Get Dirty to Get Joy- Bacteria in Soil Acts as Antidepressant A
bacteria found in soil called Mycobacterium has been found to
effect the same neurons as Prozac, offering people a natural
lift in mood. This is just one more great reason to get out in
the garden and grow your own foods. Not a green thumb? Just
spending time in areas with rich soil will allow you to breath
in these great benefits. – Intelligentactile Imagine: You’re
feeling so depressed that you visit your doctor and request a
prescription for a mood elevator. Instead of writing you a
prescription for Prozac or a similar antidepressant, she advises
you to get dirty. While you consider changing doctors, she
describes how getting dirty changes your brain chemistry. The
microbes in dirt, she says, tweak the same neurons that are
stimulated by Prozac. Your options, she explains, are an
expensive drug plus its possible side effects, or gardening,
yard work, or a romp in the park. Your doctor, it turns out,
hasn’t gone round the bend. She is actually