Being cynical is bad for you

[nortistortis]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-430657/Being-cynical-bad-heart.html

Scientists have found that those who have a natural scepticism about life have chemicals in their blood which cause inflammation.

These in turn can raise their risk of developing high blood pressure, heart attacks and strokes.

The new research adds to mounting evidence of how our behaviour and emotions can directly affect our health.

Previous studies have shown that stress is as likely to cause a heart attack as being overweight, smoking and having high cholesterol.

Researchers said the release of stress hormones causes inflammation which then can promote heart disease.

Now a new study published in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine, has found that "cynical distrust" can also raise the risk of heart problems.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6289847.stm

Being cynical can increase the risk of heart disease, US researchers claim.

A study of 6,814 people found that cynical distrust was associated with signs of inflammation which in turn increase the risk of heart disease.

Chronic stress and depression were also found to be associated with higher levels of certain inflammatory markers in the blood.

The Archives of Internal Medicine study suggests cynical people are more likely to lead unhealthy lifestyles.

Researchers from the University of Michigan asked participants to fill out a questionnaire that assessed a person's risk of chronic stress or depression.

Cynical distrust was measured at a later follow-up visit.

They also took blood samples from participants who were aged between 45 ane 84 years.

The samples were analysed for three markers of inflammation - fibrinogen, C-reactive protein, and IL-6.

Higher levels of cynical distrust were associated with higher levels of all three inflammatory markers.

Chronic stress was linked with higher levels of IL-6 and C-reactive protein and depression was associated with higher levels of IL-6.

"The strongest and most consistent associations were observed for cynical distrust, which was positively associated with all three inflammatory markers," said study leader Dr Nalini Ranjit.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3040517/

 

[DerpiesFreud]

I'm skeptical of these claims...

 

[Pho3nix]

I'm skeptical of these claims...

 

[grok]

Still better than being a brainwashed sheep ..

 

[nortistortis]

Still better than being a brainwashed sheep ..

I don't see why the two need be connected.

 

[Nick333]

How do they know it's not the other way round?

 

[Batista]

Just have more sex, I heard that adds some extra days to your life.

 

[BlackJack1301]

Here we go again with another one...

Scientists discover a lot of **** without actually doing something. So let's go and state the damn obvious again. We all have higher levels of this or lower levels of that and it all causes ****, and ***** causes it to go up and down. Whoopdi fscking doo!

 

[Sly21C]

I'm not really a cynical person but I do worry a lot most of the time. I worry that I might lose my jobs one day so therefore I try to save as much money as possible. I worry that Malema will take over SA and follow Mugabe's (or Hitler's) footsteps in making South Africa a wasteland. I'm sure worrying too much is not good for anyone... but I can't help it.

 

[Greylor]

I'm skeptical of these claims...

I too am sceptical of these.....

 

[nortistortis]

Here we go again with another one...

Scientists discover a lot of **** without actually doing something. So let's go and state the damn obvious again. We all have higher levels of this or lower levels of that and it all causes ****, and ***** causes it to go up and down. Whoopdi fscking doo!

The cynicism is strong with this one...

FTFY