{"id":1780,"date":"2014-12-23T15:54:08","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T15:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/?p=1780"},"modified":"2014-12-23T16:54:09","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T16:54:09","slug":"the-health-benefits-of-giving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/the-health-benefits-of-giving\/","title":{"rendered":"The Health Benefits of Giving"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a name=\"fb_share\" type=\"box_count\" share_url=\"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/the-health-benefits-of-giving\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php\">Share<\/a><\/div><div><script src=\"http:\/\/static.ak.fbcdn.net\/connect.php\/js\/FB.Share\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div><p><a href=\"http:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Time-to-Give-183177695.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1781\" src=\"http:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Time-to-Give-183177695.jpg\" alt=\"Time to Give 183177695\" width=\"147\" height=\"123\" \/><\/a>The true spirit of the holidays is in giving. While receiving gifts are great; don&#8217;t forget to give to those who are less fortunate.<\/p>\n<p>There are several health benefits you can receive from giving, a few include: Charitable work makes you feel happy. When you are happy your body releases endorphins, which can help you reduce stress and produce what is known as the &#8220;helper&#8217;s high&#8221;. Giving or volunteering can form social connections which can be helpful for those experiencing symptoms of depression.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ShareThe true spirit of the holidays is in giving. While receiving gifts are great; don&#8217;t forget to give to those who are less fortunate. There are several health benefits you can receive from giving, a few include: Charitable work makes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/the-health-benefits-of-giving\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1782,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1780\/revisions\/1782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}