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How Being in Nature Helps Defend Against Cancer | Dr. Tara Swart

26 Dec 2024 · 0 min

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Dr. Tara Swart explains how trees like pines and cedars emit phytoncides that boost natural killer cells, which target cancer. Being in nature offers both chemical and visual benefits. Even just seeing trees may strengthen your immune defense.

So being in nature helps you fight off cancers.
Yeah. When you walk past trees, particularly certain trees that you have a lot of in LA, I've noticed. So pines, firs, cedars, cypresses, palms, they release something called phytoncides that actually interact with your immune system and boost the release of natural killer cells that help you to fight off cancers.
Trees. Wow.
But the beauty of it as well, so that's a chemical thing that's going on.
Not just the actual chemicals that are being released from those trees, but you actually being in the environment and viewing it.
Yeah.
Interesting.
Yeah.