Giving thanks every day can even help ward off depression.
SEATTLE – 'Tis the season to give thanks, but recent studies show your health improves if you give thanks daily year round.
"It is really physiologically impossible to experience gratitude and stress at the same time," said Kathleen Hall, a stress researcher.
Hall says new research shows gratitude changes the body.
"There's actually a physiological response and a psychological response when people are grateful," Hall said. "They have more energy. They're more enthusiastic. They're more optimistic."
One recent study proves gratitude can help protect you from depression.
"There's an energy that moves from the brain to the heart. With that is endorphins, dopamine, the things in the physiology in the body changes," she said.
According to another study, people who feel grateful are also more likely to feel loved. Click for the story-Thanks Steve Klein. http://www.king5.com/health/stories/NW_112307HEK_attitude_gratitude_KS.31422506.html
SEATTLE – 'Tis the season to give thanks, but recent studies show your health improves if you give thanks daily year round.
"It is really physiologically impossible to experience gratitude and stress at the same time," said Kathleen Hall, a stress researcher.
Hall says new research shows gratitude changes the body.
"There's actually a physiological response and a psychological response when people are grateful," Hall said. "They have more energy. They're more enthusiastic. They're more optimistic."
One recent study proves gratitude can help protect you from depression.
"There's an energy that moves from the brain to the heart. With that is endorphins, dopamine, the things in the physiology in the body changes," she said.
According to another study, people who feel grateful are also more likely to feel loved. Click for the story-Thanks Steve Klein. http://www.king5.com/health/stories/NW_112307HEK_attitude_gratitude_KS.31422506.html
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