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“The Secret To Living Longer” - Longevity Doctor EXPLAINS Why Marriage & Kids Extend Lifespan

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4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Patrick Bet-David and Rhonda Patrick discuss marriage, kids, and longevity. They break down research on happiness, loneliness, birth rates, mental health, exercise, sauna therapy, and why relationships and family ties may be one of the strongest predictors of long-term health.

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0:27.8

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0:31.4

You're married and you have kids.

0:32.7

Yes.

0:33.5

How many kids are you guys? I have one.

0:34.1

Okay.

0:34.8

So what is healthier?

0:36.7

Being married with kids, married no kids,

0:39.9

or staying single? I would say. Is there any ties to health? Absolutely being married with kids.

0:45.7

I think that's un like unanimously like clear. Why is that? Because happiness is really linked to longevity and health. And happiness, a very, very big component as Dr. Arthur Brooks, who does research out of Harvard, I recently had on my podcast. Arthur C. Brooks? He's amazing. He's phenomenal. He's amazing. He's phenomenal. Yeah. I mean, glasses. He wears glasses. Yeah. He's amazing. Yeah. But his, you know, he's done research. He's written two New York Times bestselling books and he's got a third one on the way coming in March. He's amazing. What he calls the macro nutrients of happiness. One of that is enjoyment, right? And enjoyment is something that you get by experiencing something with another person.

1:30.3

It's not something that you're doing alone. It's experiences with people that you love, right?

1:35.3

And if you're not married and you have no kids, I mean, you really have to really put in a lot of effort to try to have that enjoyment, right?

1:43.3

Married with kids, you've got your spouse, you've got your kids, I mean, anyone that's not have to really put in a lot of effort to try to have those that enjoyment right um married with

1:44.9

kids you've got your spouse you've got your kids i mean anyone that's a parent knows the love

1:49.8

you feel for them is unmeasurable i mean it's just and the joy you get from being their parents

1:56.0

sure there's like hard times but the joy is also i mean it's you can't describe it, you can't measure it. It's amazing. And there's also studies showing that, right? That, you know, married couples and having children is associated with a longer life. Like having that family tie, having those relationships are so important. Now, I'm not just saying, I'm not saying all those single people out there.

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