What Has Love Got to Do with Your Health? [Video]

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I get a lot of questions about “why do you talk about these sort of squishy topics, love and support?”

And you know believe it or not, human beings are squishy things and so it’s an important thing.

And remember, the symbol of love is the heart and I’m a heart doctor, but you’d be surprised to learn that the people who have that love and support actually have excellent outcomes.

Real scientific studies showing that people do so much better when they have that in their day to day life.

And so in short, there’s even been studies that show that people who are practicing mindfulness and mediation and have the support of a spouse or a loved one, have longer telomeres which are the things that prevent us from aging.

So in short, there seems to be an effect from the mind body connection that is much stronger …