Literary offerings seem endless when it comes to nurturing your imagination and relaxing. And the health benefits of reading don’t stop there: researchers have long proven the goodness of books for both the body and the mind. Below are the health benefits of daily reading.
Stress Relief
According to a 2022 study by Turkish scientists, reading can be a huge way to boost one’s mental health on a daily basis. According to the group of researchers’ conclusions, “reading leads to an improvement in patients’ mindfulness, optimism, happiness, and positive emotions, as well as a reduction in depression, anxiety, pessimism, and other negative emotions.” Similar to antidepressants, books therefore influence mood and help keep stress at bay by adopting a more positive and optimistic attitude.
Improve Your Social Connections
Each book follows adventures of one or more characters interacting with fictional beings. These exchanges thus serve as an example for improving one’s own social skills and learning what to say at the right time. This is also proven by the Turkish research cited above, “people who read often have stronger social and behavioral skills than those who do not.” Moreover, “novels would particularly help adolescents to become more empathetic, and better understand what others think and feel.” A valuable influence that encourages knowledge and curiosity about others, two essential skills for better daily living.
Live Longer
Reading is also key to a longer life expectancy. According to a 2016 study by researchers at Yale University, “reading books could reduce mortality by 20%.” This unprecedented finding can be explained particularly by the increased by connectivity during the reading process, the distancing from screens and anxiety. The benefit is also higher for book readers versus those who read magazines and newspapers. Similarly, fiction is the most beneficial genre, the study revealing that “reading fiction books for at least 30 minutes a day could add an average of two years to readers’ lives.” This finding proves that using your imagination by reading novels can help keep your mind active, and for longer.
Better Sleep
Improving the quality and duration of sleep, relieving insomnia, preventing cardiovascular disease… Reading at night is an extremely healthy moment to cultivate daily to preserve your body. This is in any case what multiple studies prove, beginning with. that carried out by scientists from the National University of Ireland Galway in 2021. The latter “asked 496 participants to read a book in bed before falling asleep and 496 others not to read before sleeping. After one week, 42% of readers reported having slept better, compared to only 28% of non-readers.” These results can be explained by the relaxing properties of reading, which helps slow the heart rate, relax the muscles, and calm mental noise. Research has also proven that “reading before bed, combined with treatments for insomnia, can calm the mind and help you sleep better.”
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