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heavy petting is healthy
In my Junior High science class we each had to perform "controlled" experiments as one of our class projects. I'll never forget the test that one of my classmates ran; his mother was a nurse so he decided to test which of several activities caused a person's blood pressure to lower the fastest. After comparing a number of relaxing activities including TV watching, laying in bed, and sitting in a hot tub, the results came back to show the most relaxing activity of all (and the best for lowering blood pressure) is petting your dog. We were all amazed, and did not realize how advanced this experiment actually was. (more)