5 Ways Pets Improve Your Health
Pets help relieve stress
________A powerful hormone(荷尔蒙) is released when you look at your companion animal, which brings feelings of joy. It is also accompanied by a decrease in a stress hormone.
Pets boost your fitness
A dog is the best companion for a stroll---even better than a friend. _______ A separate study found that dog owners walked 300 minutes a week on average, while people who didn’t own dogs walked just 168 minutes a week.
Pets provide social support
Pets can provide social support for their owners, who tend to have more overall benefits than non-owners. The calming presence and the social bond that pets bring can be very powerful. Animals give something to focus on instead of the negative thoughts a depressed person may have. ________
Pets boost your self-esteem(自尊)
Pets are completely non-judgmental. _______ And that boosts self-esteem. Confidence can be improved by the fact that dogs love you no matter what, and to the same extent, cats are very loving to their owners.
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Whether your parents and you take turns walking the dog or it is always your job to feed the cat, research has proven having a pet is good for the whole family. Pets can be a very important bridge between family members. Pets can also provide the ultimate learning experience---how to treat others with kindness, caring, and responsibility.

A．Pets improve relationships

B．Pets bring your family closer together

C．Dog walkers improved their fitness more than people who walked with other people.

D．Simply being in the same room with your pet can have a calming effect.

E. So they are more likely to take on leadership roles and tend to be more confidence.
F. When a pet pays attention to you, it is giving you unconditional love and acceptance.
G. They don’t care what you look like or how you behave---they love unconditionally.