Amazing information! I know NutritionFacts often references the Adventist Health Studies. Here is a 1902 quote from a famous Adventist author about the health-giving properties of trees: “There are life-giving properties in the balsam of the pine, in the fragrance of the cedar and the fir. And there are other trees that are health-promoting. Let no such trees be ruthlessly cut down. Cherish them where they are abundant, and plant more where there are but few.” - Ellen G. White
@cairylester I'm familiar with her work. I'm just now finishing up a health presentation that includes that quote and the topic of forest bathing. It's part three of a series called "EDEN - God's Magnificent Outdoor Automatic Healthcare System". Part-3 will be subtitled "Treating Cancer Eden's Way".
I grew up surrounded by orange groves. The smell of orange blossoms is such a wonderful, powerful aroma that when I just imagine smelling it, I feel my happy endorphins doing their happy dance!
I knew immediately what the title meant when I read it. I leave my cell behind during my morning walks on the trails. I can feel the stress melt away. It definitely a spiritual thing for me!!
We moved our family away from the city to a 10acres block with pine trees in forested areas. It’s been 8 years growing most of our own veg and my immune system is the strongest it’s ever been. No more seasonal flu and colds
What’s crazy is all the carbon capture projects governments and companies want to implement. Why not just plant trees? Zero downsides and win win in every way.
After watching this I am even more glad to be the person who walks my family doctorˋs dog through the woods 4 days a week (my doctor is a kind man without any clue about good nutrition 😉 who prefers to keep it this way 🤔). The dog and I are the winner 😊
Questions: How long do you need to be in the forest, or use the essential oils, for it to have this effect? 8 hours? 5 hours? 1 hour? And, is there a minimal and optimal number of hours for there to be an effect? For instance, if you need 3 hours for an effect, does 8 hours make the effect more pronounced, or do you reach your optimal effect at the 3-hour exposure?
A book I read by the author of one of the studies Dr. Greger cited (Qing Li's Forest Bathing) said that two hours in the forest is ideal since any longer than that just nets you the same effect, although you should start to feel the effects after 20 minutes
well one should consider that walking, sunlight and the aromas/pine pollens inhaled are all working together! Go outside and play like your Mama told you
I have no doubt that the fragrance from plants is healing .. I do believe there’s more to the health benefits of bathing in a forest though such as “grounding”.. I have a grounding mat that I use daily and the instant I touch it with my feet .. it’s like every cell in my body is released from all stress . It’s why so many people also find a shower or bath so soothing .. if you are standing in water that is touching the drain - you are grounded..
@@m0L3ify Fortunately I live about 40 minutes from the mountains and 40 minutes from the beach. Been going to the beach every weekend (even though it's fall now) and I feel better afterwards. I call it my vitamin SEA. Wonder what the effects of saltwater air has on the body? Not to mention 'earthing' while sitting on the sand. But, I will be heading to the mountains soon!
One thing that doesn't quite connect: in the previous video we saw that even thinking about getting to go to the forest may have a beneficial effect like actually going to the forest. Clearly no pinene involved in that scenario.
I'm very lucky to live next to small area of pine trees on top of hill in my city (Wellington) I got up there around sunset, and I see maybe one other person. It is so spiritual and uplifting for me, just listening to my music. Nature is good for the soul - and the body apparently!
You teased about Moringa being bad a month ago and I haven’t seen the video yet? Also when are you publishing the marijuana series(I only saw one video). Keep up the good work!!!!
I watch this video the most & just realized today that my fav fragrance (hinoki cypress) is listed which gives me an amazing feel everyday. Try a sample of hinoki by monocle-X-comme-des-garcons or hinoki shower gel by Le-Labo.
Thank you Dr. Michael for the valuable information. I learned a lot from your videos. I have non nutrition related question. What technology (software) do you use to create your videos? I am a teacher and I like the way how you present the information, and I think it is a good method for virtual and distance learning.
I am healthy 63 year old . Hike on trails breathing fresh healthy air in Alaska . Live in rural property .Never get colds or any communical diseases . However my neutrophils are ,always low.alll my life! . Blood,work last week showed 1379 neutrophil cells. Should be within 1550 to 1780cells/I'm. Should I be worried ?
