Listening to happy, joyous, upbeat music of your choice is good for your heart. As good as laughter, dark chocolate, exercise, and red wine. The study, although small, showed a 25 percent increase in the diameter of blood vessels in the upper arm — a large difference. Trust me, you want relaxed and happy blood vessels.
Listen to the podcast from the NPR show "Science Friday" or
read the Los Angeles Times article.
I am fascinated with the endothelium, the inner lining of our blood vessels, and consider them key to great health. Stay tuned, I'll write more about the endothelium soon.
I wish you great health and a very happy life.
Dr. Bob