Experts analyze the levels of blood sugar and the love. Is that according to a study published in the journal ‘BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care’, people who live with a partner have a tendency to maintain lower blood glucose levels, regardless of the quality of the relationship. Therefore, people who are prone to suffering from diabetes or those who already have the disease.
The diabetes It is a group of metabolic disorders, whose main common characteristic is the presence of persistently or chronically elevated blood glucose concentrations. Those who suffer from it should take care of the food they eat, as well as physical exercise. Otherwise, the disease will worsen and it could also lead to amputation of limbs.
And researchers say that having someone emotionally close under one roof can be a source of social support and that has an impact on health. In addition, previous studies have already addressed the health benefits of marriage or cohabitation, particularly for older people. Other studies have concluded that the risk of diabetes type 2 is associated with a series of dimensions of social health that includes isolation, that is, living in solitude.
Research data
In this context, a team of researchers from Luxembourg and Canada investigated the relationship between love and the levels of blood sugar. To do this, they have used biomarker data from the English Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSA). It also collects data on your life as a couple, updating the information every two years. In this case, they used data collected from 2004 to 2013, corresponding to 3,335 adults between the ages of 50 and 89 who did not have previously diagnosed diabetes. In addition, they invited the patients to make a nursing visit after interviewing them in their cycles of 2004-2005, 2008-2009 and 2012-2013.
Analysis of the data over time showed that people who experienced transitions in their married life, such as divorce or separation, also suffered significant changes in their levels of blood sugar and probabilities of pre diabetes. Therefore, the love It is related to blood glucose levels.