Study: 20 to 30 minutes walking reduce stress
By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 09-10-2020
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"Building personal flexibility into the experiment, allowed us to identify the optimal duration of a nature pill, no matter when or where it is taken, and under the normal circumstances of modern life, with its unpredictability and hectic scheduling," she continued. To make allowances for busy lifestyles, while also providing meaningful results, the experimental design was novel in other aspects too.
"We accommodated day to day differences in a participant's stress status by collecting four snapshots of cortisol change due to a nature pill. It also allowed us to identify and account for the impact of the ongoing, natural drop in cortisol level as the day goes on, making the estimate of effective duration more reliable," said Hunter.
The data revealed that just a twenty-minute nature experience was enough to significantly reduce cortisol levels. But if you spent a little more time immersed in nature experience, 20 to 30 minutes sitting or walking, cortisol levels dropped at their greatest rate. After that, additional de-stressing benefits continue to add up but at a slower rate.
Source: thehealthsite.com