Kissing is the act of pressing a person's lips to another person. A kiss can express emotions of passion, love, attraction, romance, respect, affection, friendship and greeting. Let's admit it...people love to kiss, as early as junior high, young people already engages in kissing. When was the first time you kiss someone? Actually, there are Scientists called Philematologists who research on kissing. They have discovered different benefits of kissing:
1. Kissing makes us happier.
It ensures the mood by adding endorphins, which are hormones that make people feel good. Kiss is happiness; it feels best when people give it to someone else.
2. Kissing lowers stress.
It lessens cortisol which is a hormone that promotes stress and increases serotonin levels in the brain. Kissing also lowers anxiety and has the same benefits to yoga.
4. Kissing relaxes and encourage pleasure.
It adds oxytocin levels or most popularly known as the love hormone which relaxes kissers. Kissing also decreases pain by saliva which has a form of anesthetics and adds pleasure by dopamine release. Kissing light up people's life, when things go wrong, hugs and kisses eases sadness.
3. Kissing sustains health
It develops antibodies kill bacteria and boost immunity. Kissing helps people avoid cavities by adding saliva that washes teeth; it has also been proven that saliva produces natural antibiotics when people kiss. Remember, kiss makes people smile.
5. Kissing makes relationship stronger
It encourages couples' togetherness that regularly kisses and lives together five years longer than those who don't, kissing seals their souls.
Top 10 Reasons why people should regularly kiss:
Decreases cortisol stress hormone
Fights off cavities
Improves immunity
Improves mood
Increases dopamine
Increases oxytocin
Increases seratonin
Lowers anxiety
Lowers blood pressure
Reduces pain
There are many benefits to kissing, but guess what? Now, that you already know its benefits, will kiss more often? Kissing makes us feel relax, happy and smile more!
