{"id":46834,"date":"2023-07-26T13:21:30","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T07:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosybrown-hare-274749.hostingersite.com\/?p=46834"},"modified":"2023-07-26T13:22:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T07:52:25","slug":"how-pets-boost-our-health-and-moods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosybrown-hare-274749.hostingersite.com\/how-pets-boost-our-health-and-moods\/","title":{"rendered":"How pets boost our health and moods"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Pets can have a significant impact on our health and well-being in many ways. They can positively affect our physical, mental, emotional, and psychological health with their unconditional love.\u00a0
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Physical Health<\/b><\/p>

  • Exercise<\/b>: Dogs require regular physical activity, which encourages their pet parents to walk them around the neighbourhood. Frequent walks or playtime with pets can help improve cardiovascular health, maintain a healthy weight, and increase overall fitness levels.<\/span><\/li>
  • Lower blood pressure<\/b>: Interacting with pets, especially stroking or petting them, helps secrete happy hormones in our body. Lower stress means reduced stress and lower blood pressure levels.<\/span><\/li>
  • Reduced risk of allergies<\/b>: Studies suggest that an early exposure to pets, especially during childhood, may help reduce the risk of developing allergies and asthma.

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    Mental and Emotional Health<\/b><\/p>

    • Reduced stress<\/b>: Pets offer constant companionship and emotional support. That promotes relaxation, reduces stress levels, and \u201cleaves us happier\u201d. Simply cuddling your pet triggers the release of oxytocin, a hormone associated with happiness and stress reduction.<\/span><\/li>
    • Relief from anxiety and depression<\/b>: Mostly people feel depressed or anxious because of loneliness. Interacting with pets offers them a sense of belongingness and purpose,lifting up their mood and promoting a greater sense of wellbeing.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>
    • Social catalysts<\/b>: Pets, especially cats and dogs, act as social catalysts. It has been observed many times that people become friends while walking their dogs around or while attending pet-related events. These social interactions make it possible for pet parents to find connections with other \u201clike-minded people” and alleviates feelings of loneliness or isolation.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>

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      <\/span>Psychological Benefits<\/b><\/p>

      • Unconditional love and companionship<\/b>: Pets love selflessly and unconditionally. Their companionship helps individuals \u201cfeel valued, loved, and less lonely.\u201d Pets are not judgmental and their presence can be a great emotional support during tough times.<\/span><\/li>
      • Inculcate a sense of responsibility: In many ways, being a pet parent is similar to having a baby. It comes with many responsibilities such as feeding, grooming, and caring for them. These responsibilities automatically structure a person\u2019s routine. They feel responsible towards their pet and are filled with a sense of fulfilment when they care for them.
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        Pets require time, effort, energy, and resources. But they positively impact our physical and emotional health in innumerable ways.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Pets love selflessly and unconditionally. Their companionship helps individuals \u201cfeel valued, loved, and less lonely.\u201d Pets are not judgmental and their presence can be a great emotional support during tough times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2351,"featured_media":46836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosybrown-hare-274749.hostingersite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46834"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosybrown-hare-274749.hostingersite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosybrown-hare-274749.hostingersite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosybrown-hare-274749.hostingersite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosybrown-hare-274749.hostingersite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46834"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/rosybrown-hare-274749.hostingersite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46841,"href":"https:\/\/rosybrown-hare-274749.hostingersite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46834\/revisions\/46841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosybrown-hare-274749.hostingersite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosybrown-hare-274749.hostingersite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosybrown-hare-274749.hostingersite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosybrown-hare-274749.hostingersite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}