Have you ever wondered how awesome it would be to chat with a tipsy Dr. Greger at a bar about forest bathing? Play the video at 0.5x :-) (discovered this while taking notes)
I like the health facts you present. On your statement about evolving over millions years, and even though presented as fact in our schools, the theory of evolution still remains a theory - not a fact. Cheers
We live in a 100% plantbased community and we currently live in a jungle and are moving to a 15 acre property with several homes. It would be amazing if you could do some studies on our community to see how our health as 100% a plantbased community in a rain forest/ jungle! Let me know what you think?
So Michael, This begs the question, are there any studies where cortisol levels are lowered by some proven intervention (ex. Having subjects vigorously exercise on a treadmill in the presence of...) in conjunction with the essential oils intervention already proven efficacious to see if, or to r/o if, that is the magic combo? Thank you SO much for your amazing life's work!!!
Hi Dr. Greger! Big fan of your work! I have a type of Ehlers Danlos Syndrome where my glutamine is being replaced by lysine. What are the best sources of glutamine on a vegan diet? Thanks!
can you smell and see trees in a park? Yes you can - so it does probably have an effect and probably a lower effect, similar to the hotel with tree aroma or potentially bigger.
@@Doihavetochoosemynam "tree with a hint of gasoline" is my favourite aroma ...somehow that might actually be true...needle tree essential oil is kinda lit and for some reason i also like the smell of diesel (despite not actually liking cars whatsoever) 😳send help
Hi, Oliver Khoo! That is a great question, but it does not appear to have been studied, so unfortunately we do not know the answer. As Dr. Greger likes to say, "We don't know, until we put it to the test." That said, I suspect that, although the plants may be different, they may have similar benefits. It seems unlikely to be harmful, at least. I hope that helps! -Christine Kestner, MS, CNS, LDN, NutritionFacts.org Health Support Volunteer
I have an small booklet from 1976 in Swedish called "The Old Herb Man's 25 Wonderful Healing Plants". Yes, isn't it a cute! According to this a professor B Tokin in the Soviet union studied the affects of phutoncides in plants on different deseases. He used RAW ONION PASTE because of the extra richness of phutoncides in onions. So therefore it turned out it isn't only the vitamin C that is beneficial to fight the cold but rather the phutoncides. Love lots! Kicki
Getting away from the insanity and artificialities of the current socio-economic system and all the stressors that the system creates.. also improves health. We should really spend most of our in nature but unnecessary jobs force us to abuse our bodies instead. Sunlight, aromas, fresh air, beneficial microbes and more essential health promoting factors... it's a crime that people are being denied healthy living.
Probably increase stress, which would increase levels of cortisol in the body, which would lower the activity of NKC. So leave your phone at home or in the car whenever possible. :)
You can create your own mini indoor forest by bringing plants into your home. There are many that help detoxify pollutants found in indoor air, from cooking, personal products, and off-gassing furniture, paint, textiles, etc. Here's a link to get you started "The Best Air-Cleaning Plants, According to NASA | The Healthy" www.thehealthy.com/home/plants-to-detoxify-your-home/
Beware, not everyone will benefit. Trees give off pollen and a miasma of toxic chemicals (to ward off insects), I can’t go anywhere with trees in the early part of the year. That said pine trees seem to do good.
They’re not your forests! People should be allowed the freedom to roam wherever they want, whenever they want. They’re no less entitled to be there than you are.
@@maximus5687 Sorry I did not edit my post to assuage a trolling literalist. My post was about the absurdity of wearing a mask in the woods. It was not about forestry ownership. Can you show me where in my post I said non residents could not roam through New Hampshire forests?
The danger in any health advice is that people get way too focused on one thing. On defeating one gremlin or bad guy. Or ramping some ostensibly healthy or beneficial thing up to the nth degree. There's real balance needed in all of this. A great centering, a harmonious medium. Besides, I've got some trees for you to smell right here. G doesn't like the most beneficial plant on the planet though. He still thinks it's bad for you. What's bad for us are the chemical fertilizers and pesticides being sprayed on our plants and dropped in the soil which can make a vegan diet deadly. You can smoke dried spinach leaves and tell me all about how bad spinach is for me too. Doesn't have dip to do with the spinach. But boy do we love to demonize cannabis. So dumb man.
Amazing information! I know NutritionFacts often references the Adventist Health Studies. Here is a 1902 quote from a famous Adventist author about the health-giving properties of trees: “There are life-giving properties in the balsam of the pine, in the fragrance of the cedar and the fir. And there are other trees that are health-promoting. Let no such trees be ruthlessly cut down. Cherish them where they are abundant, and plant more where there are but few.” - Ellen G. White
@cairylester I'm familiar with her work. I'm just now finishing up a health presentation that includes that quote and the topic of forest bathing. It's part three of a series called "EDEN - God's Magnificent Outdoor Automatic Healthcare System". Part-3 will be subtitled "Treating Cancer Eden's Way".
