I think that we all know that going on vacation is good for us, but now a study has been done using methods developed at NASA, so now we can declare it a scientific fact. Vacation is good for you! There I declared it. The study, called The Vacation Gap, was conducted by Air New Zealand in conjunction with Alertness Solutions, a fatigue management consulting firm. To read more about the study go here. The survey's website is conveniently linked to Air New Zealand, so as soon as you finish reading about the healing effects of travel you can "Fill a Prescription" and fly off to start your cure. Here are a few of their findings on how vacation affects health and rejuvenation:
* Travelers rated their overall health more than one full point higher (on a scale from one to five) while on vacation
* Travelers received three times more deep sleep (rejuvenating sleep when the cells physically regenerate) after their vacation
* Travelers slept one hour more while on vacation than at home
* Travelers continued to get almost 20 minutes more sleep post-vacation than pre-vacation
* Travelers received their best sleep (about 1 extra hour) the first night back from vacation
If you've got a vacation coming to you make sure you take it, you owe it to your health!
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