Friends encourage us to lose weight
As we know, making new sporting resolutions like going to the gym or taking a dip in the pool is more motivating when you go there with a friend.
But friends don’t have to be a sports coach to be in good shape. A recent American study has shown that the simple fact of hanging out with friends who have a normal BMI can keep the figure or even lose a few extra pounds.
Friends help us de-stress
When anxiety rises, we can easily fight stress by being with his friends, if possible female. Because unlike men, when stressed, women naturally release oxytocyne, a hormone that encourages friendships and chatter between girlfriends, revealed in 2002 the San Francisco Chronicle
Friends make us live for a long time
The true friends, those who are always there when needed, would give us a longer life than people who have no friends. Researchers at Brigham Young University who analyzed 148 studies found that people who have strong friendships increase their chance of survival by 50% compared to those who have few. According to researchers, cutting off friendships is more harmful to health than not exercising or being overweight.
In other words, friends have a real influence on our life expectancy. Making friends wouldn’t be just one sociability issue but would have a health impact as important as eating a balanced diet or limiting your alcohol consumption …
Friends Can Help Us Beat Breast Cancer
The contact of his friends would protect against certain diseases. For example, women with breast cancer who are socially isolated are said to be less likely to survive than those who have friends. This link, a bit daring, was established by an American study carried out in 2006 on 3,000 women with breast cancer : Women who were alone were four times more likely to die from the disease than women who had ten or more friends.
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