The Secret Health Benefits of Being Social
It seems like we are always in the midst of a new health craze. Doing juice cleanses, going gluten-free, adopting the lifestyle of our pre-agricultural, hunter-gatherer ancestors... But should we be looking in a completely different direction for the key to living a long, healthy life? Research has shown that an individual’s number of personal relationships drastically affects not only when and how we get sick, but also how we get better, and how long we stay that way.