Business Innovators Radio - Get Out into the Great Outdoors

Episode Date: May 31, 2023

Why does Mom keep telling you to go outside? No – it’s not just because she needs some peace and quiet (or at least that isn’t the only reason). The Great Outdoors is called that for a reason �� and it’s amazing what it can do for your overall health.In today’s episode, Dr. Dan and Angela jump into the beauty of spending time outdoors – whether it’s a long getaway to the woods or sneaking a cup of morning coffee on your back deck. They’ll share health benefits of recharging outside and ways to sneak in some daily outdoor time. Tune in for a fun episode…and try to do it outside, would you? To learn more about this and other hot health topics, follow us on social media and subscribe to our WTH podcast. If you have a specific health question or would like to find out if we can help you with a personal health challenge, check out our office page or contact us at 412-369-0400/ [e-mail]. As always, our mission is to help you Get Healthy and Stay Healthy for a Lifetime!What the Health?!https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/what-the-health/Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/get-out-into-the-great-outdoors

Welcome to What the Health, where anything health is fair game as we tackle the trends and bust the myths about health and wellness. Here are your hosts, Dr. Dan and Angela Toro. And welcome to another episode of What the Health. I am Dr. Dan here with my co-host. Angela, welcome back, guys. I'll get out of the way right now, our little disclaimer, as you guys know at this point, we are here for informational purposes only in no way offering individualized medical advice. always talk to your trusted healthcare provider.

Although today I feel pretty confident in our recommendation and what we're talking about, which is... Why does mom keep telling you to go outside? Yes. We've been hearing it. We've been hearing it since we were kids and now saying it to our kids and get outside, get outside. And why is that so important?

And no, it's not just because mom is going crazy and needs you out of the house, although that's... sanity. That is probably the number one reason. That is certainly part of it. But no, there's really something to, you know, we hear all the time the great outdoors and there truly is something to the greatness of the outdoors and all the amazing benefits that it has for your health.

And as we finally seem to be heading into nicer weather here, see if like the perfect time to talk about the reminders of all those benefits of why it's so good to get out. Yeah. And if you think about it, I actually had a, A speaker, I was in a continuing education seminar one time, and he straight up asked, he's like, when do you feel, he asked his audience, when do you feel most at peace? And as we went around the room, you know, almost every answer happened to be around something to do with the outdoors.

So if you think about it, you know, like gardening or hiking or biking or, you know, it really, and again, Not like high levels of physical activity, you know, not like the weight room bagging stuff around. But like it was stuff that was just you were connected with nature, you know, in a way that, you know, you don't get inside, especially in today's day and age where you're sitting in front of a screen all the time. Even just sitting outside having your cup of coffee in the morning. Oh my gosh. As opposed to, you know, chugging it in the car when you're running around, just having that opportunity. That's one of my favorite things with vacation. It's just if you have a balcony or some kind of outdoor space where you can take that.

you know, had that couple, our girls weekend a couple weeks ago and I was with your wife. That's not money. That's not a lot. I wasn't invited. He was with the kids. Yeah, the one morning was absolutely beautiful. And so we just sat out on the deck and had our coffee and tea out there. And it was just, you know, nice to feel the sun on your face and just nice, very relaxing morning. Yeah. You hear, you know, and again, the sound too, not just what you're stepping away from. Because again, If you're inside a house and if you're like me and you've got three, you know, young kids and they're constantly screaming or yelling at each other or, you know, or you've got multiple devices on, you know, one of them's doing homework. One of them's watching TV. One of them's watching their Kindle. And it's like, you know, or they're just playing with something else. It's just so much. So much noise. Everything has batteries now. Everything has. Yeah. Just thinking like the grinch. All the noise, noise, noise. And, you know, so yeah, I mean, just stepping out on my back porch and, you know, this time of year, you got all the birds. There's. There's, you know, we've like three nests up in our deck. Yeah, you guys, you guys have a little. The birds, the, the little ones just were born.

