20/08/2020
Health Benefits of Gardening
Gardening is Good for Body and Heart
One hour of gardening is said to be equivalent to 30 minutes of fitness. Gardening several times a week would allow us to stay in shape, and we might even end up losing weight!
But gardening is also good for our heart. This physical activity would help reduce our blood pressure and therefore reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Gardening is Good for Morale
Gardening gives you some personal satisfaction and, at the same time, increases your confidence. How can we not feel proud when we see our plants blossoming or when we can eat a tomato from our vegetable garden? And when you know how difficult it is to maintain certain plants, managing to keep them alive and making them grow is joy without a name!
GARDEN SOIL REDUCES STRESS
Gardening has been proven to reduce the stress levels of everyone, including busy mothers and people with post-traumatic stress disorder. So close your mobile device, your computer, and your TV, then go outside and get dirty!
Gardening also helps to reduce stress, eliminate muscle tension and stimulate the immune system.
Gardening is good for the Brain
Gardening would not only prevent neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s, autism, migraines or depression but also help people who already have them. One branch of Medicine focuses entirely on gardening, using plant cultivation to care for its patients: it is called Hortitherapy.
According to the doctors working in this field, called horticultural therapists, gardening has the advantage of using all our senses and stimulating our memory. You have to remember what plants you have planted in a certain place, how long they have been planted, what their characteristics are and how to care for them.Who would have thought gardening was so good for our health?Do you like gardening? If you’re not gardening, have these benefits convinced you to do it?
