This good news should make you travel fast.
Researchers at Syracuse University interviewed over 60 people about their vacation habits in the prior year, any cardiovascular problems and found that those who take more vacations have a lower risk of heart disease.
“Metabolic syndrome is a collection of risk factors for cardiovascular disease. If you have more of them, you are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease. This is important because we are actually seeing a reduction in the risk for cardiovascular disease the more vacationing a person does. Because metabolic symptoms are modifiable, it means they can change or be eliminated.”
The study, published this week in the Journal of Psychology & Health further discovered the odds of having metabolic syndrome decreased by 24% with each additional vacation taken. The number of vacations taken by participants in the last year ranged from 0 to 15.
The takeaway? Use all of your vacation days.
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