Oh, so you're hearing all the little, yeah, all the little tweets and the chirps. So, I mean, there's just something, it's a different noise. Yeah, you can hear the rustling of the leaves, the different, yeah, the different animals. There's, yeah, just all of those, all those little things that you miss when you're inside those, inside those four walls. Yeah, so it's what you're getting away from, you know, especially with technology, but then again, what you're adding to with the nature. And those sounds are just very, very calming and connecting. Yeah.

And actually, that's one of the points I want to talk about, which really is just a calming presence of green space. And it can, it actually can reduce cortisol levels. And, you know, we talk about this a lot like today in our stress podcast, but we live in this sort of chronic state of stress now. We're in these chronically high cortisol levels, which you don't want. Your cortisol should naturally increase and decrease in the rapid day. So what does that look like?

So what, you know, what's a normal, healthy, like, you know, range of cortisol level? Yeah, in very simple terms, but basically your cortisol starts to spike, you know, before you wake up. So, you know, about an hour or two before you actually get up, your cortisol is going to start to rise. It's a natural process. It's what actually allows you to get up out of bed. So those mornings, those glorious mornings where you don't have to wake up to an alarm and you just naturally wake up, that's the act of the cortisol doing that. Which we've talked about on another podcast in terms of the importance of that scheduling, you know, you're as close as possible going to bed and wing up.

I think that was one of our last podcast. Yeah, it was our sleep one. Yeah. So, you know, the importance of getting into the habit of going to bed around the same time and waking up around the same time. Because then again, that body starts to elevate that, that rhythm starts to elevate that cholesterol all the same time every day. then you start to get into that rhythm. And again, if you habitually do that for a while, a lot of times, you know, your body just wakes up on its own without alarm. Yep. And one of the big things that regulates that is the day, night cycle. So that's why, you know, when you, if you find

yourself having a harder time getting up in the winter months, that's why. It's because that we have a shorter day. So if you're getting up at the same time, it's a lot harder. Like, I notice this time a year, I'm up before my alarm goes off because it's already laid outside. versus the winner, I'm sitting there snooze. Snooes, snooze. Nope, not doing it today. I'm like, the sun's not up. I can't do it.

I always say I should have been a farmer because I am up with the sun and then I'm down with the sun. So it's, you know, I'm very dependent on that daylight. And so yeah, and that's, and that again, that's that natural cycle. So you're up, then you're going to kind of have those spike throughout the day. And then again, as the daylight starts to shift, you're going to get a drop in cortisol increase in melatonin. And that's going to shift you from that.

cortisol makes you very awake and alert, which is great during the day. And then you're going to get that shift where melatonin increases, which helps you feel relaxed and at ease, which is perfect to leave right into nighttime and then helps promote good healthy sleep. So that's what you want. But when we're in this chronic state of stress, chronic state of sleep deprivation, chronic state of just unhealthiness that we are, we get this sort of constant high levels of cortisol, which is why we have trouble sleeping. why we have a lot of other issues. So one of the best things, honestly, for that is, you know, the whole sleep podcast we talked about, you know, having good sleep. But then again, getting outside and away from the technology and really exposing yourself to that natural day cycle as much as possible. So getting natural light first thing in the morning, ideally outside, but even if it's, you know, standing in front, you know, opening on your blinds and, you know, exposing yourself

to that daylight. that's one of the best things that you can do. And then again, limiting, we talk about a lot in the Slave Podcast, limiting that artificial light at night. So again, as much as you can really rely on the day, natural light cycle, which is why we see people that do like shift work, have a lot of health issues,

a lot of sleep issues, because again, they are truly fighting that, you know, they have to be up all night and then sleep during the day. So they're constantly fighting that natural cycle. And, you know, there's not really a great way around. that unfortunately it's just you know that's the nature of their jobs and they they have to power through but if that's not the case for you the most that you know the most closely you can follow

that natural daylight cycle um and and getting outside it's one of the best ways to do that early morning you know again if you can sit outside and have your coffee go for a walk expose yourself to that natural daylight first thing in the morning is really beneficial yeah especially you know now that the temperature is also nice too it's nice to sit out on a nice cool morning Today was perfect that like it was that brisk like walk outside like, who, okay, yep, I'm up. I'm ready. Yeah, I don't want to do that when it's 28 degrees outside. Yeah.

