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Gardening makes you healthier!
Woman's World
|June 10, 2024
A study in Preventive Medicine Reports suggests that a few small tweaks to your time spent digging, weeding and pruning can deliver big health benefits. Here's how
Digging in the dirt
beats the blues
There's something satisfying about getting your hands dirty, and a U.K. study suggests doing so improves your mood in a similar way to antidepressants. Scientists suspect that friendly bacteria we come into contact with in soil spur a surge of mood-boosting hormones. These bacteria (called Mycobacterium vaccae) flip on serotonin-producing neurons, increasing the release of the hormones for at least 12 hours.
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This story is from the June 10, 2024 edition of Woman's World.
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