There are some serious health benefits to taking time off, so don’t forego those vacation days, no matter how much hassle it is to get away. Want to be slimmer, have a better love life and live longer? Read on!
Fourteen hundred people can’t be wrong. In a study done by the University of Pittsburg, women who spent more time engaged in pleasurable activities, including vacations, had better physiques. Those participants who logged the most downtime also had a lower body mass index and smaller waists – two key predictors for overall health.
If you vacation once every six years or less, you could be eight times more likely to have a heart attack or die of heart disease than those co-workers who vacation twice annually. The Framingham Heart Study looked at a variety of factors – from behavior and personality to education and social class. The takeaway? Frequency of vacations was a strong predictor of future heart attacks and death, especially for women.
Less stress overall. Vacations don’t just help you decompress when you’re there – they actually help you cope better even once you are home. One study from Vienna found that after taking time off, vacationers had fewer stress-related issues such as headaches, backaches and heart palpitations up to five weeks later.
Could your love life use a boost? Consider a vacation. Eighty percent of people who vacation every year report that romance is alive in their relationship, compared with 56% who don’t take time off. A Neilsen survey notes that sex delivers many health benefits, and vacations can help couples recharge and re-connect for the long haul back home.
NASA even says vacations can help you sleep better. In studies, the quantity and quality of travelers’ sleep was monitored using wrist devices. Not only did they sleep an extra hour per night while on vacation, but they also clocked 20 more minutes per night after returning home. Vacations can put a stop to sleep-disturbing habits like doing work or staring at screens before bed. Once the habit is broken, it is easier to let it go when you are back in your home environment.
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