Gardening: How It Keep us Healthy?

Gardening: How It Keep us Healthy?

Gardening is good for us on a number of different levels. It creates, opportunity for recreation, gentle exercise, therapy and education. Gardens are made for life and life is the best medication for us. The benefits of planting and growing are endless.

Health Benefits of Gardening: Working with plant and soil bring you near green and nature. Scientist and Researchers have proven records for many health benefits of gardening such as –

1. Gardening helps to give a chance to go outside, have fresh air, Sun shine and get soil in your hand. It helps to connect with nature.

2. It is estimated gardeners burn approximately 300 calories per hours, 600 calories per hours if you are doing heavy yard work. Spading helps to burn 150-200 calories per half hours. However, it varies in men and women

3. Gardening helps in lowering weight

4. It lower blood pressure

5. It give ease in depression, anxiety and lift your mood

6. You get better sleep

7. Medical Dr. found, wandering in garden help patient to sleep better and they need less medication

8. If you planted garden, indirectly you can save more money

9. You can get fresh and organic vegetables, fruits, medicinal herbs and flowers without having any herbicides and nutritious foods

10. You can get better antioxidants from eating organic vegetables, herbs, and fruits and than nongardeners

11. You can’t beat the flavor, freshness, and nutrition values of home grown vegetables and fruits

12. Those kids mostly play or work in the fields and drink raw milk have lower rates of allergies

13. Gardening helps to save planet and our health

14. Gardening rewards, social, physical, mental and overall several health benefits

15. Improves the quality of life for people in the garden

16. Gardening educates kids, how our food grow from soil ?

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