Companionship and unconditional love is what we love most about our furry friends. But, it seems our pets do a whole lot more than love us. Studies have shown that living with a pet can improve your health in a number of ways and, more than that, be your ticket to staying young.
Owning a pet can:
•Lower your blood pressure
•Encourage you to become more active (Walk, anyone?)
•Help you cope with stress
•Help you live longer after a heart attack
•Make it that much easier to live alone
•Improve your mood and sense of wellbeing
•One study found that pets can buffer how you react to stress.
The study compared the heart rates and blood pressure levels of people without pets with those who owned them and the results were surprising - people with animal companions had lower heart rates and blood pressure levels. On top of that, they had smaller…

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