Marriage Make Us Stronger Really.

Marriage really does make you stronger

Husbands have tougher bones than their single counterparts.

Men in stable relationships had stronger bones than men who never married.

But the findings only apply if a man marries after the age of 25.

Marrying before this tends to result in weaker bones-perhaps due to the stresses of raising a family.

It has been linked to a reduced risk of heart disease and better cancer survival rates. According to researched it is found that marriage is also good for a man’s bones- but only if he marries after the age of 25.

It is also found by research that men in stable marriages or long term relationships who had not been divorced or separated previously had stronger bones than men whose marriages had broken down.

And those in stable relationships also had stronger bones than men who never married. But the age at which a man married was also a factor. Those who got hitched before the age of 25  had weaker bones than whose who walked down the aisle later on.

However rather randomly it did find that women with supportive partners had greater bone strength than those whose partners didn’t appreciate them or were emotionally unsupportive.

Among men who first  married prior to turning 25, the researchers found a significant reduction in spine bone strength for each year they were married before that age.

That is the first time that marital histories and marital quality have been linked to bone health. There is very little known about the influence of social factors other than socioeconomic factors on bone health. Good health depends not only on good health behaviours, such as maintaining a healthy diet and  not smoking, but also on other social aspects of life, such as marital life stories and quality of relationships.

According to the researchers, it is added that the findings imply that we should not assume that marriage has the same health rewards for men and women.

Specifically, never marrying and experiencing a divorce, widowhood, or separation are associated with poor boon health in men, whereas poor marital quality is associated with poor bone health in women.

At last the link between marriage and bone health were evident in the spine but not the hip, possibly due to differences in bone composition.