Gratitude Research

Gratitude helps improve sleep. Cultivating gratitude throughout the day nurtures more positive thoughts that can help you drift into a more peaceful sleep. (Wood et al., 2009, p. 43-48).

According to Emmons, gratitude is a good form of medicine. Furthermore, clinical trials have proven that the practice of gratitude can leave lasting positive effects on a person’s health.

Gratitude helps strengthen the immune system. Practicing gratitude improves immune function, thus decreasing the risk of contracting diseases (Sood, 2009; Emmons 2010)

Gratitude helps patients with heart illness. According to a study, the practice of gratitude contributes to reducing the biomarkers of inflammation by 7% among individuals diagnosed with congestive heart failure (UC Davis Health, 2015).