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5 Ways Your Pet Can Boost Longevity: Animals Help With Exercise, Eating Right and Loneliness
Our furry friends can add to a longer life, as pets have proven to help their owners with connectedness, combating loneliness, exercise and nutrition.
Experts have found that having a pet helps their owner with issues including connectedness and combatting loneliness, as well as getting exercise and eating a healthier diet, adding to longevity. Says Dr. Glenn Levine, cardiologist and professor at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston: “If people are more invested in staying healthy, such as to take care of their pet, it’s possible they may be more likely to see the doctor regularly, get screening tests and take their medications.” “Emotional stress is a major contributing factor to the leading causes of death in the United States, including cancer, coronary heart disease and suicide,” explains the Human Animal Bond Research Institute.
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