CrossFit Health Tip - Can time in nature improve my health? with Chardae Mara, RN PH232

Pursuing Health

Julie Foucher MD, MS

Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2021

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Spending just 15-20 minutes in nature 3 times per week can contribute to a host of physical and psychological benefits, including: An increase in natural killer cells which support the immune system, prevent cancer, and speed recovery A decrease in heart disease, blood pressure, and heart rate A reduction in stress hormones, depression, and anxiety An improvement in some attention deficit disorders Longer exposures are important as well. Full-day immersions create benefits that can last up to 30 days!

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0:00.0	Hey there and welcome to Pursuing Health. I'm Dr. Julie Fouche, family physician and
0:09.1	former CrossFit Games athlete. Here is your bonus weekly CrossFit Health Tip, which
0:13.2	was originally published on CrossFit.com. Enjoy!
0:16.1	I'm here today with Char day Mara, who is a nurse and affiliate owner, and we are
0:22.8	going to talk about nature and health. So we know that time spent in nature has a big
0:27.6	impact on both our physical health and our psychological health. So first of all, what
0:32.0	are some of the physical impacts that nature can have?
0:34.1	Yeah, so first of all, I just want to say, I think this is the most exciting thing to
0:37.2	talk about because nature is super fun to get into. And I've always just enjoyed exploring
0:43.2	nature by seeing studies actually back the health benefits of it, super fun. So I got
0:48.8	a little nerd at all learning all the benefits. But from the physical, sorry, from the physical
0:54.4	standpoint, we see an increase in natural killer cells, which can help our immune system
0:59.4	as well as prevent cancer and help with faster recovery. And then we also see a reduction
1:05.3	in heart disease, decreased blood pressure, and heart rate from just getting into nature.
1:11.8	That's amazing. Just spending some time outside in the trees can have these amazing physical
1:15.4	benefits. Now, I know, like you mentioned, I've also experienced some of the psychological
1:19.7	benefits myself, but what do we know about the psychological benefits of spending time
1:24.4	in nature?
1:25.4	Yeah, so some of those psychological benefits, I mean, the biggest one is a stress reduction.
1:29.1	I found it really interesting to see the studies in Japan done with residents. So you can
1:33.8	probably speak up behalf of that, getting them into nature to help bring down burnout.
1:39.5	So just in general, the stress hormones go down the day of exposure and then days following
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