Study: Optimistic People Twice As Likely To Have Healthy Hearts
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- The key to a healthy heart?
Optimism.
As 1010 WINS' Kevin Rincon reported, a study conducted by several universities published in the journal Health, Behavior and Policy Review found that happier people had better heart health by a ratio of 2-to-1.
"It's incentive to try to be optimistic, which is oftentimes difficult in the times we live in, in the world we live in and the sad news all the time," one physician told Rincon. "But if you knew that you could actually save your life, I think that's a pretty good prescription."
The results of the study didn't change for people who are rich, poor, young, old or even if they had poor mental health.
"Happier people, they live longer. They feel more fulfilled," one New York man said. "And people that are sad, they don't live as long."
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