocked her so much that she decided to actually do something about it. She had always believed the homeless didn’t need actual money to be accepted back into society, only a chance to empower themselves by making themselves useful, so she opened a Tauschring (swap shop), called “Gib und Nimm” (Give and Take).'



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Removing Stress from Your Diet Can Promote Healthy Digestion!

 

By BodyEcology.com

'Maybe you have kids to feed. Or a business to run.
Maybe there has been some kind of dramatic change in your life. Or maybe you are juggling so many projects that you wish there were more hours in a day. 

Whatever the reason, most of us have at one point or another pushed our body beyond its comfort level to the point of physiologic stress. 

Irregular eating patterns and lack of sleep may seem like nothing more than a small sacrifice for the bigger picture - the job, the schedule, or the kids. However, an even bigger picture envelops these demands: the stress response system of the body. 
 
Centers for Disease Control estimate that stress causes 80% of illness. Chronic stress depletes the healthy microflora in the gut, so it is essential to rebuild the inner-ecosystem with probiotic beverages and fermented foods.'


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