{"id":1039,"date":"2023-08-19T19:36:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T02:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tisbestorg.flywheelsites.com\/blog\/?p=1039"},"modified":"2024-03-26T11:05:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T18:05:38","slug":"how-giving-can-improve-your-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tisbest.org\/posts\/how-giving-can-improve-your-health\/","title":{"rendered":"How giving can improve your health &#124; Science of Giving Series #5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><strong>If you have a computer, chances are <\/strong>you\u2019re constantly peppered with advertisements, blog posts, and news articles telling you how to improve your health. \u201cClick bait\u201d articles designed to prey on your curiosity draw you in with titles like \u201cThis One Weird Tip Can Reduce Belly Fat In 24 Hours!\u201d and \u201cThree Secrets To Lowering Your Blood Pressure That Your Doctor Will Never Tell You!\u201d. It seems there\u2019s a never-ending stream of (sometimes less-than-helpful) information telling us what we need to do for ourselves in order to stay healthy. But science is now telling us there\u2019s another side to the story: doing things for others&#8211;&nbsp;<em>giving<\/em>&#8212; may provide just as much of a health boost as doing things for ourselves.<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" style=\"display: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/app.leadsrx.com\/impression?at=zarnpl38436&amp;cid=552771\" alt=\"\"><br><b>Volunteering<br><\/b>A common way to engage in giving is to volunteer one\u2019s time. Volunteering has been correlated with amazing health benefits, such as reduced depression and a longer life span. Seniors 55 and older have a 44% lower likelihood of dying prematurely if they volunteer for two or more organizations. Giving of one\u2019s time is also correlated with a stronger constitution, with volunteers reporting they experience fewer aches and pains than those who don&#8217;t volunteer. Helping others is twice as good for protecting one&#8217;s overall health as aspirin is for preventing heart disease. These health benefits of volunteering are stronger than exercising four times per week or going to church, and almost as effective in improving one\u2019s health as quitting smoking.<br><br>In Christian Smith\u2019s new book <a title=\"Science of Giving\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Paradox-Generosity-Receive-Grasping\/dp\/0199394903\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1408477392&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+paradox+of+generosity+giving+we+receive+grasping+we+lose\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Paradox of Generosity<\/a>, nearly two thousand people were surveyed about their overall bodily health. The responses were telling. People who volunteer were 13% more likely to report being in \u201cexcellent or very good health\u201d than those who did not give of their time. Physical health was also positively associated with the number of hours a person spent volunteering, with those who volunteer the most reporting the best health, and those who volunteer the least reporting the weakest health.<br><br><b>Charitable giving<br><\/b>Financial giving has also been shown to increase one\u2019s physical health. Those who voluntarily give away at least 10% of their income report being in better physical health than those who do not. In fact, people who report the least amount of financial giving are almost twice as likely to be in poor or fair health as those who give the most.<br><br>Giving to charity activates the brain\u2019s mesolimbic pathway, which is commonly referred to as the brain\u2019s \u201creward center\u201d, an area of the brain that processes internal reinforcement for things such as food, money, and sex. This area of the brain is related to the production of oxytocin and dopamine, which are key elements in the development of strong social connections and general happiness. When we give\u2014and amazingly, when we simply <em>think<\/em> about giving\u2014this reward center is activated, creating what Harvard researcher Michael Norton calls a <a title=\"Science of Giving\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hbs.edu\/faculty\/Pages\/item.aspx?num=42426\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cpositive feedback loop\u201d<\/a>. When we give, we feel good. Feeling good about giving makes us more likely to give again, and so on.<br><br>Each day many of us make choices to improve our overall health and well-being. Perhaps we drink an extra glass of water, or maybe we decide to take the stairs instead of the elevator. We\u2019re constantly filtering through the &#8220;tips&#8221; and simple changes we are encouraged to make in our daily lives to improve health and well-being. But increasingly we\u2019re learning that shifting focus away from oneself and focusing instead on giving to others, we can improve our&nbsp;physical health and emotional well-being in significant and remarkable ways.<br><strong><em>Read the earlier posts in the Science of Giving series:<\/em><\/strong><br>#1:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tisbest.org\/posts\/science-of-giving-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What we talk about when we talk about altruism<br><\/a>#2:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tisbest.org\/posts\/why-elevation-changes-your-behavior-the-science-of-giving-series-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why elevation changes your behavior<br><\/a>#3:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tisbest.org\/posts\/transforming-the-classroom-through-generosity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transforming the classroom through generosity<br><\/a>#4:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tisbest.org\/posts\/the-secret-to-raising-a-generous-child-science-of-giving-series-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The secret to raising a generous child<\/a><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have a computer, chances are you\u2019re constantly peppered with advertisements, blog posts, and news articles telling you how to improve your health. \u201cClick bait\u201d articles designed to prey on your curiosity draw you in with titles like \u201cThis One Weird Tip Can Reduce Belly Fat In 24 Hours!\u201d and \u201cThree Secrets To Lowering&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"show","_kad_post_feature_position":"above","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-of-giving"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How giving can improve your health &#124; 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