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Optimism protects women’s hearts

Optimism protects women’s hearts

A recent study entitled Optimism, Cynical Hostility, and Incident Coronary Heart Disease and Mortality in the Women’s Health Initiative, published in the journal Circulation, argues that optimism as applied philosophy of life is a protective shield for women against heart disease and other disorders, even to the extent of reducing female mortality. The [...]
Vegetarian Diet and Emotional Health

Vegetarian Diet and Emotional Health

There has always been a debate on whether a vegetarian diet is healthier than the one with meat. Much has been said about the benefits of vegetarian diet on the physical well-being of a person. There is also, however, a correlation between a non-meat diet and a person’s emotional health. A vegetarian diet does not contain animal fat that can cause [...]