Could it be true that just looking at plants can reduce your blood pressure? Diane Relf, Ph.D., founder of the People Plant Council, a consortium
of university researchers, believes that. Could it be true that when plants look at people it lowers their turgor pressure? No one believes that. In one study, cited in this bnet article patients with a view of nature
got out of the hospital faster, needed fewer painkillers and even rang
for their nurses less. Wait, there are more rewards of gardening, although they are of the base physical sort. Pioneer Thinking reports that a 180-pound person will use 202 calories during 30
minutes of digging, spading and tilling, and even 30 minutes of
cutting the grass on a riding mower burns 101 calories.
Other calorie burners cited on Pioneer Thinking include:
- Raking (30 minutes) 162
- Planting trees (30 minutes)
182
- Trimming shrubs, manually (30
minutes) 182
- Laying sod (30 minutes) 202
- Weeding (30 minutes) 182
- Turning compost (30 minutes)
250