By Mary O'connor For The Daily Mail
Published: 00:15 BST, 4 April 2019 | Updated: 00:18 BST, 4 April 2019
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A daily 20-minute stroll in the great outdoors has been found to dramatically lower stress levels and boost wellbeing.
Scientists claim to have discovered that spending between 20-30 minutes amongst nature could cut levels of the stress hormone, cortisol, by about 10 per cent.
The new study found that after 30 minutes the wellbeing benefits of being outside continued to increase but at sharply reduced rate, the Times reported.
Scientists claim to have discovered that spending between 20-30 minutes amongst nature could cut levels of the stress hormone, cortisol, by about 10 per cent. File pic
Dr Mary Carol Hunter, of the University of Michigan, and who led the re-search said: ‘Our study shows that for the greatest payoff,
