On January 21 all over the world celebrate the very sincere and unusual holiday - International Day of hugs. Where did this holiday and why to embrace so good for health?
Hug Day appeared in 1986 in the United States and then spread rapidly throughout the world. Who owns the very idea of a holiday is not known, but there is speculation that he came up with the students. According to tradition, on the day you need to give hugs his arms not only family and friends, but also complete strangers. Editorial Kolobok.uaI gathered for you 10 amazing facts about the hugs and their health benefits.
- Often, many diseases have a psychological basis, even there is such a term as Psychosomatics. In 2015, the University of Pennsylvania's Carnegie Mellon University researchers conducted a study, the results of which revealed that people who often embrace and support, at 32% less likely to suffer from colds and flu.
- Hugs help to cope with stress and nervous stress as it promotes the release of oxytocin - the hormone of happiness.
- Children need the parent's arms, for harmonious growth and developmentthe child needs to embrace at least 8 times a day.Psychoanalyst René Árpád Spitz studied the relationship of mother and child during the Second World War and found that about 33% of babies refused to eat and died, if the mother, for whatever reason to leave a child under 6 months.
- Oxytocin, which is produced during the embrace, reduces heart rate, reduces the amount of stress hormone, strengthens the walls of blood vessels and improves cardiac performance.
- Hugs reduce blood pressure in women at the time of menopause completely natural way. This was confirmed in the course of scientific research at the University of North Carolina in 2005.
- Embrace inmean release of oxytocin, able to reduce not only the spiritual but also physical painBecause they have a kind of analgesic effect.
- Embrace enhances immunity and strengthen the human body, making it more resilient and resistant to dangerous viruses and bacteria.
- Oxytocin, which is produced during the embrace, It helps the body to reproduce dopamine, and serotonin - hormones that have a calming effect. So if you need to unwind and relax, instead of sedative pills, just hug a loved one.
- Embrace improve relations between spouses and are one of the main psychotherapeutic methods, which apply to the pairs, ask for help to psychologists. And it works!
- Hugs help to cope with problems, from childhood. If you have had a difficult childhood and relationship with her parents, especially her mother, if you do not hear the words of love and support, the psychologist can recommend a cuddle with... trees. Yes, they are able to charge a person with oxytocin is not worse than the loved one and really "cure."
So I embrace health: with friends, family, children, and not only in the embrace of a holiday, and every day! Be healthy, loved and happy!
Also be sure to ask about why parents lavish on his arms, gifted children grow up
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