But yeah, and that's great because I mean, a lot of people are still working from home. So that, you know, you don't even have that morning commute. Your commute might be going from your bedroom to your office. So again, depending on your window situation, you might not be getting exposed to a lot of light. So for that, you know, you might, again, need to be more mindful about making sure you're, you're getting outside and sort of getting that. quote unquote commute time where you do actually get some fresh air and and get some daylight first thing in the morning. Yeah. Yeah. So just going back to what we, you know, that point about the relaxation and, you know, connecting so that obviously the light, but then, you know, the relaxing sounds that we talked about. So is there anything that we can do to, you know, help to stimulate, whether it's artificially or actually getting outside?

Because again, as much as I would love to wake up to the sound of the ocean, you know, right outside my bedroom window, that's not happening unless I move to the beach. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, again, that's why you hear, you see a lot with, you know, with meditation and things. And even, you know, different deep breathing, relaxation, podcasts, things like that. You'll see a lot of or hear a lot of imagery with nature. So they'll talk about picturing the beach or, you know, picture. the sound of the waves, picturing the sound of running water. And it's not by mistake.

Those things have that really relaxing effect. So, yeah, if you can't, you know, if you can't actually do it, finding, you know, again, it's a great thing with podcasts. You know, same as where our podcast stream. You can look for, you know, relaxing, relaxing meditation. You can even search specifically nature meditation and just find those sounds. and you can have that going in the background while you're working or, you know, while you're trying to fall asleep, whenever you're kind of looking for that time that just sort of have that nice relaxation. Even right now, it's sort of recording as I can keep hearing the birds.

And it's just, and it does. It just has that. It's just a very calming and relaxing. Yeah, it's much nicer to listen. Because, again, there's no threat. There's no alarm to it. It's like that's the natural, normal environment sounds of being outside. You know, it's not a truck that's coming barreling down the road.

laying on its horns it's about to hit something or, you know, going too fast. So it's like that would be an alarm. And again, that's a, that's that heightened sense of, you know, of alert, of fight or flight response, which elevates your stress level. And, you know, and then again, you get too many of those throughout the day. Your computer was even dinging, right? Before we. Oh, I know.

I was like, what is the darned digging? It was irritating. Yeah, we had to turn that off so that it wouldn't come through the podcast. But yeah, that, that dinging, it's just like that. It's just a little irritating. you know, that constantly puts you into that level of stress. Yeah, and we think about all of those that were surrounded by all day long, the dinging, the vibrating, the humming of all the technique. Yeah, we walked in and you're like, what's that sound?

It was the ice maker. Yeah, it was just, you know, all of these little sounds that add up over the day. And not only is it the sounds, but, you know, another point that we want to talk about was all of those technologies, you know, they put out frequencies. You know, our technology, it runs on these frequencies, and this starts and sort of our body, which we talk about a lot. And all these frequencies start to add up and we start to get this very positive charge in our body, which sounds like a good thing. Positive sounds good, right?

But this overly heightened positive charge. I'm talking about electrical charge, it's positive and negative. Just like with your battery, you have to line up the positive end and negative end. Yeah, well, I mean, that's literally if you look at, you know, and actually, if you go back to if anyone studied, you know, anatomy physiology and you go back to membrane potential, which is the, again, the very, very minor electrical charge gradient that's set up across the membrane of the cell, especially, you know, the nervous system, that is how messages are literally sent. So that gradient must be maintained around a very, very narrow margin. And if it's not,

then you get, you know, significant disruption in cellular communication. So that that charge is, is very, very closely monitored, you know, inside the body. So, you know, when we look at that charge, you know, what can we do to just help keep ourselves grounded? It's talking about, you know, with keeping a good healthy charge. And it's really grounding is about, you know, reestablishing the homeostatic charge, you know, of what it is to being on the Earth and the planet Earth. And so even the Earth has a, you know, has a frequency or a charge to it. You know, in fact, if you look at, you know, the lightning strikes that have, there's lightning strikes that happen all over the world every single day. It might not happen specifically in your area, but on average.

