Thanksgiving may be the only major American holiday focused on giving thanks for all of life's blessings, but gratitude isn't just a good excuse for chowing down on turkey and pumpkin pie; it's also a way to promote good health and well-being, experts say.
Dozens of studies have found that gratitude can improve well-being, and can even help people curb depression and anxiety, improve cholesterol and get better sleep, said Robert Emmons, a psychologist at the University of California, Davis, and author of Gratitude Works! A 21-Day Program for Creating Emotional Prosperity (Jossey-Bass, 2013).
"Grateful people engage in more exercise, have better dietary behaviors, are less likely to smoke and abuse alcohol and have higher rates of medication adherence," Emmons wrote in an email. "Gratitude is good medicine." Read more...
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