Do your meaningful social connections give you better brain health?

Research suggests that with meaningful social connections comes better brain health.

By Dr. Lisa Jaremka, Ph.D. is the Director of the Close Relationships and Health Lab at the University of Delaware, and she did research on breast cancer patients.

Her findings included this statement "the new research reiterates an important idea: Physical health and mental health are not just impacted by illness and disease, but also by these somewhat more abstract phenomena of whether you feel loved or cared for, whether you are socially engaged, and whether you take notice of these engagements. Meaningful social connections can be as fundamental to someone’s well-being as a healthy diet. Just as we must have nutrition to live and thrive, we also need the sustenance of our social connections as well."

Check out this article for more details: https://www.beckercounseling.com/meaningful-social-connections-may-just-important-well-healthy-diet/