I grew up surrounded by orange groves. The smell of orange blossoms is such a wonderful, powerful aroma that when I just imagine smelling it, I feel my happy endorphins doing their happy dance!
I knew immediately what the title meant when I read it. I leave my cell behind during my morning walks on the trails. I can feel the stress melt away. It definitely a spiritual thing for me!!
placebo
@@aarushchaubey516wow calling something placebo makes it placebo
@@fmartin59 huh
@@fmartin59 How much would you bet that this poster is mansplaining?
Amazing how interconnected with mother nature we are!
Because we are nature
We moved our family away from the city to a 10acres block with pine trees in forested areas. It’s been 8 years growing most of our own veg and my immune system is the strongest it’s ever been. No more seasonal flu and colds
This is fascinating
I'm a simple man. I see Dr G. I press like.
Simple everything is the best. Good to see you here Florian. Happy new year/Bonne année.
@@mikeskylark1594 Classic haha
@@StoryeTime Bonne année! :-)
wow, please can you cover more information regarding essential oils and their anti-cancer effects please, thanks. The research in this area is amazing
I’m lucky to live in the forest 🌲🙏🏻
I live near a big, old, forest. Even the part you drive through makes you feel better if you put the windows down :)
Amazing research. And I wouldn't have known about it without Dr. G and the all the lovely folks at NF.org
All the more reason to start planting trees and create your own forest where you live
All the more reasons to stop animal agriculture and reforest the farmland. As if we didn't have enough of reasons to do so.
What’s crazy is all the carbon capture projects governments and companies want to implement. Why not just plant trees? Zero downsides and win win in every way.
I will give this a try. Thanks for the inspiration to get outdoors. I just got to find a forest nearby.
Are the effects the same in the winter as in the summer?
I feel like the winter is even better with even more negative ions in the air,but I haven't watched the video yet...🍃
Thanks for your great work, much appreciated!
Oh, I like eucalyptus and pine fragrance!
After watching this I am even more glad to be the person who walks my family doctorˋs dog through the woods 4 days a week (my doctor is a kind man without any clue about good nutrition 😉 who prefers to keep it this way 🤔). The dog and I are the winner 😊
Questions: How long do you need to be in the forest, or use the essential oils, for it to have this effect? 8 hours? 5 hours? 1 hour? And, is there a minimal and optimal number of hours for there to be an effect? For instance, if you need 3 hours for an effect, does 8 hours make the effect more pronounced, or do you reach your optimal effect at the 3-hour exposure?
A book I read by the author of one of the studies Dr. Greger cited (Qing Li's Forest Bathing) said that two hours in the forest is ideal since any longer than that just nets you the same effect, although you should start to feel the effects after 20 minutes
@@bluebasset8738 Thanks so much!
well one should consider that walking, sunlight and the aromas/pine pollens inhaled are all working together! Go outside and play like your Mama told you
Awesome! I know I feel my best when I am in the mountains. Looking forward to checking this video out! Happy MLK JR day everyone!🍃🌲
I have no doubt that the fragrance from plants is healing .. I do believe there’s more to the health benefits of bathing in a forest though such as “grounding”..
I have a grounding mat that I use daily and the instant I touch it with my feet .. it’s like every cell in my body is released from all stress . It’s why so many people also find a shower or bath so soothing .. if you are standing in water that is touching the drain - you are grounded..
Love the smell of Eucalyptus & Lemongrass 🌿
File under: “no downside” interventions.
There’s always the possibility of getting Lyme disease from a tick (cue Debbie Downer theme 😝)
If you don't live near a forest you might have to drive a long way to get to one
@@m0L3ify Fortunately I live about 40 minutes from the mountains and 40 minutes from the beach. Been going to the beach every weekend (even though it's fall now) and I feel better afterwards. I call it my vitamin SEA. Wonder what the effects of saltwater air has on the body? Not to mention 'earthing' while sitting on the sand. But, I will be heading to the mountains soon!
Now, I wonder if pine-sol paid for any of the findings..... Big pine-sol at it again. I'll definitely be diffusing some pine oil now.
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😂😂😂
Came here in 2024 and wow, it's really helpful 😊definitely use those tips!
This is so interesting and easy to do! Thank you for your important work!
