Ok when I found this article it just affirmed what I have felt since I was a girl.  Every time I get out in my garden and start digging I feel happy the rest of the day.  And now there is some science to prove it!  Totally cool! 

Antidepressant Microbes In Soil: How Dirt Makes You Happy

By Bonnie L. Grant

 

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Prozac may not be the only way to get rid of your serious blues. Soil microbes have been found to have similar effects on the brain and are without side effects and chemical dependency potential. Learn how to harness the natural antidepressant in soil and make yourself happier and healthier. Read on to see how dirt makes you happy.

Natural remedies have been around for untold centuries. These natural remedies included cures for almost any physical ailment as well as mental and emotional afflictions. Ancient healers may not have known why something worked but simply that it did. Modern scientists have unraveled the why of many medicinal plants and practices but only recently are they finding remedies that were previously unknown and yet, still a part of the natural life cycle. Soil microbes and human health now have a positive link which has been studied and found to be verifiable.  Go HERE to read the rest