Long-term research has shown that married couples living together can help control blood sugar, while unmarried couples living together do not have such significant benefits.
According to research published in Healthline, Canadian and Luxembourg experts studied more than 3,000 people to examine the effects of living with a spouse on blood sugar.
Experts reviewed data from 2,335 people aged 40 to 89 who had not had a blood sugar diagnosis between 2004 and 2013.
After reviewing the data of all the individuals, the experts also checked their blood sugar or glucose levels.
All of the men were living with a spouse, but the study did not include the improvement or deterioration of the marital relationship of these couples.
That is, the research did not look at what kind of relationships the couples had while living together.
The study only looked at the blood sugar or glucose levels of people living with their spouses.
The blood sugar levels of these individuals were then compared to those who were living alone.
The results showed that people living with a partner had better blood sugar control, meaning it did not rise to a level that would lead to type 2 diabetes.
Experts said that it is surprising that blood sugar levels remain normal in people living with spouses and further research should be done to find out why this is so, but the results suggest that That marriage can also help in blood sugar control.
Several previous studies have also revealed the benefits of marriage.
