There are at least three ways. Music helps us...
1. Keep calm. Listening to favorite music lowered anziety among IU patients by about one third, according to a recent Ohio State University study. And no, any old music won't do - it had to be familiar and comforting, according to researchers.
For example, the Beatles song that played at our wedding:
Or the one that played in my head a year before, when I was deciding to propose to Dena:
2. Eat less. When Hardee's gave one of its restaurants a fine-dining makeover - including soft lighting and jazz - diners ate about 18 perent less and reported enjoying their food more, according to a Cornell study.
Maybe one of Dena's favorite songs "Feeling Good" by Michael Buble will do the same for you:
3. Improve focus. Uplifting concertos from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons can boost mental alertness, according to research from Northumbria University in the United Kingdom. When young adults were given a task that required intense concentration, they did better while listening to the uplifting "Spring" concerto versus the slower and more somber "Autumn" one.
So break out your check book, open a window, and cue it up!
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