Posted by: Soil March 14, 2010
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We are now too much health conscious. We go Yoga, do lots of workouts, and also eat healthy food. Now someone is saying that love makes us healthy too. Just sharing this article with you guys.
Lots of people believe that love is a strong positive emotion of regard and affection. Now it has been scientifically proved that love can make us healthy: lower blood Pressure, fewer folds, better stress management are ust the beginning...
Love and health are intertwined in surprising ways. Humans are wired for connection, and when we cultivate good relationships, the rewards are immense.
According to Harry Reis, PhD, co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Human Relationships, “There’s no evidence that the intense, passionate stage of a new romance is beneficial to health,” says . "People who fall in love say it feels wonderful and agonizing at the same time.” All those ups and downs can be a source of stress.
I've found some research-backed surprising health benefits of love.
1. Less Depression & Substance Abuse:According to the Health and Human Services report, getting married and staying married reduces depression in both men and women.
2. Lower Blood Pressure and Better Stress Management : A happy marriage is good for your blood pressure. That’s the conclusion of a study in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine. Researchers found happily married people had the best blood pressure, followed by singles. Unhappily married participants fared the worst.
“If you’re facing a stressor and you’ve got the support of someone who loves you, you can cope better. When the women were holding their husband’s hand, they showed less response in the brain areas associated with stress. The happier the marriage, the greater the effect.
3. Less Anxiety: When it comes to anxiety, a loving, stable relationship is superior to new romance. Researchers at the State University of New York at Stony Brook used functional MRI (fMRI) scans to look at the brains of people in love. They compared passionate new couples with strongly connected long-term couples. Both groups showed activation in a part of the brain associated with intense love.
Longer Life: Using data from the National Health Interview Survey, researchers found that people who had never been married were 58% more likely to die than married people. In other words, married people live longer because they feel loved and connected.
5. Happier Life: A study in the Journal of Family Psychology shows happiness depends more on the quality of family relationships than on the level of income. And so we have scientific evidence that, at least in some ways, the power of love trumps the power of money.
Now Its your job to judge the above benefits and lets us share what are the other benefits of love in health.
Last edited: 14-Mar-10 01:20 PM