| You know that having a positive attitude will improve | | | | optimism will actually enhance their health and lower |
| your mental health. But do you know that having a | | | | down the risk of getting cardiovascular disease. These |
| positive attitude will also improve your physical health. | | | | findings can be found in the November 2004 issue of |
| Studies have show that a mental health can influence | | | | the Archives of General Psychiatry. |
| your physical health. So it is important to know why | | | | Now you can see from the scientific point of view |
| having a positive attitude is important as it will affect | | | | how having a positive attitude towards life is so |
| your health. | | | | important in having good health. When you have good |
| There was once a study being done on 900 men and | | | | mental health, you will naturally feel happier and have a |
| women, age 65 to 86, who filled out a questionnaire on | | | | positive outlook towards life. This will affect your |
| health, self-respect, morale, optimism and relationships. | | | | physical health. |
| They have realize that those who reported high level | | | | Having a positive attitude is so important as it will |
| of optimism had a 55 percent lower risk of death from | | | | improve all aspects of your life. So what you can do |
| all kind of causes and a 23 percent lower risk of | | | | today is to be more happy, smile more, help all the |
| cardiovascular death than people who have reported | | | | people that are around you etc. You will soon realize |
| high levels of pessimism. The benefits of being | | | | how good you will feel and you start to adopt the |
| optimistic seemed to offer stronger protection against | | | | habits of having positive attitude. So start to adopt a |
| all-cause death for men than for women. | | | | positive attitude to get good mental and physical health. |
| The study author wrote in conclusion that trait of | | | | |