Great article - I think, also, that managing stress and building optimism are big factors. Martin Seligman's book Flourish speaks to this, "The trend of fewer deaths, both cardiac and deaths from all causes, held across the entire distribution of optimism, indicating again that optimism protected women and pessimism hurt them relative to the average." But, then, it is the optimists that tend to think that diet and exercise make a difference. Fortunately, while much of our optimism/pessimism is thought to be inborn, we can influence our set-point. Sometimes, that may be the first step to improving cardiac health.
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Great article - I think, also, that managing stress and building optimism are big factors. Martin Seligman's book Flourish speaks to this, "The trend of fewer deaths, both cardiac and deaths from all causes, held across the entire distribution of optimism, indicating again that optimism protected women and pessimism hurt them relative to the average." But, then, it is the optimists that tend to think that diet and exercise make a difference. Fortunately, while much of our optimism/pessimism is thought to be inborn, we can influence our set-point. Sometimes, that may be the first step to improving cardiac health.
Cathy Hartt, RN, MS, CNM
Midwife of Changes Wellbeing Coaching
November 30, 2011 - 7:25pmThis Comment
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