The Top 10 Health Benefits of Kissing...

The science of kissing

If you are stressed out, kissing someone will lower your cortisol ‘stress’ hormone

1. Those who kiss their partner goodbye each morning live five years longer than those who don’t.
2. Kissing is great for self-esteem. It makes you feel appreciated and helps your state of mind.
3. Kissing burns calories, 2-3 calories a minute and can double your metabolic rate. Research claims that three passionate kisses a day (at least lasting 20 seconds each) will cause you to lose an entire extra pound! It’s time to start that kissing diet!
4. Kissing is a known stress-reliever. Passionate kissing relieves tension, reduces negative energy and produces a sense of well being, lowering your cortisol ‘stress’ hormone.
5. Kissing uses 30 facial muscles and it helps keep the facial muscles tight, preventing baggy cheeks! The tension in the muscles caused by a passionate kiss helps smooth the skin and increases the circulation.
6. Kissing is good for the heart, as it creates an adrenaline which causes your heart to pump more blood around your body. Frequent kissing has scientifically been proven to stabilize cardiovascular activity, decrease blood pressure and cholesterol.
7. Those who kiss quite frequently are less likely to suffer from stomach, bladder and blood infections.
8. During a kiss, natural antibiotics are secreted in the saliva. Also, the saliva contains a type of anesthetic that helps relieve pain.
9. Kissing reduces anxiety and stops the ‘noise’ in your mind. It increases the levels of oxytocin, an extremely calming hormone that produces a feeling of peace.
10. The endorphins produced by kissing are 200 times more powerful than morphine.
    

Kiss to your health!

1. GET GLOWING. Kissing can actually be a beauty treatment. Scientific tests show that good kissing helps reduce dermatitis, skin rashes and blemishes. It also makes your skin glow and your eyes shine.

2. A KISS A DAY. Kissing each day will keep the dentist away. Kissing encourages saliva to wash away food from the teeth and lowers the level of the acid that causes decay, preventing plaque build-up.

3. BURN, BABY BURN. Good, rich, passionate kissing can help you burn up to 600 calories per hour!

4. OH, BABY! Babies who are kissed usually have a greater capacity for intimacy later in life.

5. SWEET RELIEF. Kissing can relieve headaches. With relaxation, the tension that restricts blood vessels in the brain is released. Quality is the key.

To good health, and great kissing!

(SOURCE: http://1stholistic.com/Reading/prose/A2004/liv_10-tempting-facts-about.htm)

Quirky Kissing Fact

Did you know the story behind Hershey's Kisses? The machine that makes them in the factory looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt, hence the name! Who would have thought? More than 80 million Hershey's Kisses are produced every day at the company's two factories, and are one of the most popular candies in the world with their distinctive teardrop shape.

80 million! That's a lot of chocolate kisses! My favorite!

Did you know that Canadian porcupines kiss one another on the lips?
I guess if you missed the lips you would really get the point huh!