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The Secret to Health is Love
January Fun Facts
Love may very well be the most important factor in keeping us
healthy and young. Thousands of hours of research show that love
and intimacy (or lack of them) are at the root of what makes us sick
and what makes us well, what makes us suffer and what leads to
healing:
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Being alone increases our chances (by between two and
five times) of getting ill and dying young, no matter how
healthily we live.
You’d think that the more people you talk to the more likely
you’d catch a cold from one of them. But some research has
found the exact opposite. The wider variety of people you talk
to often – including partners, children, neighbors, co-workers,
fellow volunteers, etc. – the lower your chances of getting the
symptoms of a cold, even if you’ve been infected. Experts
speculate that if you’re meeting lots of people you’ll be happier
and therefore have a stronger immune system.
Among patients who survive heart disease, the ones who
did best after five years, weren’t married but had someone to
confide in. The next healthiest were patients who were married
and had a confidant. Following were those who were married
but didn’t have a confidant. The group members who were
unmarried and had no close friend to talk to did worst; half died
within five years.
When women marry, they cut their chances of dying young
by half. Men reduce their chances of dying young by five times
when they’re married. Researchers found that married people
are most likely to take better care of themselves, for example,
by eating breakfast, wearing seatbelts, exercising regularly,
etc. Their healthier habits may also explain why they spend
fewer days in bed ill, half as much time in the hospital, and are
less likely to become disabled as they get older.
Happily married men live eight to ten years longer than
single or divorced men. Happily married women live three to
four years longer than single or divorced women.
Now isn’t that interesting?
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Paul Davis Systems, Critelli’s Fine Furniture, Rose
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In an effort to shed some light on
the amazing month of January,
here are a few facts you might
not have known:
1. January is named after the
Roman god Janus, who was
always shown as having two
heads. He looked back to the last
year and forward to the new one.
2. The Anglo-Saxons called
January “Wulfmonath” as it was the
month hungry wolves came
scavenging at people’s doors.
3. “Dry January” is a public health
campaign urging people to abstain
from alcohol in the month of
January, particularly practised in
the UK.
4. The two Shakespeare plays that
mention January are Much Ado
About Nothing and Winter’s Tale.
5. More couples separate or
divorce in January than in any other
month (so be nice to each other!).
6. January 1st is both the furthest
away and closest day to December
31st.
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look great after they have been
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