What's So Great About Love, Hugs and Kisses?

What's So Great About Love, Hugs and Kisses?



Long kisses are beneficial to our circulatory system. When kissing, our pulse rate is quickening up to 110 beats per minute. This is great training for our cardiovascular system.

After kissing, the lungs work harder, resulting in 60 inhales per minute compared to regular 20 inhales. Such “ventilation” is a good preventive measure against lung disease.


Some dentists believe that kissing is a preventive measure against dental caries. Indeed, kissing stimulates the flow of saliva that eliminates acid coat on the teeth.


Kisses that last more than three minutes help us fight stress and its effects. Long kisses trigger the chain of biochemical reactions, which destroys stress hormones.


Those who kiss their partner goodbye each morning live five years longer than those who don’t.


Kissing and hugging are great for self-esteem. It makes you feel appreciated and helps your state of mind.


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.


Kissing and hugging are known stress-relievers. Passionate kissing relieves tension, reduces negative energy and produces a sense of well being, lowering your cortisol ‘stress’ hormone.


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.


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.


Those who kiss quite frequently are less likely to suffer from stomach, bladder and blood infections.


During a kiss, natural antibiotics are secreted in the saliva. Also, the saliva contains a type of anesthetic that helps relieve pain.


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.


http://www.stayinghealthyplus.com/2013/03/the-health-benefits-of-kissing.html

http://www.webmd.com/sex-relationships/features/kissing-benefits

http://www.prevention.com/health/sex-relationships/how-love-keeps-you-healthy?page=2

09.11.2001 by M.K.

09.11.2001: In Remembrance: 

09.11.2001 REMEMBERED by M.K.

As dirt and ash rained down: We became one color.

As we pulled each other from burning buildings: We became one class.

As we lit candles: We became one generation.

As we shouted: We spoke one language.

As we gave our blood: We became one body.

As we wept and mourned: We became one family.

As we recall the losses, the heroes, the destruction: We became one people

We are The Power of One. 

We are United. 

We Shall Never Forget.

We are America!!

2,977 fatalities included the following:

246 aboard the four hijacked planes.

American Airlines Flight 11

United Airlines Flight 175

American Airlines Flight 77

United Airlines Flight 93

2,606 in New York City in the towers and on the ground

This includes 343 New York City Fire Department firefighters, including one FDNY Fire Chaplain, Franciscan Fr. Mychal Judge, 23 New York City Police Department officers, and 37 Port Authority Police Department officers, 15 EMTs  and 3 Court Officers.  1,366 people died who were at or above the floors of impact in the North Tower (1 WTC); according to the Commission Report, hundreds were killed instantly by the impact while the rest were trapped and died after the tower collapsed (though a few people were pulled from the rubble, none of them were from above the impact zone).

As many as 600 people were killed instantly or trapped at or above the floors of impact in the South Tower (2 WTC). Only about 18 managed to escape in time from above and in the impact zone and out of the South Tower before it collapsed.Of those who worked below the impact zones, 110 were among those killed in the attacks.  A USA Today report estimated that approximately 200 people perished inside the elevators.

125 in the Pentagon