| Sunlight. | | | | cholesterol were prescribed walks at an altitude of |
| 1 in 50 people in the UK suffer from seasonal | | | | between 1400m and 2000m. Exercise at altitude |
| affective disorder which is a type of depression | | | | improves heart function and circulation, lowers blood |
| which commonly occurs during the winter months | | | | pressure and burns calories. There was also an |
| when the days are shorter. SADs can vary from mild | | | | increased number of young red blood cells. |
| winter blues to a more severe form where people | | | | Fresh Air. |
| can't function in the winter without treatment. So get | | | | Spending time in the great outdoors helps to prevent |
| treatment and get up on the mountain. You may get | | | | disease and boost recovery. You can avoid the |
| depressed about the cost of a beer on the slopes, | | | | pretty nasty particles which float around in the urban |
| but that's not quite the same thing. | | | | air. According to some Harvard boffins in their Six |
| Adrenalin. | | | | Cities 1993 study those people living in the most |
| What safer, or better, way of raising your adrenalin | | | | polluted cities have a 26% greater risk of dying |
| than searching out the steepest black run you can | | | | young than those in the cleanest. So give yourself a |
| find, or something just a little bit beyond your normal | | | | break from the congested traffic and polluted air and |
| comfort zone. The adrenalin surge will activate the | | | | breath in that fresh, crisp, revitalizing mountain air. |
| beta receptors in your nervous system causing your | | | | Learning. |
| heart to beat faster and increasing air to the lungs. | | | | Learning is good for us. Your parents told you so and |
| This stimulates the brain, and the endorphin rush of | | | | they were right, but they and you need to heed that |
| relief when it's over, will make you feel like a super | | | | advice. Learning new skills later in life can slow down |
| human after every run. | | | | the onset of dementia. Attempting challenges such as |
| Altitude. | | | | learning a foreign language - which you can practice |
| Just being at altitude can make you thin and fit. A | | | | at the bar - or new skills, such as skiing, will reduce |
| couple of years ago the Austrian Moderate Altitude | | | | the risk of getting age related symptoms and |
| Study was carried out. Men who were overweight | | | | diseases such as Alzheimer?s. |
| and suffered from high blood pressure and high | | | | |