Posted on December 11, 2007 in latest news
Gardening was always considered as a advantageous and healthy activity. Today every one is focusing more and more on healthy living. Researchers and health experts say that there’s nothing like a bit of gardening to rejuvenate your metabolism.
Dr. Julie Roth of the Wellness Institute at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago says that the best benefit of gardening is that exercise that you get when you bend down at your knees.
Gardening in fact gives you a good way to burn calories which is an enjoyable activity for most people. She added that it is possible to burn 250 to 500 calories in the space of one hour depending on the level of activity.
Diane Relf, a professor emeritus with Virginia Tech’s Department of Horticulture, says that trimming shrubs or even trees requires the same exertion as moderate walking does, gardening can be both moderate and strenuous at the same time. This is because gardening is an exercise that incorporates many important elements of accepted exercise regimes, such as
Experts also say that if you are close to Mother Nature, it acts as a relaxing balm on your nerves and is good for mental health. If you are within the reach of nature, then you are away from many other diseases. You can also de-stress yourself from your tensions by turning on to whatever music you want. It’s a good way to break away from the daily rigor we all go through.
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