A "rags to riches" progression may mean a lot of bright dreams for you- recognition, bank balance, better education for your children, jewelry for your spouse, expensive vacations and club memberships and a sense of security and safety. In fact, getting uplifted economically will also work to promote your social status. And the same can lower your blood pressure. This is what we have come to learn from Swedish researchers.
According to these researchers, people born to poor families, may experience a fall in the risk of blood pressure, with a social upgrade. A study conducted previously has proved that there is a high risk of blood pressure among poor and disadvantaged people.
The researchers began by studying the health and socioeconomic data pertaining to 12,000 same-sex twins who took birth between 1926 and 1958. High blood pressure was found to be common in those individuals who belonged to the low socioeconomic background. And it was noted that there was a 42 percent increased risk of high blood pressure in this group.
Other risk factors included drinking habit, low birth weight, being born to poor parents, increased body weight and having a short stature. It was also found that people belonging to the low socioeconomic strata was able to reduce this risk by almost 20 percent after they moved to a higher social status in comparison to those who remained in the lower social ladder for two generations.
So what matters finally is money. If you have money, you can uplift yourself socially as well as economically. And money can get you better treatment and facilities while allowing you to feel that sense of security. If money can destroy relationships, it can help build new ones.
