Are There Health Benefits of Spending Time in Nature?
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2020-09-21

Studies on green exercising, the value of greenspaces, or even just viewing trees outside the window on surgery recovery. A look at the evidence behind the health benefits of nature and fractals.

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For more on air pollution, see Best Food to Counter the Effects of Air Pollution (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/best-food-to-counter-the-effects-of-air-pollution/) and The Role of Pesticides & Pollution in Autism (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-role-of-pesticides-and-pollution-in-autism/).

Of course there are benefits to any kind of exercise indoors or out:
• Preventing Exercise-Induced Oxidative Stress with Watercress (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/preventing-exercise-induced-oxidative-stress-with-watercress/)
• Enhanced Athletic Recovery Without Undermining Adaptation (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/enhanced-athletic-recovery-without-undermining-adaptation/)
• How Much Exercise to Sustain Weight Loss? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-much-exercise-to-sustain-weight-loss/)
• Standing Up for Your Health (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/standing-up-for-your-health/)
• Longer Life Within Walking Distance (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/longer-life-within-walking-distance/)
• How Much Should You Exercise? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/How-Much-Should-You-Exercise)
• Slow Your Beating Heart: Beans vs. Exercise (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/slow-beating-heart-beans-vs-exercise/)
• Exercise vs. Drugs for Depression (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/exercise-vs-drugs-for-depression)

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