He missed an opportunity to say
"Essential oils might really be essential!"
What about going into a winter forest ?
This is incredible! Thanks!
One thing that doesn't quite connect: in the previous video we saw that even thinking about getting to go to the forest may have a beneficial effect like actually going to the forest. Clearly no pinene involved in that scenario.
Probably the cortisol effect in that case. As he said, it's likely a combination of factors.
Well studies shown even pics of trees have an effect so could be a visualisation thing,
Amazing! Thanks for sharing!!
I'm very lucky to live next to small area of pine trees on top of hill in my city (Wellington) I got up there around sunset, and I see maybe one other person. It is so spiritual and uplifting for me, just listening to my music.
Nature is good for the soul - and the body apparently!
Would walking in a forest during north east winters have the same effect?
You teased about Moringa being bad a month ago and I haven’t seen the video yet? Also when are you publishing the marijuana series(I only saw one video). Keep up the good work!!!!
As always, thank you for sharing your research.
this is amazing! so is it safe to use on a oil diffuser trees oils????
It appears so.
I think I have known this for a long time, interesting to have it explained scientifically.
Off for a walk in the piñons 😋
"BREEEEATHING IN THAT GOOD-ASS PRANA BABY!!! And we ain't even had breakfast yet... Can I get a Hellooooo there? Heh."
The cat down the road said yes!
Out in the heart of nature every day ❤️🌲😊
Gotta go out into nature!!!
I watch this video the most & just realized today that my fav fragrance (hinoki cypress) is listed which gives me an amazing feel everyday. Try a sample of hinoki by monocle-X-comme-des-garcons or hinoki shower gel by Le-Labo.
I wonder if essential oil from pine and fir can help
I want to sign up for this study!
Thank you Dr. Michael for the valuable information. I learned a lot from your videos.
I have non nutrition related question. What technology (software) do you use to create your videos? I am a teacher and I like the way how you present the information, and I think it is a good method for virtual and distance learning.
I am healthy 63 year old . Hike on trails breathing fresh healthy air in Alaska . Live in rural property .Never get colds or any communical diseases . However my neutrophils are ,always low.alll my life! . Blood,work last week showed
1379 neutrophil cells. Should be within 1550 to 1780cells/I'm. Should I be worried ?
Thank you for this video.
Have you ever wondered how awesome it would be to chat with a tipsy Dr. Greger at a bar about forest bathing? Play the video at 0.5x :-) (discovered this while taking notes)
I like the health facts you present. On your statement about evolving over millions years, and even though presented as fact in our schools, the theory of evolution still remains a theory - not a fact. Cheers
Remember who created it all to complement everything with each other
Interesting! Thank you.
How big does it have to be? I've got woody areas I walk through but it would be pushing it to call them forests?
This is incredible
We live in a 100% plantbased community and we currently live in a jungle and are moving to a 15 acre property with several homes. It would be amazing if you could do some studies on our community to see how our health as 100% a plantbased community in a rain forest/ jungle! Let me know what you think?
So Michael, This begs the question, are there any studies where cortisol levels are lowered by some proven intervention (ex. Having subjects vigorously exercise on a treadmill in the presence of...) in conjunction with the essential oils intervention already proven efficacious to see if, or to r/o if, that is the magic combo? Thank you SO much for your amazing life's work!!!
So true!!
Hi Dr. Greger! Big fan of your work! I have a type of Ehlers Danlos Syndrome where my glutamine is being replaced by lysine. What are the best sources of glutamine on a vegan diet? Thanks!
Cool...love all the videos thanks 😊
Ok that is not what I thought by forest bathing
It's not that forests have an inherent immune-boosting effect it's that urban and even suburban life is so toxic by comparison.
I'm very into this
* omg is there anybody on this app that doesn't like hiking? *
Great topic thank you!
Maravillosa nuestra Madre Naturaleza...Vix Medicatrix Naturae
Sometimes science shows you the way. Other times you just know stuff and science follows along afterwards with its explanation.
Nice work....
The fragrance of trees combined with the negative ions produced by the forest, a killer combo...
Thanks!
Beautiful
What about drinking spruce beer?
forest: works
city: doesnt work
park: ???
🤔🤔🤔
can you smell and see trees in a park? Yes you can - so it does probably have an effect and probably a lower effect, similar to the hotel with tree aroma or potentially bigger.
