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Monday, December 24, 2007 The Love of a Good Pet

If you want to know the secret to a long and happy life, the answer may be waiting at your nearest pet store. Though owning a pet can be expensive, time-consuming and a great deal of responsibility, these animals provide many benefits to their human companions. There is even research to support what animal lovers have suspected all along: Pets are good for your health.

Studies have shown that pets can help reduce stress, lower your blood pressure, prevent loneliness and lead to an increased feeling of psychological well being.

Yes, pets can be time-consuming and expensive to keep, but think about what you get in return: love and devotion, more physical exercise, improved blood pressure and cholesterol numbers, less anxiety and depression, fewer visits to the doctor and more family fun.

Studies have shown that people sometimes feel more stress in the company of other humans than they do when accompanied by their dog. Another study of people with high blood pressure found that pets might even help in some areas where medicine does not. The study involved two groups of stockbrokers, who were already being treated for high blood pressure with ACE inhibitor medications. While the medications taken by these subjects are useful for lowering resting blood pressure, they are often not effective in controlling blood pressure increases related to stress. The group with pets had a considerably less severe physiological reaction to external stressors.

Animal lovers know in their hearts what science is just beginning to demonstrate - that animals have a remarkable ability to make us feel better simply by being there.
So what are you waiting for? If you want to improve your health and quality of life, head to the nearest animal shelter and fetch yourself a devoted companion.

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