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The Science of Hugging: Why it’s Good for You?

The Unexpected Power of Human Touch

MD.SHEHAB SARKER
3 min readDec 20, 2024

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Would you like to find a perfect solution to boost your health and productivity? Whether you would like to thin the blood, reduce stress, build up the heart muscles, or have higher self-esteem, or better moods? Hugs can be a means of increasing the amount of physical touches one receives in everyday life, and daily hugs can produce large improvements on health indicators.

Well, look no farther , it is time to put into practice the importance of hugging in our daily activities!

Why Hugs Could be Excellent for Stressed Out Individuals?

The most noticeable effect of hugging is that they help to avoid stress. When we hug someone, our bodies release the love hormone oxytocin that supports bonding and lowering anxiety. Stimulates reduction of cortisol, known as a stress-related hormone and can enhance the quality of our sleep. Once there are use of hugs more often in the challenges of life, stress would be balanced and help in the managing stress or challenges of life.

Another great benefit which originates from hugging is the health of our hearts, or in other words, it boosts our cardiovascular health. Some researchers have…

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MD.SHEHAB SARKER
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