Health and Healthy Relationships

National Geographic Magazine, November 2005 Edition, carried the findings of a health and longevity study about three groups of people said to live the longest in the world.

From this,we find that family ties don't stretch to the nursing homes in Sardinia, Italy. Family stays together, and they live long and healthy together there. The influence of having close friends and family on health and longivity was also noticed among the other groups studied - Okinawans and Seventh-day Adventists.

I found this statement in one Seventh-day Adventist publication:

"Close relationships go hand-in-hand with good health." - Health by Choice, Not by Chance, p. 223

And another...

"People who have close ties to others, who share time and thoughts and worries and laughter with kindred souls, reap profound health benefits." - ibid. p.214

And relationships are mostly a matter of choice as well. That's why I maintain that our health is our choice. So choose health today.

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