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Fresh Air
1) Fresh air is good for your digestive system
2) Fresh air helps improve blood pressure and heart rate
3) Fresh air makes you happier
4) Fresh air strengthens your immune system
5) Fresh air cleans your lungs
6) Fresh air gives you more energy and a sharper mind
In addition, venturing outside will also help you produce vitamin D from the sun (when it does come out), which is essential for many bodily functions including supporting our immune system, strengthening our bones, teeth and much more.
Fresh Air
Pure Air is vital to all life and needed for all body functions. Without pure air life can be measured in minutes. The air we breathe should come from a pure non polluted source. Results of breathing impure bring on disease and death. Avoid smoking and the inhaling of chemicals and other toxic pollutants
I'm sure you will all agree that you generally feel happier when the sun is shining and you get to spend more time outside. There are a range of benefits to getting fresh air; it can help you destress and improve your physical and mental wellbeing.
Regardless of the time of year, we should always take more advantage of the outdoors. Here are 6 reasons why you should spend time outdoors in the fresh air to improve your wellbeing:
1) Fresh air is good for your digestive system
Fresh air increases the flow of oxygen helping you digest food more effectively so this will particularly help if you are trying to lose weight.
2) Fresh air helps improve blood pressure and heart rate
Avoid polluted environments particularly if you need to improve your blood pressure. Stay away from the busy traffic as the body will need to work harder to get the amount of oxygen it needs over polluted car fumes.
3) Fresh air makes you happier
The more fresh air you get, the more oxygen you will breathe which will increase the amount of serotonin (the happy hormone) you inhale, consequently making you happier.
4) Fresh air strengthens your immune system
By increasing the amount of fresh air we get, will increase the amount of oxygen which helps our white blood cells function properly by fighting and killing bacteria and germs.
5) Fresh air cleans your lungs
You lungs dilate more from having an increase of oxygen so fresh air improves the cleansing of your lungs. You release airborne toxins from your body when exhaling through your lungs.
6) Fresh air gives you more energy and a sharper mind
You may have noticed after spending time outside, you come back indoors feeling brighter and perhaps ready to get back to work. More oxygen results in greater brain functioning, improving your concentration skills and providing you with more energy.
In addition, venturing outside will also help you produce vitamin D from the sun (when it does come out), which is essential for many bodily functions including supporting our immune system, strengthening our bones, teeth and much more.
Being outdoors has been shown repeatedly to boost health, says Dr Valerie Gladwell, senior lecturer in sport and exercise science at the University of Essex, where research in 2010 found that just five minutes a day in nature was enough to improve mood and self-esteem. “We think that walking outside releases endorphins and hormones that promote better mood such as oxytocin, the feel good hormone,” says Dr Gladwell.
