If you wish to enjoy good health, then becoming a dog-owner can be a right decision. A new study has come out propounding this fact after it tracked people with pets and without pets.
Study revealed that people owning dog had comparatively less cholesterol level and better blood pressure level. Interestingly, people owning dog were found enjoying comparatively better health than people who owned cats.
Therefore, if you are planning to own a pet just for your health gain then preferring dog ownership can be a sane decision.
However, researchers have not been able to give out a concrete reason to prop this point of view but they believe that it can be because dog’s company helps owners staving off stress, which is the root cause of several mental and physical problems. Wrapping out a similar view Dr June McNicholas, a health psychologist avers:
In some cases, the social support offered by an animal is greater than the support than another human could offer.
It is worth knowing that earlier too many similar findings have loomed out and in such studies, there are some studies that stand confronting each other. For instance:-
1. Pets may benefit your health.
2. Pets help your health, especially if you are older or recovering from a major illness.
3. Five Ways Pets Can Improve Your Health.
4. How Can Having Pets Improve Your Health? Let Us Count the Ways…
5. Pets and your health.
6. Reptiles as Pets: Hazardous to Your Health-and Theirs.
7. Pets spreading bacteria.
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Via: BBC