How Love Affects Your Heartbr January 24, 2019 | Heart & Vascularbr Having love in your life can benefit your heart healthbr Love and Your Heart Healthbr Does your heart beat faster when you are around the person you love? That feeling of excitement and happiness may do more than just make you feel good, it may actually be good for your heart health.br br br br “One theory on why love is good for your health is that blood pressure responds to calmness and peace,” says Christopher Suhar, MD, a cardiologist and director of Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine. “If you’re in love, you’re calmer and more at peace, which could translate into lower blood pressure.”br br br br Love may also help you recover if you do develop heart problems. Research has shown that married people are more likely to survive and have a better recovery than people who are not married.br br br br “Men tend to gain more of a cardiovascular benefit from marriage than women do, but on a whole, marriage helps you live longer,” notes Dr. Suhar. “It could be from having love in your life, or simply having someone there who has a vested interest in you and is taking care of you. Either way, married people recover better from a heart-related procedure than those who are single.