Pucker up Buttercup!
Kissing is a fun and healthy way to add years to your life! People who are engaged in kissing produce endorphins that are 200 times more powerful than morphine in terms of narcotic effect! That’s why the kissing partners experience feelings of euphoric bliss.
The simple anticipation of a kiss increases the flow of saliva, which gives the teeth a plaque-fighting bath! The mouth is full of bacteria so when people kiss, they exchange around 10 million to 1 billion bacteria! Oooh sexy!
Because there are 20-30 facial muscles in action while kissing, it’s a fabulous and effective way to prevent wrinkles. Work your face fitness and kiss someone!
Kissing builds adrenaline, too, which helps the happy heart pump more blood to all areas of the body (esp. some!). It has been scientifically proven that kissing frequently lowers blood pressure and cholesterol and reduces the chances of stomach infections.
A substance in the skin is exchanged which sends a chemical signal to the brain associated with bonding and affection. Passionate kissing relieves tension by increasing levels of oxytocin (calming hormone). It also reduces anxiety, rids negative energy and produces a sense of peaceful well-being by lowering cortisol ‘stress’ hormone. And it helps stop mind chatter!
A medieval manuscript warns Japanese men against deep kissing during the female orgasm because a woman might accidentally bite off part of her lover’s tongue! That’s understandable.
Vedic Sanskrit texts from 1500 B.C. contain the first literary mention of a kiss.
The longest known real kiss was between a Thai couple who locked lips without a break for nearly two days straight! How romantic!
There are over thirty types of kisses listed in the Kama (desire) Sutra (type of verse). How many can you try?
A French kiss in France is called a “juncture of souls.”
Two-thirds of people tip their head to the right when they kiss.
Why does an X represent a kiss? “Back in medieval times, before most people could read or write, they signed their name with an X, then kissed the mark to show their sincere intent” (Mental Floss).
“Because there’s nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it’s sent away” -Sarah Kay
Kissing=happy buzz. XXX