How Pets Can Help You Keep Stress at Bay
There’s been a significant amount of scientific research conducted around the idea of pets helping to relieve stress in people. As it turns out, it’s been proven to work very well, for a variety of reasons. Additionally, it was shown that the results tended to be best with dogs. The most significant factor in the stress relieving effects of dogs was all in our hormones. Petting and playing with a dog was shown to lower levels of cortisol, a…