You know how many lightning strikes there are? across the world, between 8 and 9 million lightning strikes. Wow. Every day. And again, that happens because that is literally the Earth's atmosphere grounding itself. And so there is a connection that we have whenever we are actually touching the Earth. And yes, we're touching the Earth inside here. but when you're actually touching the earth in nature.

So skin to round. Yes. Yes. So not shoes, not concrete, but, you know, your feet. So I always say walking on the beach is the first example. That amazing, calming feeling you have with your sand and toe, you know, your toes in the sand and maybe the water hitting there. What's that country song? That's a lot.

That's a sand. Toes in the surface. Yeah. But yeah. It truly is that calm. And same thing. You know, if you can walk around, you know, kids have it right. You know, kids, you know, if you didn't tell them to put shoes on, they just go running out in their bare feet. You know, and that's really how it should be because that connection to the ground, the earth has a slightly negative charge. So it helped counter this, you know, increased positive charge that we're getting from all of this increased technology.

And it truly does ground us the same way that you, you know, ground your, you know, you have a grounding wire when you're doing. doing, you know, setting up electricity so that it doesn't, you know, you don't blow. Blow stuff out. Blow circuits. Yeah. Well, it's sort of the same thing with our bodies. You know, we need that, we need that grounding to reconnect. And there's, there's device that, you know, there's devices that do it. There's mats and technologies that can help. Yeah, there's mats. Yeah, there's things that you can wear around your wrist, around, even around your neck now. And again, even different, you know, different stones or metals

have been, you know, shown to, you know, help keep your, you know, your body's charge at a, you know, at it's a normal, healthy level. But all that's trying to do is basically, is essentially mimic what the earth can do. Yeah, and it's, yeah, and it's never going to work as efficiently as just getting out and being, walking around in nature. So, yeah, whether we're walking around the grass, you know, again, the immense, this time of year, it's so much easier. You know, when you live in a, when you live in a state that has four seasons, yeah.

It's very difficult to go. walk around bare feet when it's 20 degrees outside. I probably wouldn't advise that. If you want to keep all your toes. Yes, if you want to keep your toes. But yeah, I mean, this idea, you know, walking in a creek, you know, like here. I love, I love creek walking. I love that. You got a beautiful one right outside of our office that we're looking at right now. And it's like, you know, it's just, it's so soothing to be able to walk up and down in the water. You know, you hit, you know, maybe you're stepping on a rock or you're, you know, stepping down on the sand, you've got the rushing water past your feet.

Like, it's just very, very calming. One of my favorite places to hike local is, you know, I go and do my hike, you know, a couple miles and then I finish out. There's a little creek. And I always take my shoes off and sit there and, like, with my feet in the water and, you read a book or just sit or, again, just sit and list. There's a little waterfall. Just watch the water, listen to the water.

Yeah. But, yeah, there's just something about that, that connection that's. That's really nice, really calming. Yeah. So, and again, you know, if you're, you know, if you've got a, you know, family with young kids, it's like they love to play in the water, you know. You know, we're always living in the creek back there. It's funny because it's like we have, you know, an entire, you know, consumerism, you know,

driven around entertaining children and, you know, the amount of money that we spend on things and stuff. Back to just saw a meme recently. It was funny. It was around a cat, you know. It's like, these were all the cat toys. And I said, like, bottle cap. It's like, you know, here's all the things that I buy for my cat to, you know, to keep it entertained because I think it's going to enjoy it.

And then it had another picture of all the things that it actually entertains the cat. And it's like, you know, free things around your house, you know, the plastic bag. Wine corks. Wine corks. Wine corks. The toilet paper rolls. Oh, yeah. It's the same thing with children.

