People who are generally happy and satisfied with their lives are far less likely to develop heart disease – and the happier you are, the lower the risk goes.
The effect is so significant – people satisfied with their lives are 13 per cent less likely to develop coronary heart disease – that the researchers believe it is an approach that has genuine therapeutic value.
It could be especially effective in people who are currently at greater risk of heart disease, because of their weight, diet or lifestyle.
Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health assessed the happiness of around 8000 British civil servants, who were measured for their levels of satisfaction on their job, family life, sex life and themselves.
(Source: European Heart Journal, 2011; doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr203).
From http://www.wddty.com/happy-people-don-t-get-heart-disease.html
Be My Valentine: How Love Can Protect You Against Heart Disease
Here’s a good message for everyone on Valentine’s Day: feeling loved can be one of the best protections against coronary heart disease. It even works if you have a health problem, or if you’re depressed.
Scientists discovered the importance of love when they tracked the health of 6,025 men and women without heart disease for 15 years. Overall, 1,141 participants developed heart disease over the lifetime of the study, but those who had a positive outlook, and who were in a loving relationship, reduced their risk considerably.
The researchers assumed that the effect was due to the possibility that people with a positive outlook might adopt good health habits, but the same protective qualities were enjoyed even by those who did little to maintain a good health regime.
So – Happy Valentine’s Day to one and all!
(Source: Archives of General Psychiatry, 2007; 64: 1393-1401).
A Positive Outlook Really Does Help You Live Longer And Healthier
A positive outlook doesn’t just make you feel better – it has a profound influence on your body, your health and your longevity, researchers have discovered.
Positive thoughts create more telomerase, an enzyme that help maintain the long-term health of the cells in our body. Cells die when levels of the enzyme are too low.
Meditation is one technique for achieving an immediate change in our mood and thoughts – and increase telomerase activity, say researchers from the University of California at San Francisco.
They tested 30 participants at a meditation retreat at the Shambhala Mountain Center in Colorado, who were taught Buddhist meditation techniques, and compared them with 30 similar controls, who did not meditate.
(Source: Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2010; doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen,2010.09.010).
Abraham Hicks says just get happy, happy, happy!
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