Marriage is the foundation on which we build many things in life. Turns out that marriage is also great for your health.

Here is a look into ways that marriage promotes your health and general well-being.

1. Cancer patients live longer – While being marriage might not make you immune to cancer, it will lead you to living longer should you be diagnosed with cancer. This effect has been pegged on the emotional and physical support that a cancer patient gets from their spouse.

2. Safer behavior – Getting married means you become responsible for another person, not just yourself. This means that a married person is less likely to engage in risky behavior such as random sex with strangers, substance abuse or reckless driving.

3. Less stress –If you listen to word on the street, one might imagine that getting married is the genesis of all the stress in the world. The truth however is that having a strong bond with another person will regulate your hormones which in turn regulate your stress level.

4. More sex – Married people tend to have more regular sex than single people. Regular sex comes with a horde of health benefits ranging from better heart health, to better sleep.

5. Quick recovery from major surgeries – A supportive environment has been found to be one of the ingredients of a good and quick recovery from invasive surgical procedures.

6. Safer sex – Not only do married people have more regular sex, they are also more likely to have safer sex. This is because you are more likely to know the sexual history of a person if you are married to them than if you are just dating them. This means that married people are less likely to contract sexually transmitted illnesses than their single counterparts.

7. Positively influenced habits – If you are married to a partner who lives a healthy lifestyle, eats healthy, works out and drinks alcohol moderately, then they are doing you so much more than just offering you companionship.

Apparently, a marriage between two people where one lives a healthy lifestyle and the other does not naturally means that the other partner will slowly take on the healthy habits. Being married to a health conscious partner is good for your health.

8. Marriage – If you are married, happily married, you are likely to sleep better than your unmarried counterparts. Getting a good nights’ sleep translates to better health and general wellbeing.

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