It's like, you know. They're more excited about the box. Yeah. I mean, yeah, our kids, you know, we got a big trampoline out back in our yard. And they love the trampoline. Don't get me wrong. But it's like, you know, half the time, you know, they'll be on the trampoline for a little bit. And then it's like, where do they go?

Well, they like went down in the woods in the back of our house. And they're, you know, you can hear them from the deck, but you can't see them anymore. And they're like tramping through the weeds. And, yeah. So it's just, it's funny to, you know, to see. But we don't need all of this stuff. It's like nature has provided everything that, that you can need, you know, walking through the outdoors and being connected. So you talked about the light, you know, so you've got the light we talked about, you know, which

stimulates, you know, your sense of sight. And then you've got the sounds that we talked about and just, you know, those are relaxing sounds from birds and rustling with the wind and the actual physical connection. Yeah, and then you have the kinesthetic connection, right? That sense of touch. And again, it's like these are all things that, yeah, now we know scientifically why it happens, but it's stuff that, you know, our ancestors have been doing for thousands of years. You know, so it's like we're just trying to kind of reestablish what, you know, what we've known innately for, you know, thousands of years. Yeah, I would say then, you know, the next components have been outside, which is something we very much have to be thankful for when we

have around here, which is sunlight and the benefits. Because everything we just talked about, that's regardless of it's a, even if it's a rainy day. all of those things are going to apply. But the sunlight itself has so many benefits also. And again, around here, it's such a rarity. I know, because the southwestern PA region is like one of the grayest. Yeah, next to like Seattle, I think we're. One of the greatest in the nation.

Which I always say that, you know, it makes us appreciate the sun far more than if you live in, you know, a place. It's, you know, like Florida where it's at, the sun's out all the time. Yes. But yeah, I'd say probably two big things with the sun is one with vitamin D. And again, that's a whole other podcast right now. Yeah, we'll do. Yeah, that's a whole one. But, you know, in brief, essentially vitamin D is something that you, your body creates. It is a natural process. When the sunlight hits your skin, your body converts cholesterol into vitamin D. So it is something that's very natural and can be done. Unfortunately, around here, it's something. that, you know, pretty much everybody in the Pittsburgh area is vitamin D deficient most of the year because, again, we don't get enough sun and then we don't get out enough when we do. And really, and even if you are in a place that has more sunshine and you don't have the overcast days like we have, it comes down to the angle of the sun because we're further from the equator that we don't get as much.

You know, we just don't get as much vitamin D. But again, if you look at our ancestors and what they did, they consumed significant amount of animal meats and fats. You know, you go as far north as like the, you know, the Canadian region and above, and you have like the, you know, the native population there would consume massive amounts of whale and, you know, sealed rubber. And it's like, you know, they're getting a lot of, you know, nutrients and vitamins from those sources that, you know, that's just stuff that we don't consume today. So, you know, so yeah, getting out and getting that sunshine when it's here, massively, massively important. And we're going to do a whole other podcast on sunscreen. Yeah. But again, we'll get into that.

But yeah, but that, yeah. So vitamin D is a big one that people think about. And then also the sun, if you ever notice again, but you talk about that mood, you know, you feel calmer when you're outside, but it also kind of energizes you to an extent and you feel happier and better. And that, again, it's not just because the sun's happy to look at. that actually when the sun hits your retinas, it actually increases serotonin. So I'm sure we've talked about this before, but serotonin is that feel-good transmitter. That's so it's that one.

Yeah, the happy hormone is the very simplified way to put it. And it tends to be, in most cases of depression, it's a low, low levels of serotonin either because they're not being produced or they're not, you know, being received the correct way. So seasonal depression, this is why we see. see a lot of that in the winter months. You know, again, around here, we don't. We had just had these very gray. We actually had a wonderful winter this past.

