Dr. Ben Rein
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And even there's studies showing that like, for instance, even going for a walk with your dog versus alone, being with your dog has like more favorable indicators of like cardiac response that it can like maybe be better for you to walk with a dog than alone.
Yeah.
Let me just say the chapter is all about dogs.
There is evidence on other animals, too.
But there's the most evidence for dogs.
But this study I'm about to talk about, they used all pets.
It wasn't just dogs.
What they did was they went into people's homes and they presented them with some sort of like stressful situation.
Like for instance, they had to put their hand in an ice bucket and hold it there for like 10 minutes or like doing mental calculations in front of an audience.
And what they found, yeah, right.
Nightmare.
Yeah.
So what they found though, was that this makes you stressed.
You start sweating, your heart rate goes up, all these bad things you don't want.
But if they had their pet in the room, cat, dog, fish, whatever, they didn't show as much of a stress response.
I think the key is like, yeah, having a partner, right?
Having someone there to support you.
If having a pet nearby can buffer your stress response, then you think about like 80 year old sitting at home, phone rings.
It's really bad news, right?
Heart rate spikes and what could maybe be a heart attack isn't a heart attack because they're
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