Why your immune system needs a forest
http://www.naturalintelligence.info/post/why-your-immune-system-needs-a-forest?fbclid=IwAR2O7-b17DlczCZT03KGYDk4DPC6hUsmcDqHq2etugVFz-vuB4r7NlbrS6M studies with students and elderly show that sSending time in nature significantly reduces inflammation. Additionally, research from the Nippon Medical School in Japan shows that time spent in forests increases the number of natural killer cells, which promote our immune defense, while expanding the functional activity of these antiviral cells. What is more, the research also showed that forest visits increase the amount of intracellular anticancer proteins and this effect lasted for a full week after the trip. None of these effects were observed after city trips. Other studies show that natural aromas secreted by evergreen trees, known as phytoncide, are associated with improvements in the activity of human frontline immune defenders. Nature’s health benefits are thus wide-ranging and strong associations between access to nature an...