Big kiss against heart disease!
Give your honey a big kiss! New research shows that love guards against heart disease - women's number one killer.
The catch: Only women in happy twosomes get this better-than-a-pill protection, says San Diego State University psychologist Linda C. Gallo, PhD, who tracked the health and happiness of 493 women for 13 years. Using blood tests, Gallo found that women with the luck, skill, or emotional fortitude to have created highly satisfying marriages were simply in better health.
They exercised more, smoked less, and felt less frazzled. As a result, their cholesterol, blood pressure, blood sugar, and body weight--the big heart attack risk factors--were lower. They also felt less depressed, anxious, and stressed.
Top happy-marriage factors: time together, communication, good sex, and financial compatibility, plus shared lifestyle, personality type, and interests.
"It's clearly worth nurturing your marriage - in ways that make you feel happy - for the sake of your own health," Gallo says.
The catch: Only women in happy twosomes get this better-than-a-pill protection, says San Diego State University psychologist Linda C. Gallo, PhD, who tracked the health and happiness of 493 women for 13 years. Using blood tests, Gallo found that women with the luck, skill, or emotional fortitude to have created highly satisfying marriages were simply in better health.
They exercised more, smoked less, and felt less frazzled. As a result, their cholesterol, blood pressure, blood sugar, and body weight--the big heart attack risk factors--were lower. They also felt less depressed, anxious, and stressed.
Top happy-marriage factors: time together, communication, good sex, and financial compatibility, plus shared lifestyle, personality type, and interests.
"It's clearly worth nurturing your marriage - in ways that make you feel happy - for the sake of your own health," Gallo says.
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Very interesting article you just posted. I see the effects of being in a happy relationship everday in my line of work in the health care field.
Lack of affection and stressful relationships often lead to or seem to worsen existing heart problems.
Good post, to help reduce your risk check http://cholesterol-heart.blogspot.com/
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