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Beliefs about Aging can Affect Heart

Medical researchers can now show that how you feel about aging as you get older influences the health of your heart. In what they call "the first study of its kind," investigators led by epidemiologist Becca Levy of Yale School of Medicine found that exposing study participants to positive ideas about aging lowered their blood pressure readings during times of mild stress. Conversely, those exposed to negative ideas about aging subsequently registered higher values of systolic and diastolic blood pressure.


Levy's team structured the 54-participant study to deliver subliminal messages via flashes of words across a computer screen. Positive words included "wisdom" and "creative," and negative words included "senile" and "dying." Levy says, "The study suggests that negative stereotypes of aging may contribute to health problems in the elderly without their awareness." She and her team publish the findings in the Journal of Gerontology.


Above article excerpted from: Personal Growth - http://find-it.hypermart.net/wellness.htm Personal Growth and Wellness E-Zine Volume 2, Issue 13, July 16, 2000


NLP Practitioners frequently help clients deal with limiting beliefs, whether they be about aging, health, self-worth or relationships. One of my workshops, Change your Beliefs, Change your Life, specifically addresses limiting beliefs. I invite you to browse my website for more information on my workshops or contact me if you have any questions or concerns.


An excellent book that discusses limiting beliefs from an NLP perspective is Beliefs: Pathways to Health and Well-Being, by Dilts, Hallbom, and Smith, Metamorphous Press, 1990.

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