Family Pets: 7 Healthy Reasons You Should Consider a Furry Friend! by Ally Ritt

If you’ve been looking for a reason to get a pet, look no further than good health. Medical research shows that pets may:

• lower blood pressure
• lessen anxiety
• boost immune systems

Aside from the obvious health benefit of regular exercise in the form of walking a dog, exposure to a furry pet from birth seems to decrease a child’s risk of allergies, and dog or cat owners who had heart attacks survived longer than their pet-free counterparts. The list of benefits goes on, including helping people deal with shyness and social isolation. 

What are you waiting for? Adopt a pet and get healthy!

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