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science has proven garden RR good for you

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science has proven garden RR good for you
Posted by FJ and G on Friday, April 6, 2007 6:13 AM

a couple days ago, the Washington Post reported a study in the journal Neuroscience, which documents the beneficial effects of working in the soil, i.e., gardening. The bacterias found in good soil are actually absorbed in the body, thereby increasing levels of serotonin, a neurotransmitter which increases ones happiness and creativity.

just thought you'd like to know why you feel giddy all the time when you are in the garden playing

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Posted by tangerine-jack on Monday, April 9, 2007 8:32 PM

Well, like duh. Dunce [D)] How much did this study cost?  I could have told them that information for half the money they spent on "research".  That's a little like saying the "pyramids are really big" or "water is really wet", only having somebody pay you to say it.  OF COURSE gardening is a healthy, happy and creative hobby.  We all know it, and we are the most important people who ever lived so that should be proof enough!

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Posted by MTCarpenter on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 12:48 PM
I knew science was good for SOMETHING! Big Smile [:D]
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Posted by dwbeckett on Thursday, April 12, 2007 10:26 AM

IF IT'S GOOD WHY DO I HURT SO MUCH. The RR part is relaxing thou.

 

The head is gray, hands don't work , back is weak, legs give out, eyes are gone, money go's and my wife still love's Me.

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Posted by FJ and G on Thursday, April 12, 2007 2:24 PM
when I walk the beagle in suburbia, i have noticed very boring yards with just grass growing. the yards never seem to get used unless someone's mowing them; with trains in the garden, i bet i get more quality use; and inhaling all those bacteria is one heck of a rush; operating the trains is secondary

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