5 Scientific Evidence That Friends Are Important

1 - Having friends makes you a healthier person

Practicing physical activities, sleeping well and taking care of food are fundamental attitudes for those who want to have health on time, and this is quite obvious. What not everyone knows when it comes to health, however, is that having good friends also makes us healthy. The truth is that people who don't have much social interaction usually have higher blood pressure, more abdominal fat and tend to have more inflammatory responses.

Previous research has also shown that having friends strengthens our immune system, reduces the risk of infections, helps maintain good heart health, and decreases the chances of stroke.

2 - Friends make us live longer

A recent analysis of 150 studies on social relationships and longevity found that, regardless of age, the chances of a person living with their friends dying for whatever reason decreases by up to 50%, also indicating that loneliness is definitely not a good deal. Having moments of loneliness is more than valid, but not having any kind of more intense social interaction is dangerous.

An Australian 10-year study found that among a large group of seniors, those living with friends were 22 percent more likely to survive than those not in any clique.

3 - Friends are important to those who are already sick

Good friends not only reduce the risk of some illnesses but also make a sick person worse in their clinical condition. This relationship was documented in a survey that looked at the health of women with breast cancer: those without friends were 34% more likely to die compared with patients with stronger social ties.

A study published by the Journal of the American Heart Association, on the other hand, found that patients who had heart attacks tended to have clinical deterioration in mental health when they had no friends. Regarding kidney health, patients on dialysis who do not have friends tend not to follow medical recommendations and their clinical condition worsens.

4 - Having friends makes you have good brain development

Worried on duty, maybe it's time to make new friends, after all we know that interacting with the crowd for at least 10 minutes a day already improves their brain capacity when solving problems. Having no friends, however, reduces the cognitive activity of the brain, especially over time. Having friends and interacting with them also reduces a person's chances of developing dementia in old age.

5 - Socializing improves the quality of your sleep.

Scientists at the University of Chicago have found that isolated people who have no friends tend to have difficulty falling asleep and are usually those who move a lot when lying in bed. In numerical terms, for each additional unit of loneliness, there is an 8% increase in restlessness during sleep.

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Now it's your turn: mark in the comments that or that friend who is with you at all times. Then, of course, take advantage of the cue to schedule the next little meeting of the guys.