It is a fact that the human touch is healing. It has been proven that hugging, holding hands, caressing, massaging and intimacy with your partner can lower your heart rate and blood pressure. It can also increase immune function and relieve pain. It can help relieve stress, make you less anxious and give you an overall feeling of well being. It can make you healthier.
"The act of embracing floods our bodies with oxytocin a "bonding hormone" that makes people feel secure and trusting towards each other, lowers cortisol levels, and reduces stress. Women who get more hugs from their partners have higher levels of oxytocin and lower blood pressure and heart rates, according to research done at the University of North Carolina."
Holding hands with your hubby can be calming. "James Coan, PhD, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, discovered this when he admistered functional MRI's to 16 married women while telling them they might experience a mild shock. The resulting anxiety caused the images of their brain activity to light up like a Christmas trees. But when the women held hands with their husbands the stress response subsided.
It has been proven that babies that were born "preemies who get "kangaroo care" (snuggling skin to skin against their parent's bare chest) spend fewer days in the hospital neonatal intensive care unit.
Even getting a massage proved to be beneficial to your overall health. "Adults who recieved a massage had substatially more white blood cells which help the body fight off viruses."
The question is did you get touched today? If you want to live a healthier, happier and maybe even longer life, you need the human touch! So stop reading and go get touched!
Steph
quotes from Health Magazine
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