I'd like to explore what the health benefits (if any) are of living by the sea. Any time I spend on holiday at the coast seems to have an incredibly beneficial effect on my health and mood - is this based on medical fact? Now I've reached retirement I'm imploring my husband to sell up and go and live somewhere by the sea. My husband is reluctant, he says all this excessive craving for the sea is just an obsession of mine. I don't think it is - it's a real need.

I've been trying unsuccessfully to find a website explaining the reasons why sea air is supposed to be salubrious. Would any of you be able to point me to one?