Is sea air actually that go for you, everyone seems to have the concept that sea air is great fresh air, but how good is it? Lets start with the good points to going on a beach holiday, and why it is good for your health, then we can make a decision later
Whats better than going to the beach and having a good swim? Swimming is supposed to be the best exercise form for you; it gets every muscle working together, and your heart will get pumping blood at a constant rate. While you are swimming you are making your heart work harder, this in turn, helps blood flow around the body and you can do all this while having fun. Coupled with swimming in the sea is the sea water itself, sea water is very good for your skin. Clearing up acne and permanent scars is something that the high levels of salt in the sea are great at.
The sun is also good for your skin (in small doses). The rays of the sun supply our skin with vitamin D and it has been shown this helps fight skin cancer and could help prevent multiple sclerosis.
If anything the one thing we can all agree on (as long as you have a good holiday) is that holidays are best for reducing stress levels. High stress levels can cause many different problems, heart disease and skin problems are the most common. Controlling stress levels will reduce chances of getting a medical illness. Being able to go on luxury holidays by the beach will relieve stress will help you to clear your head as well.
Now for the bad points, lets say you were looking at Caribbean holidays for example. There are sandy beaches everywhere, and nothing you can do to avoid them. The sun is going to be following you wherever you go. The sun although is good for you in small doses is pretty bad for in high doses, as some of you will know. We have all been there, stayed in the sun too long and noticed we are shedding skin or glowing lobster red, the skin is just getting cooked.
In recent studies it has been shown that the sea air isnt actually that brilliant for you. Although the air is cleaner than that, say in a city, it contains some interesting substances. Dont worry its not that serious, its just interesting to find out. DMS (dimethyl sulphide) is a substance that animals living in the sea release, it can cause irritation to the eyes and the mucous membranes. Another substance that was discovered was nitryl chloride which is a respiratory inhibitor but is the most of it is broken down by the sun.
So are beach holidays good for you? Relieving stress will help you with all kinds of things and beach holidays will help you to do this. The bad points arent really strong enough to deter anybody going to the seaside. So if you planning weddings abroad then go for it, swim in the sea and enjoy the sun.