Biophilia
"Live in harmony with the laws of nature and you will never be poor. Live in harmony with opinions and you will never be rich." - Seneca
I was attending a lecture by the Indian doctor Deepak Chopra and I decided to summarize what he considers necessary for a long and healthy life.
Basically it's the one already known, but what really caught my attention was meditation.
Sleep: The body recovers and rejuvenates.
Meditate: Enhancement of enzymes upregulated and downregulated
√ Upregulated: Homeostasis, Self-regulation and Self-sparing
√ Downregulated: Activate inflammations
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131208090343.htm
Cultivate Good Emotions > Limbic Resonance
Releases > Exitocin - Dopamine - Serotonin
https://neurosciencenews.com/dopamine-pleasure-addiction-10319/
Exercise: Any exercise
Diet: Mediterranean based fish and olive oil.
Well, taking away the meditation, it is to know general almost everything said above.
But a fundamental point for this physical-mental balance would be our interaction with nature.
Yoshifumi Miyazaki, co-director of the Center for Environment and Health at Chiba University in Japan, one of the world's leading institutions. - The human body was made to adapt to nature.
Its work is based on the premise that we spend 99.99% of our five million years of evolution as primates in the midst of nature.
We would be essentially connected to it. It may seem esoteric, but scientists from several countries - such as the Netherlands, the UK and Japan - have realized that by coming into contact with green, the body soon responds subtly with lower blood pressure and higher levels of white blood cells. by the body's defenses), among others.
The term "Biophilia" literally means "love of life" and was popularized when the American biologist Edward Wilson published a book with this title in 1984.
Ten years later Wilson edited with Stephen Kellert another book entitled " biofilm hypothesis, "which discusses the possibility of a genetic basis for our appreciation of nature.
There is no widely accepted research to substantiate this theory, but there is no shortage of evidence of the healthy influence of green.
In a 2000 study, researcher Tove Fjeld of the Norwegian Agriculture University found that complaints about sore throats, for example, dropped by 23% after an office was decorated with plants.
But the study by Virginia Lohr, a researcher at Washington State University, found that the presence of plants makes the pain more bearable.
Research by Miyazaki, University of Chiba, brings interesting numbers on the influence of walking in natural environments.
After the second day of wandering in a local forest, a certain type of white blood cells, the body's defense cells, had a 56% increase in the individuals followed.
A 23% greater amount of cells than the original state was maintained for one month after walking and returning to urban life.
For researchers, this was a clear sign of how nature can contribute to preventive medicine.
Because of this, since 2005 in Japan, there are several places where you can practice "Forest Therapy" (called shinrin-yoku), a walk through green areas with potential to cure stress.
Since 2004, the Japanese government has invested US $ 4 million in research on the subject, aiming to establish more than 100 places to participate in therapy.
I marked some important points:
Being in nature makes you feel more alive;
√ Nature improves your memory;
√ Nature reduces acute stress;
√ Nature improves your sense of focus;
√ Nature relieves symptoms of depression;
√ Nature prevents bad mood;
√ Green spaces help stimulate your creativity;
In short, human symbiosis with nature is imperative.
Indispensable.
Vital to both.
And Mother Nature is grateful.
Sources:
http://www.tudoporemail.com.br/content.aspx?emailid=4075
https://www.megacurioso.com.br/ciencia/85425-10-beneficios-que-o-contato-com-a-natureza-traz-para-a-sua-saude.htm
https://oglobo.globo.com/sociedade/ciencia/revista-amanha/contato-com-natureza-faz-bem-saude-9504241