Like sex and kissing, hugging also comes with a series of health benefits. Although, hugging has to most with the emotion, it can be called as a means to express your emotion with certain health benefits.
According to the researchers, the hormone called oxytocin is released into the blood stream when you hold a friend close. Oxytocin, which is produced by the pituitary gland, is primarily known for increasing bonding, social behaviour and closeness between parents, children and couples. Thus, the release of oxytocin helps lower your blood pressure, reduces stress and anxiety and can even improve your memory.
Further, in women, more oxytocin is produced during the childbirth process and during breastfeeding in order to increase the mother’s bond with the baby. Apart from this, there are several health benefits of hugging, which are as follows:
Hugging Lowers Blood Pressure
When you touch someone, the immediate sensation on your skin activates pressure receptors called Pacinian corpuscles. This sends a signal to the vagus nerve, an area of the brain that is responsible for (among many things) lowering blood pressure. Thus, very much like kissing, even hugging helps lower your blood pressure.
Hugging Can Take Away Your Fears
One of the impressive studies conducted recently suggests that hugs and touch significantly reduce worry of mortality. Moreover, the study also found that hugging non-living object like soft toys can also calm down your immediate fears.
The Health Benefits of Kissing :-
Generally, when it comes to kissing, medically, you will probably think of it as a means to share germs, unhygienic act but obviously it is romantic too. However, kissing has a lot to offer to your health condition, provided both the kissers are healthy and not suffering from any sort of contagious diseases.
Apart from ultimately building your immunity to the best possible, kissing has several other health benefits as well. Here are some of the benefits of kissing:
Kissing Reduces Blood Pressure
You might have not known this but kissing dilates your blood vessels, which helps lower your blood pressure. One of the experts online says that kissing gets your heartbeat revved up in a healthy way that helps lower your blood pressure.
Relieve Cramps and Headaches
When the blood-vessel-dilation occurs while you kiss, that also acts as a pain reliever, especially headache or menstrual cramps.
Fight Cavities
Since kissing increases the production of saliva in your mouth, it helps wash away plaque on your teeth that are most of the times the cause of teeth cavities.
Release Your Happy Hormones And Relieves Stress
Kissing makes you happy because while you kiss, the brain releases feel-good hormones like serotonin, dopamine, and oxytocin. This will make your relationship better in a lot of ways. Kissing also relieves stress and releases epinephrine into your blood, making it pump faster, which may result in a reduction of LDL cholesterol.
Burn Calories
Kissing is not going to replace your treadmill ever, but studies have suggested that a vigorous kiss can burn 8-16 calories.
Boosts Your Immune System
Kissing is also reportedly said to be associated with boosting your immune system and reduce allergic responses in people with skin or nasal allergies. One of the studies suggests that kissing may increase a woman’s immunity from Cytomegalovirus.
Others
There are several other health benefits of kissing like boosting self-esteem, tone facial muscles, decreases cortisol stress hormone, improves mood and lowers anxiety.
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Keep Smiling Always...
Dr.Sanjay Chourasia
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