Happiness and Health

My takeaway? Happiness through service to others makes you healthier. Gene expression is different in a way that literally makes for improved health if the source of happiness is a deep sense of purpose and well being. The presser identifies inflammation and the immune system specifically.

It seems to me this is something many folks instinctively believe but I think the world would be a better place if more consciously understood. Want to be healthier? Do something nice or needed for someone else. Even if it doesn't work, what's the down side?

It caught my eye that "The research was supported by National Institutes of Health grants R01NR012899, R01CA116778 and P30AG107265." So, thank you USA tax payers for funding this research in Psychoneuroimmunology.

Also thanks to LinkedIn influencer Deepak Chopra for passing this along. But dude, how fulfilling would it be if you include a link to the original press release from which you or, more likely, your staff apparently cribbed?