Study: Vacations Crucial to Health

Tuesday, 21 June 2011 | by Pat's Picks

This is an article you’re going to want to print out and stick on your boss’s desk. According to the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, vacations are a crucial part of living a healthy life. Researchers have long noticed a correlation between stress levels and vacation days—just look at the spring in the step of your just-back-from-the-beach colleague—and years of elevated stress levels can lead to myriad health problems. If you can’t get away or don’t have the money to spend, experts say faking a vacation is more rewarding than simply buying something new: “Experience gives us three different opportunities for relaxation: the phase of planning and anticipation, the experience itself and the recall of it.”