Good news for couch potatoes!
When it comes to the issue of lowering blood pressure and improving overall health, the number one piece of advice is to get off the couch and start working out.
The last advice your doctor would give you would be to watch more TV. A new study out of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, however, reveals that watching a specific kind of TV show (you can usually find all the time) improves many health benefits, including anxiety, insomnia and high blood pressure.
[adrotate group=”5″]In a recent study out of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, participants were assigned to one of two groups to test the effectiveness of brain training applications and games. One group was assigned tasks that are typical of brain-training games on the computer, and the other was assigned the task of simply watching nature documentaries produced by National Geographic.
What the researchers found was that not only were the brain-training games essentially useless in increasing performance in memory, concentration, mental computation, and other goals, but the nature shows were overwhelmingly more effective.
What’s more, scientists noticed that in the nature show group, measurements in health characteristics like blood pressure, anxiety, sleep, and mood also improved to an obvious statistically relevant degree.
Scientists speculate that several things were happening to the nature show group to cause such an impressive change. First, nature shows are as informative as they are entertaining. People’s understanding of the world around them increased greatly without any specific effort needing to be placed upon focus.
Next, scientists point out that with the increase in the knowledge of subject matter, vocabulary was also increased due to the content of the shows.
Finally, and most important to the people who needed to drop their blood pressure, was the fact that watching the shows was very relaxing. Sleep improved, which is key in driving down hypertension, but stress and anxiety were also alleviated consistently.
The point to all this is not that you need to stay up watching nature shows. However, swapping out a ridiculous reality show for a relaxing nature program will go a long way in beating back the stress you fight on a daily basis. And kicking the stress habit is the key to eliminating hypertension, anyway.
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Brilliant news. I’ve been an avid watcher of nature and nature programmes all my life. Good to have positive confirmation that my BP has been systematically lowered NATURALLY each time i have tuned in.
Thanks so much for this really encouraging information. God bless you+++
Watching educational nature programs on TV found to be good for your health. Learn more and get healthier at the same time.
I did not have this information, but I felt it was true all along. We always watch Great Canadian Parks and other shows about nature and animals in the wild, and they do make us feel deeply relaxed ( which is good for the blood pressure)
excellent suggestions
For me, this makes perfect sense. Nature is the way we know God more and we become closer to ourselves. In a natural place, we usually feel peace and harmony which is perfect for our health. At home, watching such programmes can be our best alternative. My low blood pressure has suddenly turned this year to high blood pressure. Intuitively I feel that if I eat lots of greens and stay for days and weeks in the wild, everything, including pressure will normalize, God Willing.