Better Health through Gardening

How to Achieve a Better Health Through Gardening
( Part three )


The American National Institute for Health lists gardening for 30 - 40 minutes in its recommended activities for moderate level of exercise to combat obesity, along with biking five miles in 30 minutes and walking two miles in the same time.

More health benefits of gardening:

Research is showing that gardening for just 30 minutes daily will help:

Increase flexibility;

Strengthen joints;

Decrease blood pressure and cholesterol levels;

Lower your risk for diabetes;

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The mental benefits of gardening cannot be matched by any of the benefits that you get from a yoga or aerobic class. When you begin at yoga or medication class, you have the burden of being a novice and learning how to do it right. You may not be able to keep up with the rest of the class, which actually causes stress than relieving it.

That is no good! Gardening offers stress relief and relaxation throughout the entire process. Even spending time watering the garden make you get away from the phones and kids and television for enough time to have a completely relaxing experience.


Getting the most experience from Gardening:

It takes at least 30 minutes of exercise several days a week, to really receive any health benefit from gardening. However, researchers are now saying that you can break those 30 minutes up into shorter active periods throughout the day. As long as each activity lasts at least eight minutes and it is of moderate intensity, when you total them up to 30 minutes per day, you will reap the same rewards as if you had been gardening for a half straight hours. So you can do a little weeding in the cool of the morning and go back out to the garden in the evening to prune and trim.

Start slowly, if you are not used to exertion. Lift properly, by using your legs, vary your tasks and your movements and make use of the major muscle groups, to get the most benefit. Aches and pains are not necessarily a sign of good workout. Your muscles may feel tired but they should not hurt unless you are using muscles you have not worked in a while and you are using them wrongly.
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