Health Benefits of Nature - Spending Time Outside
Cristina Tudino
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the June 2012 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine 
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Norwegian researchers discovered that subjects with moderate-severe depression who participated in a horticultural program experienced reduced symptoms after 12 weeks. "Humans are innately engaged in nature," says study author Marianne Thorsen Gonzalez, PhD, making gardening an ideal distraction from the rumination that fuels depression. |
