Nature Deficiency Disorder

You may have heard of the "Winter Blues", or "Cabin Fever". Both of these disorders are also actually real.

The "Winter Blues" can result from not only a vitamin D deficiency, but also from being cooped up inside.

"Cabin Fever" is more or less the same thing, but without the vitamin D deficiency. It is compounded by boredom.

Yes, spending time outdoors can significantly lift your mood, but why?

1. The earth will acts as a natural "grounding" agent. The earth is more negatively charged and humans are more positively charged. Being in physical contact with the earth has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects, as well as much more.

2. Being exposed to natural environmental bacteria, will help to enhance your gut and body bacteria. We breath in bacteria from different environments and then swallow them, seeding out gut. We should have about 2,500 different species of microbes in us and on us to be healthy.

3. There are more negative ions in outdoor air. Did you ever breath in the invigorating air that is around after a thunderstorm? If you did, you have experienced these airborne negative ions.

4. Nature has a calming impact on people.

5. Sunshine produces vitamin D3 that can benefit over 5,000 biochemical reactions in the human body.

6. In nature, you slow down your brain to relax, almost like meditation.

7. The sounds of nature also helps you to relax. Some CDs are sold with nature sounds for those who can't get there in person.

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