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Very healthy Kissing strengthens the immune system and reduces stress
The International Day of the Kiss takes place at the beginning of July. Everyone knows that kissing feels nice and fun. But smooching also brings a health benefit. Among other things, it strengthens the immune system and reduces stress.
Good reasons for heartfelt kisses
Often one is amazed at oneself when one determines what love can do. The well-known "butterflies in the stomach", combined with palpitations and the desire for the smell of the partner in the nose then quickly set in. And, of course, the desire to feel each other's soft lips on their own: for many people, kissing is one of the most beautiful trivial things in the world. And it obviously does the body good. Even scientists assume that kissing has a health benefit. However, they do not place it at the center of their research. In addition to the most obvious, the German Press Agency (dpa) in a recent message to the International Day of the kiss on 6 July further good reasons for heartfelt kisses.
Kissing makes you healthy. Picture: petunyia - fotolia Kissing is healthy - except for existing diseases
Although not every kiss has healing powers, it has long been recognized that it has a positive effect on the health of wet pleasure. "The kiss has - all in all - more health than disease-causing effects," said the biopsychologist Peter Walschburger of the Free University of Berlin, according to dpa. It is good for people to maintain skin contact "and the kiss is a particularly intensive skin contact". The Bremen cultural anthropologist Ingelore Ebberfeld emphasized: "Everything that makes us feel good also has a health aspect. This is a nice side effect of kissing. "But people with a cold or certain other illnesses should not smooch. Through the exchange of saliva, Epstein-Barr virus-induced glandular fever, hepatitis B, herpes in the mouth and other infectious diseases can be transmitted.
Strengthen the immune system in a natural way
As kisses raise our spirits and revitalize us, Walschburger believes that they can strengthen the body's resistance. That it is possible to strengthen the immune system by kissing, was also found in studies. We are also hardened, because when kisses countless bacteria are exchanged. Dutch researchers reported last year that an intense kiss transmits 80 million bacteria. For hygiene reasons, the beautiful ritual should never be renounced. No one gets happier when he stops kissing for fear of the bacterial streams.
Kissing makes some people happy
The topic of kissing is often about happiness hormones, but, "not all ethnic groups kiss as much as we in the western world," said the kiss researcher Ebberfeld. "That's why you can not say blanket: Kissing makes you happy." Those who like to kiss, but it makes happy to be kissed, but of course not everyone. If it is even the right person, the organism will not be able to stop it. "If we're in love or in awe of someone, then New Year's Eve is in the brain. That's where the messenger substances fly back and forth, "explained Ebberfeld.
Relaxing makeover
Kissing is also great for reducing stress, and for all the excitement, it promises relaxation. "Kissing can also reduce stress, for example, if it gives a bad turn a good turn," says Walschburger. Although the biopsychologist would not simply say, kisses keep young, but his explanation goes in a similar direction: "If one assumes from Vielküssern that they live in successful social relationships and thus happy people, then one can conclude that they live longer than other."
Kissing gives us security
"If we get to know each other in the beginning, then the kiss assures us that we belong together and that I still love you as much," explained Ebberfeld. "The kiss gives us a sense of security." You could also lie badly smooching: "Pretend to kiss voluptuously - there is already a lot to do." The kiss is therefore a means for women to check whether the other is still one stands or how his feelings are. As reported, it was archaically very important that the provider was tied to the family. Men, on the other hand, would rather kiss goal-oriented. "They want to pass on their genes." (Ad)