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Showing posts with label health. Show all posts

Swim with dolphins in Honduras

One of thirty ways to live a longer and healthier life.

I stumble upon this page a while ago on healthy living from SAGA Magazine: "Thirty ways to a healthier life" ,  and I am particularly fond of #19 related to Interaction with Dolphins, an activity you can perform in Honduras —easily and less expensively than in other destinations:

Swim with dolphins: People with mild to moderate depression showed significant and lasting improvement after spending an hour a day swimming with dolphins for two weeks in Honduras, according to a study published in the BMJ. They did much better than a control group who took part in water-based activities but without the dolphins. The psychiatrists from the University of Leicester medical school were testing brophilia - the theory that human health and wellbeing are linked to our relationship with the natural environment. —SAGA Magazine, Read complete article here:  Thirty ways to a healthier life.