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Trees Lower High Blood Pressure Spending time around trees and looking at trees reduces stress, lowers blood pressure and improves mood. Numerous studies show that both exercising in forests and simply sitting looking at trees reduce blood pressure as well as the stress-related hormones cortisol and adrenaline. 1, 2 Donovan, G. Butry, D. Michael, Y., Prestemon, J., Liebhold,A., Gatziolis, D., Mao, M. (2013). Mao G.X., Cao, Y.B., Lan, X.G., He, Z.H., Chen, Z.M., Wang, Y.Z., Hu, X.L., Lv, Y.D., Wang, G.F., Yan, J. (2012). More Info
Social Connection and Depression Adults who report feeling lonely often are more than twice as likely to develop depression as adults who report rarely or never feeling lonely. 1, 2 Mann et al., 2022. Surgeon General More Info
Social Connection and Hypertension & Diabetes Social support from friends and family is associated with improved hypertension and diabetes management. 1, 2, 3, 4 Surgeon General Magrin et al., 2017 Shahin et al., 2021. Pan et al., 2021. More Info
Social Connection and Heart Disease & Stroke Poor social relationships, social isolation, and loneliness can increase your risk of heart disease by 29% and risk of stroke by 32%. 1, 2 Valtorta et al., 2016. Surgeon General More Info
Social Connection and Diabetes Smaller social network size is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and of other diabetic complications including heart attacks and kidney disease. 1, 2, 3 Surgeon General Brinkhues et al., 2017. Brinkhues et al., 2018. More Info
Social Connection and Good health People with strong perceptions of community belongingness are 2.6 times more likely to report good or excellent health than people with a low sense of belongingness. 1, 2 Surgeon General My Health My Community, 2018. More Info
Social Connection and Stress Being more socially connected can improve stress responses and minimize the negative health effects of stress. 1, 2, 3 Cohen & Willis, 1985. Southwick, et al., 2016. Surgeon General More Info
Social Connection and Heart Attack & Kidney Disease Smaller social network size is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and of other diabetic complications including heart attacks and kidney disease. 1, 2, 3 Surgeon General Brinkhues et al., 2017. Brinkhues et al., 2018. More Info