Get outside for your health!

Two non-pharmacological interventions to reduce depression are exercise and sunshine. Walking in parks during the day is a good way to get both.

"People who reported visiting parks three to four times a week were 33 percent less likely to use antidepressant and antianxiety medication than those who seldom did. Use of drugs for high blood pressure was 36 percent less likely among the same group. Although the study also included a category for people who visited parks five or more times a week, there was no further reduction in medication use among the most frequent visitors – in some cases they took slightly more drugs than those visiting roughly every second day.

"The work complements a recently published study that found Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases develop more slowly in people who spend time in nature frequently."

https://www.iflscience.com/visiting-urban-parks-linked-to-reduced-use-of-prescription-medications-67106?fbclid=IwAR0ec_-jcZOIS3FFxB6eiTXo7Gk1mbJnHSCzYLv1tfr3lPHSXyprFG_FmlU