@@Doihavetochoosemynam "tree with a hint of gasoline" is my favourite aroma
...somehow that might actually be true...needle tree essential oil is kinda lit and for some reason i also like the smell of diesel (despite not actually liking cars whatsoever) 😳send help
What about loading your house with plants??
Does this apply to Rain forest, because we don't have pine and eucalyptus tree in rain forest.
Hi, Oliver Khoo! That is a great question, but it does not appear to have been studied, so unfortunately we do not know the answer. As Dr. Greger likes to say, "We don't know, until we put it to the test." That said, I suspect that, although the plants may be different, they may have similar benefits. It seems unlikely to be harmful, at least. I hope that helps!
-Christine Kestner, MS, CNS, LDN, NutritionFacts.org Health Support Volunteer
Life is like a box of Chocolates! Forest G. Love your Mother and she Loves us Back.
I have an small booklet from 1976 in Swedish called "The Old Herb Man's 25 Wonderful Healing Plants". Yes, isn't it a cute! According to this a professor B Tokin in the Soviet union studied the affects of phutoncides in plants on different deseases. He used RAW ONION PASTE because of the extra richness of phutoncides in onions. So therefore it turned out it isn't only the vitamin C that is beneficial to fight the cold but rather the phutoncides. Love lots! Kicki
Effects *
Awesome dude
Dr. Greger is so handsome in a nerdy kind of way.
What about if I have trees in my backyard and I open the window for some fresh air? Does that work too. lol
Wow!
Getting away from the insanity and artificialities of the current socio-economic system and all the stressors that the system creates.. also improves health. We should really spend most of our in nature but unnecessary jobs force us to abuse our bodies instead. Sunlight, aromas, fresh air, beneficial microbes and more essential health promoting factors... it's a crime that people are being denied healthy living.
Just logical
I checked it wasn't April 1st, when I saw the video title.
What if you bring your iphone, on which you get email/news/calls??
Probably increase stress, which would increase levels of cortisol in the body, which would lower the activity of NKC.
So leave your phone at home or in the car whenever possible. :)
You can create your own mini indoor forest by bringing plants into your home. There are many that help detoxify pollutants found in indoor air, from cooking, personal products, and off-gassing furniture, paint, textiles, etc. Here's a link to get you started "The Best Air-Cleaning Plants, According to NASA | The Healthy" www.thehealthy.com/home/plants-to-detoxify-your-home/
This is why I like to put on my night vision goggles and stalk around naked in my neighbor's woods at night.
This guy needs to be the next Bill Nye
I already saw that on Dr. Berg's channel
💗💗💗💗💗
I'm a beach girl myself. Far fewer unexplained disappearances!
Beware, not everyone will benefit.
Trees give off pollen and a miasma of toxic chemicals (to ward off insects), I can’t go anywhere with trees in the early part of the year.
That said pine trees seem to do good.
Id buy some forest air but the Spaceballs keep sucking it all up
In New Hampshire you can see the many invaders from Massachusetts walking through our forests with their masks on.
They’re not your forests! People should be allowed the freedom to roam wherever they want, whenever they want. They’re no less entitled to be there than you are.
@@maximus5687 Sorry I did not edit my post to assuage a trolling literalist. My post was about the absurdity of wearing a mask in the woods. It was not about forestry ownership. Can you show me where in my post I said non residents could not roam through New Hampshire forests?
Masks on! LOL
Air is great, and at the same time, remove your shoes and connect w the earth and get GROUNDED! Removes negative electricity...
dr greger be like "what is this nature thing they speak of"
Put on your tie dye and HUG a TREE . 😊
l wonder if it wood oops, l mean would, be helpful to bring a tree branch home with us?
Forest bathing can get you arrested for indecent exposure!
Well stop at the gas station to mitigate illegal exposure friend
Aroma therapy?!
please check out our video on essential oils - it will blow your mind
Forests are dirty, they need to bathe more.
The danger in any health advice is that people get way too focused on one thing. On defeating one gremlin or bad guy. Or ramping some ostensibly healthy or beneficial thing up to the nth degree. There's real balance needed in all of this. A great centering, a harmonious medium.
Besides, I've got some trees for you to smell right here. G doesn't like the most beneficial plant on the planet though. He still thinks it's bad for you. What's bad for us are the chemical fertilizers and pesticides being sprayed on our plants and dropped in the soil which can make a vegan diet deadly. You can smoke dried spinach leaves and tell me all about how bad spinach is for me too. Doesn't have dip to do with the spinach. But boy do we love to demonize cannabis. So dumb man.
Plant a tree