A
recent study published by the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA),
implies that friendship amongst women is actually very special. The research
has identified that female friends contribute to strengthen identity and
protect our future. They constitute a heaven in the middle of our real world
full of storms and obstacles.
Female friends help
us fill the emotional gaps in our relationships with men and help us
remember who we actually are. After 50 years of research, the study points
out that there are chemical substances produced by the brain that help
create and maintain friendship bonds amongst women.
The scientists involved in the research were mostly men. They were all
surprised to find the following results. When a hormone called oxitocin is
liberated as a result of stress, women have the need to protect their
children and group with other women. When this happens, larger
quantities of this hormone are produced and even the most profound
stress is
reduced provoking a calming down effect.
These reactions do not appear in males because the testosterone produced by
men has a tendency to neutralize the effects of oxitocin; while female
estrogens increase the production of this hormone.
After repetitive analysis, it was proven that existing
emotional ties amongst females, who have true and loyal friends, reduce the
risk of illness related to blood pressure and cholesterol. This might
be the cause that women generally live longer than men. Women who do
not establish friendship relations with other women do not show the same
health results.
So having female friends not only help us live longer but
also to live better. The study also suggests that the more female
friends a woman has, the higher is the probability that she reaches an
advance age without physical problems besides living a healthy happy life.
In the same study it
was observed how women can cope with critical moments (such as the passing
of a spouse or parents) as it was perceived that those women who can trust
their friends react without major illnesses and recuperate faster than those
who do not have a person to trust by their side. The study concludes
that friendship amongst women is a source of strength, wellness, happiness and health.
This is why, and because of many other reasons, that we say:
¡Qué vivan las amigas!
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No one falls in love by choice,
only by chance. No one stays in love by chance, only with work. No one
falls out of love by chance only by choice!
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Tim
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