Gardening from the couch: Gardeners do it longer
This from Randy Schultz Gardening newsletter: Want to live eight years longer than your urban-dwelling cousin who thinks she knows everything? Garden! According to Dan Buettner in his book, The Blue Zone: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest, gardening is one of the healthy lifestyle choices that long-lived people engage in that helps keep their bodies healthy. Walking helps, too, as does getting good doses of vitamin D from daily sunshine and eating a veggie-rich diet. Yet another reason to grow your own vegetables!
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This is so true! Since I started my garden, my vegetable intake has soared. Having all of those fresh, beautiful vegetables that I grew myself has inspired me to cook simple, healthy dinners. Especially this time of year, I am eating 3 or 4 vegetables every night.
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Posted by: 2 Green Acres | August 9, 2009 2:41 PM