The couple both had health issues. His high blood pressure was easily affected anytime that he got into a stressful situation. She had migraine headaches often, especially when she found herself in any type of stressful situation. Unfortunately, their relationship was filled with stressful scenarios. Usually the disagreements over finances led to heated arguments. They couldn't talk about financial problems without raising their voices and talking hateful to each other. The results most often caused his blood pressure to rise, and she went to bed with a migraine headache. This scenario was predictable, as they repeated it time and again.
Contemporary studies have shown that marriage can be good for your health. Swedish researchers have data to indicate being married in mid-life can reduce the danger of dementia. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services conducted research on marriage and health between the years 2006-2010. The data indicated that being married and staying married is good for your health. However, research also indicates that those who are married in a stressful relationship do not have the good health benefit of those in a well-adjusted relationship. A stressful marriage can lead to poor health. The results are obvious, that marriage affects your health for better or worse. There are proven results from the studies.
A poor marriage relationship is known by researchers to cause an elevated risk of diabetes and heart disease, as well as mood-swings, depression, elevated stress hormones and could even be responsible for a herpes outbreak. The list of detrimental effects on your health from a poor marriage relationship goes on and on. This research was revealed in a newspaper article by Tara Parker-Pope (New York Times, April 12, 2010).
Your marriage relationship affects every area of your life, including your health. Success in life is contingent on success in your marriage relationship. Let us not forget that your Creator ordained marriage for your good. Marriage can be a relationship filled with love, joy and peace. Those words describe a healthy relationship. They are also words which describe the fruit of God's Spirit working in our lives and in our marriages (Galatians 5:22). When a husband loves his wife with an unconditional love, and a wife respects her husband, the marriage is beneficial to both (Ephesians 5:33). God originated marriage to be a blessing to the man and the woman. Your marital happiness is vitally important. Your health is trying to tell you as much.
Contemporary studies have shown that marriage can be good for your health. Swedish researchers have data to indicate being married in mid-life can reduce the danger of dementia. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services conducted research on marriage and health between the years 2006-2010. The data indicated that being married and staying married is good for your health. However, research also indicates that those who are married in a stressful relationship do not have the good health benefit of those in a well-adjusted relationship. A stressful marriage can lead to poor health. The results are obvious, that marriage affects your health for better or worse. There are proven results from the studies.
A poor marriage relationship is known by researchers to cause an elevated risk of diabetes and heart disease, as well as mood-swings, depression, elevated stress hormones and could even be responsible for a herpes outbreak. The list of detrimental effects on your health from a poor marriage relationship goes on and on. This research was revealed in a newspaper article by Tara Parker-Pope (New York Times, April 12, 2010).
Your marriage relationship affects every area of your life, including your health. Success in life is contingent on success in your marriage relationship. Let us not forget that your Creator ordained marriage for your good. Marriage can be a relationship filled with love, joy and peace. Those words describe a healthy relationship. They are also words which describe the fruit of God's Spirit working in our lives and in our marriages (Galatians 5:22). When a husband loves his wife with an unconditional love, and a wife respects her husband, the marriage is beneficial to both (Ephesians 5:33). God originated marriage to be a blessing to the man and the woman. Your marital happiness is vitally important. Your health is trying to tell you as much.
