2020-04-19

Remarkably, the researchers found that less than two hours offered no significant benefits,So what's so special about two hours? I have absolutely no idea,really. We didn't have an a priori guess at what this would be,this threshold.It emerged. And I'd be lying if I said  we predicted this.I don't know. Even more noteworthy ,the two hour benchmark applied to men and women, to older and younger folks,to people from different ethnic backgrounds,occupational groups,socioeconomic levels and so on. Even people with long-term illnesses or disabilities benefited from time spent in nature-as long as it was at least 120 minutes per week.The study is in the journal Scinetific Reports. While the finding are based on a tremenedous number of people ,White cautions that it's really just a correlation,Nobody knows why or how nature has this benefit or even if the finding will stand up to more rigorous investigation. I want to be really clear about this,This is very early stages. We are not saying everybody has to do 120.This is really to start the conversation,saying ,what would a threshold look like? What  research do we need to take this to the next step before doctor can have the true confidence to work with their patients? But it's certainly a starting point.