@rowancheung: Spending time in a forest measurably strengthens your immune system, and this immunologist spent years proving it. In one study, he sent twelve men on a three-day forest trip doing just slow easy walks, then checked their blood. Their natural killer cells, the ones that fight cancer and infections, surged about 50 percent. The boost was still there a month later, and a group that walked through a city instead saw nothing. The likely reason is phytoncides, compounds trees release to protect themselves that seem to fire up our immune system too. Li's research suggests a walk in the woods once a month may be enough to keep those defenses elevated year-round. DOI: 10.1007/s12199-008-0068-3
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Monday 27 July 2026 21:18:41 GMT
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Sebas :
He wouldn't be considered "Japanese" if he did something wrong or hadn't achieved anything. Apparently, that's universal. In many countries, if someone succeeds, they're "one of us." If they don't, suddenly they're a foreigner or an immigrant. 😂😂😂
2026-07-28 08:04:19
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RasputinofThrace :
So only 12 subjects, short span... Sounds like it needs more
2026-07-28 04:05:47
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Liam :
If thats the case than not even cancer can kill me. BTW i am a boys scouter
2026-07-28 11:48:38
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ffdgff1234 :
And then you get mauled by a bear. So...
2026-07-28 11:00:32
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M📍K :
“You just need a walk amongst the trees” i live in the desert
2026-07-28 04:15:41
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AgungSam :
THERE'S NO JAPANESE NAMED QING LI.
2026-07-28 10:07:09
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ntncy :
Who would have thought
2026-07-27 21:27:35
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Benjamin 2.0 :
France here let’s see if it’s true
2026-07-27 23:33:03
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Ryder Bettencourt🇺🇸 :
Japan, China, USA, South Korea: innovation.
Canada: taxation.
2026-07-27 21:46:18
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Indythecockerspaniel :
We knew this many decades ago. We used to put rehabilitation hospitals, particularly respiratory ones, in forests in uk
2026-07-28 08:40:53
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user6563919061635 :
that's obvious
2026-07-28 08:08:54
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giga.sprinkle :
...Dr. Li Qingli (MD, PhD) is Chinese and the expert in forest medicine and immunology. He graduated from Shanxi Medical University in China and got Phd from Kagoshima University in Japan and has studied at Standford University School of Medicine. He works as clinical professor at Nippon Medical School, Director of the Forest Therapy Society, Vice president and secretary General of Internal Society of Nature and Forest Medicine (INFOM)
2026-07-28 06:46:12
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Khezz :
This is why David Attenborough has made it to 100.
2026-07-28 11:19:21
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david wang :
Qing Li is not a Japanese name
2026-07-28 08:20:28
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MrEnaldarb :
So if you have an autoimmune disease we shouldn't go into the forest?
2026-07-28 02:03:42
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Destovian :
i have 125 houseplants.. does that count? 😁
2026-07-28 08:28:38
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Alarchwen :
And we cut down forests all of the time.
2026-07-28 09:32:47
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chri1m84 :
Surprise surprise
2026-07-27 22:24:58
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jo_sario :
then came data centers 😭
2026-07-28 05:52:09
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Lotta Tostada :
This is encouraging but I'd love to see it replicated with larger samples in different forests around the world.
2026-07-27 21:25:44
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objexion :
Tree huggers were right all along 😁
2026-07-28 11:25:42
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MsD :
My father said this 50 years ago
2026-07-28 10:47:25
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isla :
A 19th century Persian physician named Al- Razi famous for his method on choosing hospital sites based on air quality, where he would hung fresh meat across the city of Baghdad and picked the place where it spoiled slowest.. He found out that clean air slows illness and help the body defend itself which aids in recovery as well. Li's research expands the hypothesis that pure fresh air has the ability to heal. So most of the hospital at the time were built in areas not far off wilderness where the air were cleanest and best ventilated surrounded by gardens, flowers, fountains and plenty of green spaces
2026-07-28 05:27:00
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Badli Shah :
Li, Q. (2010). Effect of forest bathing trips on human immune function. Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 15(1), 9–17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12199-008-0068-3
2026-07-28 09:17:54
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