Of course, getting into a new relationship can be a little stressful! Cortisol, the stress hormone, initially rises when you fall in love. However, it quickly drops in a long-term, stable relationship. Those low cortisol levels sustained for a long period of time contribute to many health benefits. But how does it improve your immune system? That’s a bit of a mystery to researchers. So far, women in love have shown changes in their gene regulation of immune cells compared to women not in love. Some theorize that this is in order to prepare for pregnancy. Unfortunately, we still don’t have conclusive research on whether men in love better fight flu and other viruses, too. High blood pressure is known as the “silent killer” since it has no symptoms, but it will steadily degrade your health over time, significantly increasing your risk of chronic conditions like heart disease. And while love is certainly not the only way to lower blood pressure, it’s comforting to know our loved ones can boost our health for a longer, happier life.
It doesn’t take a scientist to tell us that a healthy, loving relationship can lessen our stress — but did you know it also boosts our immune system’s response and could help us live longer? Multiple studies have shown that couples in happy, loving marriages tend to have lower blood pressure. Marriage itself isn’t the key to a healthier life — the love is, researchers find. How do researchers define a loving relationship? To put it simply, it depends on the couples’ own opinion. Married couples with a high quality (aka loving) relationship showed significantly lower ambulatory systolic blood pressure than singles. However, happily married couples and singles had lower blood pressure than people in low quality marriages. Which means, at least in terms of your health, it’s much better to be single than unhappily married. How does it help your blood pressure exactly? Well, when positive events occur, the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin interact with your dopamine reward system. Vasopressin in particular helps control blood pressure.
Did you know that the gas pressure at your house and at your neighbor’s house might vary substantially? All About Gas Pressure
Your home/business gas pressure is typically measured in water column: 1 pound (psi) equals 27.74 inches water column.
Most older homes have about a .25-pound pressure entering, which is 5–7 inches water column on natural gas.
On newer piping systems, we can pipe them in at a .25 pound, 2 pound, and 5 pound. The beauty of this is that if the pressure is available at the street, we can reduce the pipe size, which, a lot of times, will save quite a bit of money.
To work on natural gas, you need to be licensed with the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners.
The consumption of an appliance is rated in BTUs. A 5-pound line can give you way more BTUs than a .25-pound line.
To work on LP gas, you need to be registered with the Texas railroad commission.
To know if your meter is elevated pressure or low pressure, you can tell by looking at the meter. For instance, this meter at a warehouse in Plano has a red face, which indicates it is a 2-pound or a 5-pound line.
P.S. If any of your neighbors have natural gas, there is a good chance Atmos or Texas gas service may provide you with a service line and meter at no cost to you. The gas companies want to see if you have a permit and inspection with the city.
A gas meter with a white face typically indicates it’s a .25-pound pressure.
Liquefied petroleum (LP) gas has different pressures and different rules. We are licensed and insured to work on both systems, and we train on gas procedures frequently as a company.
P.P.S. I love gas. It’s an awesome upgrade for fire places, water heating, furnaces, stoves, pool heaters, infrared heater, barbecues, fire pits …
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