Two Things I Learned Today
1. Happiness can be beneficial to our health. According to Allie of easy-ways, happiness “appear to make the immune system function better and provide a protective effect against some diseases.” Now this really makes my heart happy, to know that being happy, hopeful, optimistic and contented, can help me improve not only my heart condition but my entire life as well.
2. According to a report by Environmental Health News, evidence against environmental contaminants’ role in diabetes is growing. It says that eating right and exercise might not be enough these days to avoid diabetes. Scientists have found a link between diabetes and the pollutants to which people are exposed to. David O. Carpenter, director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the State University of New York, Albany said:
Most people have not thought of diabetes as a disease related to environmental exposure, and these studies show that it is. The science has been growing very, very rapidly, and to my mind, it’s one of the most exciting developments in the study of diabetes.
The report also mentioned a study conducted by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention which found that those people who had the highest level of pollutants were 38 times more likely to suffer from diabetes as compared to those with the lowest polllution exposure level.
I wonder how much of my diabetes can be attributed to the chemicals that I have been inhaling throughout the years.
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Hi Allie,
Thanks for adding me to your blogroll. I really appreciate it as it will be a great help to get my message across to many people. I have also added you to my own blogroll.
The potential environmental link to diabetes surprises me, but sadly, it makes sense. We are what we eat AND what we breathe, it seems.
Your first point is critical. Much of our joy/happiness depends upon our ability to be grateful
-which means making a deliberate choice to focus on the positives we are blessed to have in our lives rather than upon that which we my (or may not) lack.
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Hi Heather,
I was also surprised to learn this. It seemed far fetched at the beginning but yes, pollution could cause not only diabetes but a whole lot of other diseases as well. Good thing there are people and events which make us happy – that should compensate, although not really enough, for what other people do to the environment.
I have always been quite aware of the happiness link to health, or rather the effects of stress and mental anguish. The connection between diabetes and pollutants is new to me though. Seems that as strong and amazing as the body is, it can also be very fragile in it’s balance system. Interesting post, and something I will be investigating further. Hello from Hollydale 
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Hi Eric,
Yes indeed happiness can lead to a healthy body but being exposed to pollutants can certainly negate the positive effects.
Hi Rino,
Thanks for mentioning easy-ways.com in your post as well as for your comments on my site. I really like your site; so I added you to my blogroll. I think it’s great that you offer your own experiences when you write about cardiovascular health issues. I think it can really help a lot of people. In addition to my blog, I’m also the writer for the SF Wellness Examiner column (here’s the link: http://www.examiner.com/x-15753-SF-Wellness-Examiner ). I’ve just started my column and heart health issues will be a big part of what I will be talking about. Links to your great articles and posts will be useful for me to share with my readers. I’m glad that you’re doing much better.
~Allie
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