Tag Archives: health

In a life invaded by the noise, the silence becomes even more valuable and important: it becomes a resource for our mental and physical health. The noise is a source of stress, it accelerates aging, tires mind and body. Listen to silence allows us to regain our balance, and it has these unexpected and amazing benefits. Less […]

Public gardens and urban green areas guarantee for a higher quality of life and protect us from air pollution. This is what the last ISPRA report on the quality of urban environment states. This rich document, now at its 10th edition and extrapolated from the analysis of many environmental indicators belonging to 73 different Italian cities, is composed […]

Cruise ships are often associated with luxury and total relaxation, but in reality, they represent huge damage to the environment and the health of passengers and port cities. Cruise ships not only create significant environmental damage but are extremely harmful to health due to their exhaust gases. This is what emerges from the 2016 Environmental […]

Sleep Soundly, Nurture Life: this is the slogan of the Tenth World Sleep Day, which will be celebrated worldwide on March 17. A day to remember the importance of a good rest and to inform more people about the many sleep disorders that worsen the quality of life of 45% of the world population. The […]

Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Everyday, I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. But by sitting still, and the more one sits still, […]

9 out of 10 people breathe air too polluted: this is the dramatic datas that WHO has spread in the most detailed report ever on air pollution and the consequent damage to health. Each year, about 3 million people die due to exposure to air pollution, especially in South East Asia and the Western Pacific regions. In particular air […]

We barely think about it, but the air in our homes is polluted, and can harm our health. But more and more studies show that some plants can reduce domestic pollution, neutralizing harmful volatile organic compounds (VOC) present in many products that we use in our homes. We find them in cleaning products, paints, in smoke, […]

There are at least five reasons why walking barefoot, at least in our home, is good for our mental and physical wellbeing. Contrary to what is generally thought and our fears for hygiene, doctors and specialists, based on extensive research, argue that walking barefoot should become a habit for children and adults. This simple and natural activity is […]

Women living in the countryside live longer and better, these are the surprising results of a study of T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard that show that women who live surrounded by greenery have a lower mortality rate of 12% compared to those living in cities. The study lasted 8 years and involved little […]

The beginning of a strange manifest of «a non-profit association which aims at safeguarding and promoting where possible all kinds of insects in all parts and places of the world»,1 may not seem the most sensible way to talk of pesticides. But the world in which we are inevitably shaping, through the increased use of […]