There are so many awesome reasons gardening is good for your health.
We’re sharing our favorite ten reasons we love to garden and how it can benefit you.
10 Reasons Gardening is Good for Your Health
Have you ever thought of gardening as a sport? Maybe not, but you can get quite a workout in all reality!
Gardening is not only a great way to stretch your food budget and add some color to your yard, but it is ideal for your health.
Below you will find ten reasons why gardening is good for health and can improve your quality of life. Can a simple garden provide all of this and fresh peppers?
You bet it can!
Please look at all of the reasons gardens can aid us in our quest to be healthy and for the cost of mere pennies. If you have not planted a garden yet, you will be itching to do so after you read this.
1. Gardening is excellent cardio. Think you won’t work up a sweat in the garden? Try pulling weeds, tilling, and hauling out water for an hour.
You use muscles all over your body and face various resistances that strengthen you from the inside out. Get tips on being a healthier you this year!
2. Vitamin D, anyone? The sun is an excellent source of natural vitamin D. Of course, you still want to take precautions and use sunscreen and a hat to protect yourself, but a little sun in moderation while weeding or watering can give you a dose of energizing vitamin D!
3. Take in natural oxygen. Plants produce oxygen and purify the air. Spend time in your garden and breathe in the wonderful, clean air produced by your plants every second!
Learn about why we love our houseplants.
4. Have some herbs. Save a little space to plant herbs in your garden. Herbs are great for a variety of remedial teas, aromatherapy, and adding nutrition and vitamins to your recipes.
When you grow herbs, you develop a way to live naturally healthy.
5. Grow veggies full of vitamins. Garden veggies are rich in every vitamin you can imagine. Tomatoes carry cancer-preventing properties, garlic can help ward off a cold, and other vegetables will ensure you meet your daily requirement of vitamins and nutrients.
So eat up!
6. Lower your blood pressure. A simple stroll through your garden in the evening to check on its progress can help you relax and lower your blood pressure.
7. Reduce your stress. The sights, sounds, and smells of your garden can all help release chemicals in your body that promote happiness and stress relief.
Just try to take it all in and feel yourself unwind.
8. Stimulate your mind. Gardening is a great way to give your mind a workout. You use math, fine and gross motor movement, problem-solving, and other skills that keep your brain young and active.
So not only is your body getting a workout, your mind is too.
9. Dig up some antibodies. Many studies have shown that by digging in the dirt and exposing yourself to the microbes in it, you are building up your immune system.
This is especially true for children. So go ahead, get dirty!
10. Prevent pest diseases. By growing plants such as lemon balm, you can repel mosquitoes in your yard, thus reducing your chance of pests and the yucky diseases they carry.
So are you convinced now that gardening is, in fact, beneficial to your health? There has never been a better time to start growing and taking advantage of all of the health benefits that gardening has to offer!
Your body will love you for it.
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