Maybe it makes me a bad person but I have never had a problem with lying. I don't lie about big things, like my taxes or cheating, but white lies (the kind told to spare someone's feelings) I am totally Ok with.
I've probably lied about a few more serious things a time or two in my life and, for that, I'll probably pay…with my health! According to a new study, I may have actually been damaging my health and making myself fatter by lying.
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So, what–all I need to do to be healthier is to stop fibbing? Seems too good to be true, but apparently, by NOT lying, I'll be saving myself unneccesary stress and therefore, keeping myself healthy in the long run. According to Anita Kelly, a psychology professor at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana and the lead author of the study:
The link between less lying and improved health was significantly stronger for participants in the no-lie group. When they told three fewer minor lies than in other weeks, for example, they had an average of four fewer mental-health complaints, such as feeling tense or melancholy, and three fewer physical complaints, such as sore throats or headaches.
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Personally, I can understand how getting a headache and feeling tense can be related to lying. I mean, if you tell a really big lie and get stressed out about it, of COURSE you're going to go mental. You know what else stress does to your body? It makes you retain weight–so if you're lying all the time and worried about the consequences, then STOP IT.
Now, I may not be a liar, liar, pants-on-fire type of gal–but, after this study, I'm definitely going to think long and hard before letting any kind of little white lie cross my lips.
What do you think about the new findings that lying affects your health? Are you going to lie less? Share with us in the comments below!
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