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12 Health Benefits Of Hugging

Lovemaking, kissing and now hugging. These three are the best things to do in your life if you want to stay healthy and fit. You may have come across the awesome benefits of lovemaking, where it helps to keep your heart beat going, builds on your metabolism, gives you better sleep and above all increases your life span.

Now, hugging too is good for you and more than health benefits, hugging also works wonders in respect to one's mental health. When you are depressed hugging a person or a loved one makes you feel good.

Hugging is good for you as it also helps in lowering your blood pressure, it alleviates one's fears and the major benefit of hugging is that it's a good activity for your heart. If you take a look at the benefits of hugging, you will be amazed. So set aside all that you are doing, find a person to hug and begin to live healthy.

Here are 12 benefits of hugging, take a look:

Good For Your Heart

Good For Your Heart

Hugging another person helps to keep your body warm, especially during the cold season. Hugging also makes the heart skip a beat which when now and again is good as it strengthens the muscles of the heart.

Helps To Remove Fears

Helps To Remove Fears

Hugs and touch significantly reduce worry of mortality. Research shows that hugging an inatimate object too can help soothe individuals existential fears.

Lowers Blood Pressure

Lowers Blood Pressure

Strangely, hugging helps to lower your blood pressure. Suffering from high bp, find someone to hug today. It will help calm you down.

Stressed Out? Hug Away

Stressed Out? Hug Away

A hug has the ability to remove stress in an instant. Hugging helps to calm the mind in turn takes your focus off something you are stressing on.

Helps To Bring In Positivity

Helps To Bring In Positivity

Hugging creates a positive reaction in your brain thus helping in building a positive bridge in your head. This is one of the main mental benefits of hugging.

Hugging Is An Instant Booster

Hugging Is An Instant Booster

Hugging gives one an instant boost. Hugs can instantly boost oxytocin levels which heal feelings of loneliness.

Sets In The Right Mood

Sets In The Right Mood

The other benefit of higging is that it lifts one's serotonin levels which elevates the mood creating happiness.

Keeps The Mind Calm

Keeps The Mind Calm

Hugging helps to keep the mind calm. If you are worrying about something, hug your loved one or even your pet to calm your mind in an instant.

Hugging Strangely Relaxes The Muscles

Hugging Strangely Relaxes The Muscles

Hugging relaxes muscles in the body. Hugs releases the tension in the body and can take away body pain through circulation.

It Balances Nervous System

It Balances Nervous System

The effect in moisture and electricity in the skin suggests a more balanced state in the nervous system, which is one of the best health benefits of hugging.

It Provides You Self Esteem

It Provides You Self Esteem

It provides you with better self-esteem. Hugging helps to give you a boost of confidence too.

Hugs Can Also Remove Diseases!

Hugs Can Also Remove Diseases!

In course of time, hugging helps to remove diseases too. The warmth, love and care from another acts on the brain which in turn acts on the body to keep it fit and help battle any unwanted disease.

Story first published: Monday, February 2, 2015, 18:33 [IST]
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