5 Ways to Boost Your Health by Going Outside
Two doctors provide the best excuses yet for going outdoors.
Cristina Tudino
Reap While You Sow
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.
From the
June 2012 issue of
O, The Oprah Magazine
