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Top 5 health benefits of travelling

Travelling can be the best medicine for your body and mind. That is what science has proven already. So travel more to keep yourself healthy and happy.

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Written By: Sreemoyee Chatterjee | Published : October 31, 2018, 10:41 PM

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Top 5 Health Benefits Of Travelling

Have you heard anyone say no to a vacation? Probably not, as almost all of us love travelling. While some are more frequent travellers, travelling being one of their hobbies, some travel less by choice. However, there’s hardly any who would refuse to travel for the sake of pleasure and to get away from the daily bustle. Travelling can be your best alternative medicine. Yes, that’s what science has proven already. Here are few ways by which travelling can make you remain healthy and strong.

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Potent Immunity Buster

In order to be armed up for tackling various germs and infections, your body needs antibodies that are little proteins safeguarding and enhancing your immune system from adverse pathogens. Also, there are researches that claim a little exposure to dirt is required for an enhanced body and gut health. This is where travelling makes magic to your health. If you are an avid traveller, science tells you that travelling is the best probiotic for you. when you travel from one place to another, your body gets exposed to new bacteria and adapts to them, thereby making it stronger to fight infections. Also Read - New minimally invasive treatment may help delay knee replacement surgery for osteoarthritis patients

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Curbs Stress

This is nothing new. Of course, travelling takes away all stress sprawling up from everyday life. It is as if we tend to breathe more when we travel. Scientifically proved, travelling makes you more happy, cheerful and takes away all stress and anxiety. It can be treated as one of the best medicines for dealing with depression. A study has shown that after a three-day-long vacation, travellers were better rested, in a good mood and less anxious. Also, they were in the same light mood weeks after they returned from the trip.

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Food For Brain

If you have to keep your brain sharper and forever active, travel more. This is because travelling gives an opportunity for your mind to expand by making you meet new people, adapting to new situations, making you culturally and socially more aware. These fresh experiences enhance cognitive flexibility and creativity. According to the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, traveling and studying abroad have an intimate connection with stability in emotion and open mindedness.  Also Read - Actor Rajesh Sharma hospitalised in Kolkata with breathing issues and high fever after insect bite during Prabhas' film shoot

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Amps Up Your Heart Health

If you love travelling and travel frequently, be sure that your chances of getting a heart attack are low compared to friends who do not travel much. A Framingham Heart Study showed that those who travelled more annually were at a much lower risk of getting heart attack or even develop a heart related issue. The more you travel, the more you will be less stressed and anxious and the better will your heart perform and live.