The kiss is a millennial and universal expression, an experience that everyone has experienced one or a thousand times in their life, it has many meanings and is used in many moments of life: to express love and passion towards a person, to show the affection that you have a family member or friend, to accompany phrases of love, to give a courteous greeting and to express joy and even sadness.
If you have just gone through the delivery of the engagement ring, and are already thinking about the design of invitation cards for your wedding, surely you will remember very well that kiss with which you sealed that moment, and it is not for less a passionate kiss can get to produce the same chemical reactions in the brain that produces a parachute jump.
Take note! Next, we tell you some curious facts that you did not know about kissing, an ingredient that you cannot miss for a single day in your married life.
1. Elements of a kiss
According to several studies, the key elements involved in kissing are taste, smell and touch, three senses that combined produce a very strong chemical shock that definitely alters the emotional and mental state of those who kiss.
2. More kisses, less stress
Kissing releases stress, because when two people kiss the body immediately lowers the production of the hormone cortisol, linked to stress. In turn, they release various transmitters such as dopamine (the pleasure hormone), endorphin (the happiness hormone) and oxytocin (the love hormone). So, you know that during your honeymoon in Colombia your cortisol levels will be the lowest you will ever experience, right?
3. Kisses and sexual stimulation
The erogenous zones of the body are characterized by having a higher concentration of nerve endings, which makes them sexually stimulating zones. The lips have the thinnest skin on the body, this makes them look red, since their thinness allows the blood vessels to be seen. In turn, the lips are the most exposed erogenous zone of the body, and the scene where kisses and the most interesting connections occur.
4. Choice of partner
Although short love phrases between a couple are a great motivation for the relationship to prosper, kisses, in addition to activating the sense of smell, which leads one person to connect with the other, collect genetic information through saliva that allows to find out how much compatibility there is between two people, thanks to the sensations and physical and chemical reactions that occur in the body.
5. Kisses and bacteria
A study carried out by scientists from the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) in 2015 revealed that, with a kiss of just 10 seconds, up to 80 million bacteria can be transmitted. But don’t worry! More than 95% do not represent any health problem, on the contrary, they stimulate the immune system.
6. Why do eyes close when kissing?
The main reason why they close their eyes when kissing is because the reaction in the nervous system causes the pupils to dilate, a state that makes them much more sensitive to light. It happens whenever a kiss is given or received. Do not miss among your photographs an image of the first kiss as spouses, in the middle of the church decoration for marriage.
7. Kisses and calories
Did you know that kissing exercises at least 34 facial muscles and more than 130 muscles throughout the body? You are! The main muscle used in this action is called orbicularis oris, located around the oral cavity and shaped like an ellipse, its main function is to produce the closure of the lips. Meanwhile, each kissing session of a couple can burn between 2 and 3 calories per minute. Now you know what the secret is to getting to the country marriage in shape: schedule many make-out sessions before the wedding.
8. Philematology: the science of kissing
So many things are hidden behind a kiss that there is a science dedicated exclusively to this. There are many revelations that filematology has made, and going beyond the reason why kisses are given or their cultural significance, this science has come to reveal that even animals such as elephants kiss.
9. More kisses = long life
Arthur Szabo, a German researcher, affirmed after a long study, that couples who kiss each other in the morning before going to work have a life expectancy of at least 5 more years, because these people obtain greater well-being personal for the positive attitude with which they face the day.
10. Historical kisses
The longest kiss that has been recorded in history was starred by a Thai couple in 2013, its duration was 58 hours, 35 minutes and 58 seconds. Another of the most famous kisses in history was the one portrayed by photographer Albert Eisenstaedt in 1945, between a sailor and a nurse. We know that you too will make history with a magical kiss in front of the altar while exchanging your silver wedding rings.
