Want Healthy Long Life? Let's Many Friends

It was fortunate that they have many friends. Has a healthy social relationships can be as important as the brush Jada do not smoke if you want to live long, so says a new study. The results orng mention those with inadequate social relationships have a tendency to survive 50 percent higher than those who are poor or not enough friendship.

That means, have a healthy friendship can be compared with the discontinuation of other bad habits that destroy health. Even an individual's social factors, according to studies, is considered stronger than a habit to avoid triggering obesity or physical activity for fitness.

Researchers examined 148 different studies that examine the connection between longevity and social relations. Without entering age, gender, initial health status of respondents, the cause of death and the continuation of the study period per individual, new conclusions menemuka that those who built their strong friendship can increase the potential longevity.

The principle of social relations helps survival is also found even in infants, according to the results of the study stressed. In the mid-20th century, the baby in an orphanage who experienced high mortality observed. That number is predicted to result miskiny human touch. Average mortality in the orphanage and then declined quite striking with perubahn in parenting practices and policies promoting social interaction.

One theory that underlies this conclusion, according to researchers, social relations may serve as a buffer effect of pressure faced by a person in terms of health, transitions and changes in life. Healthy friendship relationship also helps promote healthy behavior, to encourage each other to make healthy habits or even be a good example directly.

"In addition, a part of social networks make a person has the means of war. The condition that gives confidence and confidence in the purpose of life," wrote the researchers.

The results of research that was done two experts, Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler, also reveal attributes posititif will also spread to social networking, as well as the kinds of negative behavior stayed up late, smoking, drinking and eating junk food.

However, two researchers also found that people who stay away from her friends, when the increased weight would tend to develop obesity. The study of social relationships and mortality have been published in the journal PLoS Medicine this week.