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Optimism may help protect Heart:

Optimism may help protect Heart: Harvard researchers suggest optimism, happiness and other positive emotions may help protect heart health and lower the risk of heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular diseases . It also appears that these psychological well-being factors slow the progress of cardiovascular disease.

The findings are the result of the first and largest systematic review of its kind. They found that people with a sense of well-being are more likely to exercise, follow a balanced diet, and get enough sleep and that more positive well-being was linked to lower blood pressure, healthier blood fat profiles, and normal body weight.

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