Happy people don’t get heart disease
Accentuating
the positive can help you live longer. People who are generally happy and
satisfied with their lives are far less likely to develop heart disease—and the
happier you are, the smaller the risk becomes.
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’s 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 and/or lifestyle, say researchers from
the Harvard School of Public Health (Eur
Heart J, 2011; doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr203).