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Dr Li, a medical physician and immunologist did the first peer reviewed study showing that time spent in a forested area in Japan increases immune system regulating NK cells and cancer fighting protein cells. Dr Li researches the health effects of tree aerosols. Li is the Japanese researcher in the Forestry Medicine, Nippon University in […]
Dr. Dan Crouse, University of New Brunswick, says “really, just having trees around where people are living is important.” In the medical journal the Lancet, Dan Crouse and colleagues showed that: Living within two blocks of trees and green space makes you live longer. Results Crouse et al found an increased risk of people dying in areas of […]
The Max Planck Institute in Germany just published a study that shows being near forests increases brain plasticity. Older adults in Berlin who live near trees have healthier brains. In particular, the amygdala, the stress reduction portion of the brain, is bigger, healthier and more active in those living close to forests. Research on the brain […]
All you have to do is step outside and breathe. Or better still, find a frozen river to skate away on. No matter where you are – as long as you are outside – you are getting the benefits of tree aerosols. The healthy microbials are in the winds. See trees with new eyes. See […]
“Green exercise” or any physical activity outdoors (from stroll in the park or a bike through the forest) lifts mood and self esteem. Professor Richard Mitchell’s University of Glasgow in Scotland. team studied two thousand physically active people (walking, cycling and jogging) in natural and non-natural settings. The team found that only outdoor activities in grass and […]
Canada’s medical biochemist, botanist Diana Beresford-Kroeger and Japan’s Dr. Quing Li, at Tokyo Nippon Medical School are the world’s leading forest medicine experts. Beresford, the first to write about tree aerosols, says tree “compounds are released like rockets into the air.” Tree air is loaded with antibiotics, antinflammatories, antiseptics, antivirals, and analgesics writes Forest Medicine […]
Winter. It is coming. We can feel it in our bones. We will feel it in our fingers and toes. So let’s make it easier on ourselves. Let’s make it easier to get outside and stay longer outside in the cold. Our outside healthy, happy bodies will thank us. The Emotional Component of Being Cold […]
Connections between trees and health are growing. We are waking up to health benefits of trees. Investigative reporter Florence Williams’s famous headline now makes sense: “Take Two Hours of Pine Forest and Call Me in the Morning” In her book “The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier and More Creative”, Williams describes and […]
If the day is fine, any walk or ski in the woods will do. The health benefits of being close to trees include: improved health and happiness. Trees make us live longer and feel richer. The family home is “ski in – ski out.” We strap on the cross country skis at the back door […]
My son moved from Toronto to London recently. We decided on a family Christmas in London. He asked his London work colleagues for personal recommendations of the best places to take his mother and brother. The thorough suggestions were pages long. We were grateful. This blog post shows some of what these London insiders say […]