Destress at work with a plant on your desk


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Having a plant to care for and contemplate on your office desk could help to bring down your stress levels. — AFP

If one of your resolutions for 2020 is to reduce your stress levels, then putting a plant on your work desk could help, according to new Japanese research.

Carried out by researchers at the University of Hyogo in Awaji, the new study set out to investigate whether indoor plants could boost mental health among office workers – a group that typically doesn’t have much exposure to healthy green environments.

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