• SUN  Through its effects on Vitamin D, sunlight helps prevent cancer, bone disease, depression and many other illnesses that are now only beginning to be understood.  Also because Vitamin D can help lower and control insulin. Evidence suggests that forests and other nature areas help in people’s recovery from stress and fatigue.
• PLANTS IN HOME detoxify the air by absorbing many substances that can be harmful to humans, like excess carbon dioxide and dust particles.  They also create oxygen, which we need to live and to function.  NASA researchers conducted a study years ago, which found that having just two houseplants per 100 square feet of space removed toxins and dramatically improved air quality in a house.
• PHYSICAL/MENTAL  Multiple studies point to a link between plants and improved physical health.  Patients who could see trees and other greenery from their hospital window required less pain medication than those who didn’t have a green view.  Just visually experiencing a natural setting can be shown to reduce stress (Stress relief, as measured through muscle tension, blood pressure and electrical brain activity, can be demonstrated within some minutes of exposure to a green environment)

THE AVERAGE PERSON SPENDS 90% OF THEIR TIME INDOORS, MISSING THESE BENEFITS, MAKE A GOAL, SPEND SOMETIME, DOING WHAT EVER YOU’D LIKE OUTSIDE, ENJOYING THE FRESH AIR.

(Source: the-priroda)