Scientific research shows that participating in community groups and gardening provides significant benefits for both our physical and mental health. These include increased physical activity, improved dietary habits, enhanced wellbeing and social support, reduced stress and anxiety, better mood, and improved cognitive function.
Sunlight, and especially morning sunlight, improves our health. Simply being outdoors absorbing sunlight to make vitamin D benefits us in a number of ways. Sunlight-induced vitamin D production is vital for maintaining bone health, supporting immune function, regulating mood, and promoting cardiovascular health and adequate sunlight exposure and sufficient vitamin D levels play significant roles in regulating circadian rhythms, improving sleep quality, and potentially reducing the risk of sleep disorders
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Throughout history, plant medicine has been the foundation of healing. Both humans and animals have evolved alongside medicinal plants, harnessing their natural properties for treatment. Before the chemical revolution, 200 years ago and before, plant medicine was the only form of medication. Many people grew their own medicinal plants – understanding how to treat their common
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Alternatives to Drugs: Asthma
While no one should stop taking a drug they’ve been prescribed for asthma, unless first consulting a health care practitioner, a recent article in the British Medical Journal highlights the urgent need to tell patients with more prominent warnings on the packet of the risks of taking montelukast (Singulair), an oral treatment for asthma, as recommended by the drug regulator (MHRA).
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