Stay Healthy By Keeping Pets Healthy

Dogs are easy enough to understand, they need a specific amount of attention and physical activity to stay healthy. But how often do you think about the effects your pets are having on you?

If you are Drew Weigner then you probably think about that question a lot. Drew is a doctor who researchers the positive effects animals play on humans.

Many people get pets for their therapeutic effects, for some they are great company and for others they can be great cardio exercise. Though there are some interesting and astounding revelations modern science has been showing about animals.

In cat dander there is a specific pollen that can actually help create an immunity to other allergies. Though our bodies fail to react to this pollen after we are about eight years old, so it is only effective in children who are still only seven and younger.

Studies show that people that have pets usually suffer from fewer allergies on average; this shows that keeping pets around may also help to prevent new allergies from developing. Further research goes to show the people with pets actually live longer too.

This is because the animals actually keep these people active. If you have a pet you are going to be responsible for feeding and playing and taking care of this animal.

Having a dog means walking. Mother Nature has created an exercise that works the entire body with low impact and has provided man with a best friend to do it with.

Walking your dog can be the best thing you do for your heat and for your dog's heart, and probably the relationship of hearts shared in walking too. You and your pet will start developing stronger bonds and relationships from spending quality time together and you will be strengthening your cardio health as well.

All physicians will tell you as you age cardio is the number one thing to work for. Muscles are great when you need to impress somebody, but as for longevity you need good cardio health.

This goes for your dogs too. Cats will also benefit from cardio health, but generally people won't go around town walking their cats, though you could if you wanted.

The most impressive quality shown by people who own animals was not their physical health but actually there mental health. People who took care of pets proved to be more aware and competent in their old age than their senile counterparts.

So a very holistic approach to health would be getting an animal and taking care of the thing. Between cats and dogs the benefits seem about equal, but there are lots of animals that can be pets.

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