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There are many things you can do to improve your longevity and your happiness. They include decreasing stress, spending time with friends and family, and now, studies are showing that laughing and listening to joyful music can improve the way your blood flows through your body. Sound crazy? Experts proved that laughter causes blood vessels to dilate by 19% while joyful music causes blood vessels to dilate by as much as 26%.

When blood vessels dilate, blood flow throughout the body improves, reducing the risk of blood clots that can cause heart attacks and stroke. People with high cholesterol often also suffer from poor blood vessel dilation, so cholesterol-lowering or statin drugs can help improve dilation. Now, apparently, so can music and laughter.

However, experts suggest you pick your music carefully. Music that causes anxiety or tension can cause blood vessels to narrow by as much as 6%. If you choose joyful music, it releases endorphins in the brain, causing chemical nitric oxide to dilate the blood vessels.

Not sure what music too choose? Participants in the study who chose country music artists like Hal Ketchum and Dwight Yoakam as well as the “Footloose” soundtrack experienced a loosening of blood vessels and an improvement in blood flow. Participants who chose heavy rock bands experienced anxiety and a tightening of blood vessels.

Optimal Health through Alternative Medicine

Methods of alternative medicine include, but are not limited to the following list: diet-related treatments, chiropractic, yoga, meditation, naturopathy, biofeedback, hypnosis, homeopathy, Ayurveda and herbalism and time-honored Chinese medicine including acupuncture. These methods of treatment are defined as alternative because they are non-traditional methods compared to the view and practice of medicine in the west.

Complementary medicine includes the items categorized as alternative, and adds more. These therapies are considered to round out the list of complementary medicine: the Alexander technique, aromatherapy, holistic nursing, massage therapy, nutritional therapy, osteopathic manipulative therapy (OMT),Qi gong (internal and external Qiging), reflexology, Reiki, and Tai Chi.

About CAM

While alternative medicine tends to be used in place of traditional western medicine, complementary methods are typically used in addition to regular doctor visits and treatments. Using music therapy to calm a patient’s nerves would be an example of combining an office visit (traditional western medicine) with a therapy that assists in healing (complementary). Much is being studied about how different techniques can – or should- be combined to promote optimal health.

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