Kissing is Good for You!

I love kissing and have done a lot of it in my life! Kissing is healthy and has many advantages, both physically and mentally, for body and soul. Kissing triggers a whole spectrum of physiological processes within us.

Kissing does many things besides making us feel good. Here are some little-known benefits of kissing:

Facial Exercise: Kissing uses 30 facial muscles and it helps keep the facial muscles tight and prevent baggy cheeks! The tension in the muscles caused by a passionate kiss helps smooth the skin and increases the circulation.

Burn Calories-Lose Weight: Burn 26 calories by French kissing for one minute! Even a quick, romantic kiss can burn 2-3 calories a minute and double your metabolic rate. Research claims that three passionate kisses a day (at least lasting 20 seconds each) will cause us to loose an entire extra pound!

Blood Pressure Benefits: A passionate 90 seconds of kissing elevates the blood pressure and pulse rate that is equivalent to a short jog. After-results include a sense of relaxation when the blood pressure and pulse return to normal.

Euphoric and Blissful Feelings: The endorphins produced by kissing are 200 times more powerful than morphine.

Stress Management: Passionate kissing relieves tension, reduces negative energy and produces the sense of well being.

Meditative Benefits: Kissing stops the 'noise' in your mind and reduces anxiety. It increases the levels of oxytocin, an extremely calming hormone that produces feeling of peace. Kissing keeps us 'present' and 'in the moment'. It pulls us out of the mundane and takes us into the extraordinary.

Cardiovascular Benefits: Frequent kissing has scientifically been proven to stabilize cardiovascular activity, and decrease blood pressure and cholesterol.

Produces Antibiotics: During a kiss, natural antibiotics are secreted in the saliva. Also, the saliva contains a type of anesthetic that helps relieve pain.

Produces Good Feeling about Ourselves: Kissing boosts our self-esteem and helps our state of mind.

Longevity: Men can add five years to their lives by kissing their wives goodbye each day before going to work. Scientists also believe that passionate kissing slows the aging process in both men and women.

Immune System Booster: The saliva exchanged during passionate kissing contains proteins and antigens that can boost the production of certain antibodies, keeping the immune system strong and healthy. Scientifically, this is called 'cross-immunotherapy'.

Mouth Hygiene: The extra saliva produced and exchanged during kissing washes bacteria from your teeth and helps break down plaque. Kissing is capable of preventing cavities as the profuse salivation contains calcium and phosphorus. The saliva becomes neutral during a long kiss preventing the mouth and teeth from many diseases including gingivitis.

Anti-Stress Therapy: Glucocorticoids is the hormone that produces stress and is prevented from forming during kissing. These hormones are also blamed for causing hypertension, high cholesterol, insomnia and muscle weakening.

Personality: Kissing triggers a massive adrenaline rush which decreases the stress hormone hydrocortisone and makes us more happy, cheerful and optimistic.

Other Positive Health Benefits: Individuals who engage in frequent kissing suffer less from stomach and bladder disorders, blood infections and, of all things...hiccups! The hormone, oxytocin that is produced by kissing makes us have a 'feel good all over' feeling.

Spouses who kiss one another each morning miss less work because of illness, have fewer auto accidents on the way to work, live longer and earn 20-30 percent more than those who do not kiss each morning. Psychologists believe this is because the morning kiss produces a positive attitude.

Lips have an incredible number of receptors that produce extremely pleasant sensations. Remember, do something good for your mind and body: KISS MORE AND KISS LONGER!