Improve Health by Gossiping
Enjoy a good chat with friends? Feel much better after a good gossip? Feel guilty about spending time with your girlfriends while the dishes pile up in the kitchen or the garden is being engulfed by weeds? Husband/boyfriend complaining about how much time you spend on the phone talking to your friends? Well, a scientific study just published has found that close interaction is important for a woman’s happiness and health.
According to the article, “Gossip is good for women’s health, scientists claim“, in the Telegraph regular chats with friends boost the levels of progesterone. Progesterone is a hormone produced by the ovaries. It fights infection and stops the over-production of oestrogen that could raise the risk of cancer. Research by scientists at the University of Michigan has shown that when a woman feels emotionally close to a friend the production of Progesterone is stimulated and thus helps to protect against disease.
So stop feeling guilty about the time you spend chatting with friends and enjoy the time spent together instead. It makes sense for good health.
Healthy Mind | Jan | 
June 10, 2009 5:48 pm
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