Moms Travel TipsTravel Tips and Vacation Ideas for the Whole Family

People go on holiday for all sorts of reasons, but stress reduction has to be up there with the most popular. They’ve been working hard all year and just want to get away from it all to blow off a little steam or just forget about it all for a couple of weeks whilst sipping martinis around a pool. But often people don’t realise just how important this stress reduction is to their health and why? Below we examine the benefits that holidays can have on getting you back on the road to recovery.

The Sun. Provider of all heat and light to the globe, the sun is often most peoples best friend on holiday. Aside from the obvious positive effects of being in the sun, like improved warmth, ability to spend more time outside in the fresh air and of course getting an attractive skin color, there are medical benefits as well. The eyes are very sensitive to light levels and if there is not enough of it around, they will trigger the body to release melatonin in to the blood stream. This makes us feel tired, lethargic and sleepy. When the sun is beaming however, when you’re enjoing hot Canada holidays for example, the eyes take in a lot of light, less melatonin is produced and we feel more energized, happy and less stressed.

Less anxiety. There is an inbuilt system that gets triggered when we are anxious or are worrying about anything that prepares us for “fight or flight” but does our bodies no good at all in the medium-long term. The adrenal glands are stimulated by the hypothalamus to increase the levels or cortisol and adrenaline in the blood. Blood pressure, rate of breathing, and pulse (among other things) then increases as a result. If these functions do not return back to their normal operations, before long they will become stressed themselves and can malfunction. By going on new and fun trips such as enterttaining  Orlando holidays in Disney Land or maybe beach-break American holidays, you’ll get some time away from your problems, get some distractions, and give your body a chance to rest. Believe it or not, many doctors and other medical professionals are now suggesting to their patients to take holidays as a method of combating stress.