The health benefits of gratitude are limitlessliterally.
Here’s how giving gratitude to yourself and others can help you live longer.
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registered dietitian and owner of BZ Nutrition
According to Blue Zones expert Dan Buettner, gratitude always comes into play in the worlds longevity hot spots.
Keep reading to see how gratitude is linked to happier days that can culminate into a long life well-lived.
Plus: simple yet productive ways to reap (and share) the benefits of gratitude on the daily.
Simply put, it feels good to feel good.
Practicing gratitude with mindful, inclusive eating habits creates ahealthier relationship with food.
That feel-good oxytocin response becomes associated with these specific mindful eating habits, Zeitlin continues.
Yet the benefits of gratitude (and the oxytocin boost from it) arent limited to yourself only.
We want to show ourselves gratitude, but we want to spread that gratitude around, Zeitlin says.
Showing someone else gratitude releases oxytocin for them, so the health benefits are communal.
registered dietitian and owner of BZ Nutrition
To reap them for yourself, follow these simple tips.
Start small
Zeitlin notes that people may get tripped up by thinking they need to focus on big-picture items.
With that in mind, Zeitlin advises that we all get grateful for the mini-moments and acknowledge the micro-wins.
Need inspo to lead the way?
Speak up
Again, it pays to communicate gratitude towards others to makeallparties feel good.
Thank the barista for your morning latte.
Thank your friend for tagging you in that funny Instagram post, Zeitlin advises.
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