Couple Goals: 5 Surprising Ways Your Significant Other Can Improve Your Health

Coupledom is a deliciously warm and fuzzy aspect of life that many people are lucky enough to enjoy. When you’re beautifully in sync, it’s a lush way to go through life, but did you know that your significant other can also improve your health? That’s right, the perfect partner can naturally support your health goals, and to prove it, here are five surprising examples of what a loved-up life can do for you: 

• Yummy, Healthy Food

In a partnership, one person often ends up cooking more than the other. That partner has a lot of influence over the nutrition the other person is getting in their diet. For loved-up couples, this is a wonderful opportunity for the partner who cooks to provide a huge health boost to the relationship. 

Whether you’re the resident chef or not, be sure to stock your kitchen with the best non stick ceramic cookware, lots of rainbow veggies, an abundance of wholegrains, and healthy proteins and fats. With such a foundation for your meals, you’re both bound to be brimming with good health. 

• A Cure for Loneliness

A partner should not be a replacement for all the social aspects of one person’s life, but they can help with some of it, and that has a huge impact on health. Research has linked loneliness to a plethora of health issues, including cognitive decline and heart disease. By having a companion, you have someone to chat with and to be around, thus reducing the loneliness factor and keeping your day-to-day more social overall. 

• Exercise Boost

A recent study found that people are more likely to achieve positive results when they exercise with their romantic partner. Those who are encouraged by their partner are also more likely to start an exercise routine in the first place. 

The same study suggested that those who exercise together may enjoy better relationship satisfaction too. Whether you go dancing, hiking, cycling, or running together, the health benefits for both of you go far beyond the workout session itself. 

• Mental Health Enhancements

Research has revealed that a happy relationship is important for good mental health. Furthermore, being in love naturally encourages the release of feel-good hormones. Your mental health can improve in lots of different ways when you have support through difficult times. 

Of course, your partner is no replacement for professional help, and you should never burden one person with all of your problems. However, it’s certainly helpful to be there for each other, creating a strong foundation from which to thrive. 

• That Sexy-Time Glow

A healthy sex life brings many benefits to the human body by lowering blood pressure, improving sleep, soothing anxiety, and boosting the immune system. Of course, you don’t have to be in a relationship to have a healthy sex life. However, if you are partnered up and you’re having sex regularly, the two of you are reaping plenty of benefits, including an increased libido to further enhance that sex life. 

“We loved with a love that was more than love.” – Edgar Allen Poe

Being in a loving, healthy relationship brings benefits far beyond the incredible way that it feels to love and be loved. We live in a world that is so challenging and topsy-turvy, one that teaches you that you need gadgets and gizmos to be happy. So it’s important to know that something as simple as being in a partnership is still one of the best things we can do for our health and happiness.