Here are a few brilliant ways cats are secretly helping their owners live healthier lives

[eridani]

http://www.upworthy.com/here-are-a-few-brilliant-ways-cats-are-secretly-helping-their-owners-live-healthier-lives

FACT: It turns out that those cute cat purrs exist in a super-special vibration range that has the potential to be medically therapeutic.

Your average house cat's purr has a frequency between 25 and 150 Hertz. That's interesting because that's also the frequency at which muscles and bones are able to best repair themselves. So cats might be self-healing.

But that's not all: Those super-special, super-adorable cat purr vibrations also exist at a frequency that's good for humans too. The Fauna Communications Research Institute found that every single cat in their study had purr vibrations well within the "medically therapeutic" range (20-140 Hertz).

What does this mean?

Uh, well, that your purring cat can help with bone and muscle repair, pain relief, dyspnea (shortness of breath), and so. Much. More.

[shenmue]

1. Purrrrrrr

Proof that squee is good for u!

[narnian60]

2. Hmmmm.

I've never had less than 3 cats in my household for the last 45 years. I'm gonna live forever!

[Curmudgeoness]

3. I don't know about a healthier life,

but I like to take a cue from the cats and nap a lot!