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Today it my pleasure to introduce to you Dr. Cyndi Gilbert, a naturopathic doctor, author and speaker. Dr Gilbert is a faculty member at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, and sees patients at her clinical practice in downtown Toronto, Canada. Cyndi is the author of Forest Bathing: A Start Here Guide For […]
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 […]
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 […]
This post is about how to recover health, hope, and happiness with the help of trees. I am a nurse and a patient: a fit 65 year old with Lupus and Raynaud’s Disease. Getting any diagnosis is like striking a match. Once struck, the match does not light again. There is no going back. […]
Professor Matilda van de Bosh, of the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Forestry at UBC says our “old friends” trees, soils, and plants keep our immune systems healthy. In her Lancet article “Live Long in Nature, Long Live Nature!” Van de Bosh says: “exposure to microbial biodiversity is necessary for organ systems and […]
Can city dwellers get the health benefits of aerosols in tree air? The answer is yes. Lead researcher Marc Berman looked at tree canopies in Toronto, Canada. Trees decrease disease, increase our life expectancy, and up our net worth. Specifically, eleven (11) more average sized trees per city block resulted in decreased disease conditions: equal […]