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Zorba Paster, M.D.:
Married people live longer. People who are more educated live longer if you have one or two years of college for instance you live ten years longer than if you're a high school drop out.

Dr. Zorba Paster is author of the book, The Longevity Code. He says that part of the reason that, for example, married people with children live longer than single people is rather indirect but makes sense when you hear it.

Lets say for instance you're a smoker, let's say that you get married and lets say you have children. Quite often a lot of people quit when they have children. Usually the women quit because they're pregnant and often the men quit because the women have quit. So, does that mean that having children will improve your longevity, you bet it does. Because when you have kids among other things you tend to drink less alcohol, you tend to put on your seatbelt so when you go downstream enough you find that the social relationships with your children improved your life style.

And another interesting statistic about how we age…

People who are educated regardless of their health history are less likely to be in a nursing home than people who are not educated. People who have not graduated high school are five times more likely to be in a nursing home than people who have taken one to two years of post high school education, be it at a trade school or college. Clearly people who learn how to learn throughout their life are able to learn when they become disabled when they're older and therefore less likely to end up in the nursing home.

At somethingyoushouldknow.net I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.