Health Beat: Getting outdoors has measurable health benefits

Exhale … and relax. It feels great … and it is.

Most of us know that getting out into nature is beneficial, whether it’s the exercise, clean air, vitamin D production, or simply taking a break from our frenetic daily lives, but science has discovered that visiting a forest has real, quantifiable health benefits. These can be both mental and physical, and extend beyond what most of us understand.

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