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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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Science is hot on trees. Connections between trees and health are growing. Trees are the new drug. Trees might be more effective than statins in preventing heart disease and stroke. Aruni Bhatnagar, is a medical professor at the University of Louisville, Kentucky. He is leading the Green Heart Project. Eight thousand trees (8,000 big […]
See trees with new eyes. The unexpected health benefits of trees are waiting for you. Tree air is loaded with beneficial bacteria, essential oils, and disease preventing phytoncides (oils that trees give off to protect themselves from germs and insects). Diana Beresford-Kroeger in “Arboretum Borealis ” say Tree aerosols are anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antibiotic, antifungal, antiseptic and […]
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 […]