We actually saw the sun a lot this past. We did. I think we saw the sun more in the winter. Yeah. Honestly. But yeah, so that sun actually triggers the, triggers those serotonin levels and increases them. So that's a lot of the reason why, you know, if you feel yourself kind of having that

drop in mood and energy during the, you know, darker, colder, grayer months, that part of it, you know, not saying that that's the only reason, but it is a big, big part of it. So again, getting out, um, and getting out without sunglasses, I'm not saying, don't go stare at the sun. Again, not what we're saying, but being outside in that natural state. So without the sunglasses, so that you're, you can get that direct, uh, sun exposure to the retinas is just, and again, you don't have to, you know, don't stare directly. Don't. Yeah, I'm saying, don't stare directly at the sun. If you're driving and you can't see where your sunglasses is, but again, we're just talking about, You know, being out and kind of getting that natural exposure really helps with those,

with those serotonal. Yeah. I mean, again, there's a big difference. If you're, you know, walking under the, you know, you're hiking and you're under the canopy of the trees, it's like, you know, you're getting a lot of natural sunlight that comes in. You don't have to wear your sunglasses. Yeah, again, if you're out on the beach in the middle of the day, yeah, you might get

your sunglasses because it's... The reflection of the walk. Yeah, all that. Yeah, exactly. But yeah, if you're just kind of, like you said, just out at the park with the kids, if it's not, you know, if the sun's not directly in, you know, you're your eyes, just let yourself have that, you know, even 10, 15 minutes of, you know, uninhibited sun exposure can really help your body with all of these natural things. So,

so obviously the sun also helps with serotonin levels, which you just mentioned, but what else helps with serotonin levels? Um, a lot of things. What are you, what are you getting out of exercise? Exactly. So physical activity was the other, you know, a huge advantage. And, you know, we were going to start off with this, but we just jumped right into relaxation. But, um, but yeah, the, the physical activity, and it's not exercise, right? And you talk about this a lot, you know, with your patients, you know, in terms of there's a difference between like active, high intensity exercise and just activity. Yes. You know, and so much of what we do outside, gardening is a very active, you know, thing, weeding and, you know, digging and mowing. Yeah. So, you know, push mowing,

not running on a long... Yeah, well, yeah, not what you do here. You're just, you're just, you're just having a good time when you do it. But you know, but you're still getting the sun exposure. Yeah. You're still getting something about it. So, but yeah, the, the amount of activity that you get, you tend to be more active when you're outside more regularly just because you're up walking around and, you know, again, maybe you're biking, you're kayaking, you're hiking, you're hiking, you're swimming. chasing the kids around the playground.

Yeah. So it's like just the amount of activity that just comes naturally with being outside. Yeah. It is extremely beneficial. And again, it brings back that, again, because we talk about, I think people are pretty good about getting exercise. You know, it's, you know, maybe not as much as they should. But again, people can, that's something that people can schedule. So, okay, I'm going to get to the gym for, you know, my 30 or 60 minutes. Yeah.

And they can do that. And they're, you know, that's easier to kind of fit into a day. But when we talk about how much physical activity we've lost, because all of the things that used to be active things have now become technology have made very easy. You know, again, we drive instead of walk. We have kitchen appliances that do things that used to be, you know, manual labor, cutting, chopping, yeah, laundries to be more man. I still say that's manually.

That's up and down three plates of stairs. But yeah. But yeah, all of these things that used to be active things have become much more passive things. So, again, if we get outside, you know, it just, you know, that movement that we lose so much of because of technology, we can kind of artificially reinstate back in. And again, kids, you know, kids love doing this stuff. So doing it together as a family, you know, or with friends, using this time of year, you know, if you're getting together with friends, get somewhere that you can go for a walk or go for a hike or go play pickleball.

Pickleballs. That's the new thing. It's super fun. I still have not played. It is really fun. But yeah, I mean, get together and do something active and fun and then go have a drink as opposed to just, you know, going, yeah, meeting for happy hour. And so just, again, taking advantage of the fact that we really, you know, truly don't have that many nice months this time of, or in this area. So taking advantage of the time of year that we do and, you know, using that time to be more active.

