Inspiring Reminders to Think, Live and Love Well

Inspiring Reminders to Think and Live Well

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

A Hopeful Heart is a Healthy Heart!


Here's one of the best reasons yet to adopt an optimistic, hopeful attitude:  You just may live longer!  A recent study published in the Psychological Bulletin by Harvard scientists found huge correlation between positive mental health and healthy cardiovascular health.  Check this out:
1.  They found a 50% reduced risk of initial cardiovascular event for optimists (compared with less optimistic individuals, and
2.  Those optimists who were undergoing bypass treatment were 50% less likely to experience complications than their less optimistic counterparts.

These finding all held regardless of diet, exercise or smoking factors.

WOW - 50%!  less risk of heart attack!  Positive Psychology for the WIN!

2 comments:

  1. love it..our heart should be well cared,we should also love our self so we should treat our self well and we should not let other fool us..

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