I’m never shocked when I hear the statistic that the average
U.S. employee only takes half of his or her eligible vacation time. Although I
have all my vacation days planned out a year in advance (after all, planning is
half the fun), I really must coax my husband into requesting all his due
days! Crazy, right? Well with summer
right around the corner now is the time to plan a cruise vacation and I’ll
share with you some reasons why it's actually good for your health!
Taking cruise vacation is good for your health! Lots of studies
have highlighted the potential cardiovascular-health benefits of taking a
vacation, including reducing the risk of heart disease. The Framingham Heart
Study (a long-term, multi-generational study, designed to identify genetic and
environmental factors influencing the development of cardiovascular and other
disease) showed that women who take at least two vacations a year are eight
times less likely to have coronary heart disease. A study done with men who had
an elevated risk for coronary disease, showed that those who didn’t take an
annual vacation were 32% more likely to die from a heart attack than the
vacationers.