Get the fresh air, get the sunlight, get all of those things that, you know, we really miss in the winter months. And, you know, and again, I say three seasons. You know, we can really take advantage of it if you're, you know, if you're dedicated to it. And then, yeah, sometimes during the winter months, you just, you know, again, we can only do so much. Listen to your body, sleep a little more. Enjoy that. Enjoy the recovery time. Bears hibernate in the wintertime, you know.

So, yeah. But that's essentially, you know, again, there's the physical benefits from the physical activity. And then, you know, like we said, from all of those other health benefits that come from being outside. Again, whether it's sunny or not, you're going to get that. You're going to get all of those health benefits. Yeah, absolutely. Well, and that's why, you know, you mentioned the sun a couple times. And whether it's out or not, well, like, you know, we've all been to the pool on a cloud day.

That's the day you get burned. Yeah. Because it's like, oh, I don't need as much, you know, sunscreen. or you just don't think about it and you're... You don't think about reapplying yet. Yeah. And it's like, oh, shoot, you're actually out. You actually have a burn at the end of the day.

Especially if you're by water. Yeah. Because it still comes through. But all of these things we mentioned in terms of the activity and just, you know, the grounding and the relaxation, you know, all of those also then lead to, you know, another amazing benefit from being outdoors is the sleep, you know. And again, we just did a whole podcast on this. So you can go check that.

that one out as well. And I think we talk about just being out for one of them. But yeah, you're just, again, the regulation of your serotonin levels, the regulation of your circadian rhythm and the cortisol levels. Like you're, you know. And then just be more active. And that's, yeah. And I always, you know, and I think we talk about this a lot is just, you know,

people who have trouble sleeping, wear your body out, you know, it was meant to move. And it's like if you sit and consume, you know, 2,000 calories a day. They didn't do anything. But you didn't do anything. You know, your body's kind of agitated. It's just like, you know, it's this toddler who has all this energy. It's like, you know, sit them in school. That's why, you know, again, kind of off topic here.

But like when you have kids who, you know, are meant to be active and moved, but you put them in a classroom for eight hours a day and now all of a sudden, especially boys. Yeah. You know, you're so fidgety. And it's like, you know, oh, they must have ADHD. And, you know, so we got to get them on a medication. It's like, no. Let them go around.

Let them go. moving. I think our school, you know, a lot of schools have done a better job, especially with the younger kids to get them out as much as possible, extended recess time and, you know, walks through that, yeah. You know, but yeah, you just, you're going to improve your sleep, you know? I always say this time of year with kids, it's like, they sleep so much better because they're outside and they exhaust themselves in the sun.

Yeah, I think how tired you are after like a day at the pool. Yeah, I'm like, wow. I am exhausted. Yeah, I am white. But again, it's a good exhaustion. Yes. And it's like, okay. You know, I've worked hard today.

And, you know, we're going to talk about that on another podcast, you know, because we talk about like, you know, muscle soreness versus actual like pain and achiness. And it's like, you know, the exhaustion we're talking about. Is that good? You know, from, hey, I was gardening or, you know, digging or mowing and I was doing work. It's like there's a big difference between just being sore and a. exhausted and lying down at the end of the day and boom, you're out. And again, you hit that healthy sleep cycle, you know, versus like, oh, shoot, something's actually wrong. But yeah, that's a whole

other podcast. But yeah, I mean, improving your sleep just by being outside, it does. It makes a, it has a big impact. Yeah. And as we talk about it in that sleep podcast, good quality sleep is then essential for everything else. So again, it's all, it becomes that that cycle, you're either going to fall into a cycle of sickness or you're going to get to that cycle of health because it all eventually just continues to play off each other. So if you sleep well, you have the energy the next day to get out and do it all over again. So it just becomes, you know, that health, you know, health perpetuating. But yeah, so that's our, and we got a beautiful day to record this one too.

So. Yeah, I thought about that. I'm like, oh, I wish we could record this outside on the back deck. I didn't bring a laptop. Anyway, get outside. Mom says get outside. Thank you all for joining. us for our What the Health podcast, as always, if anything, resonates with you.

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