Kissing may actually have some positive health benefits, in terms of curing hayfever.
A 30-minute kissing session may suppress the body’s allergic reaction to pollen, providing welcome relief from hay fever, a new study suggests.
Scientists based at the Satou hospital in Japan found that kissing worked by relaxing the body and reducing the production of histamine – a chemical that the body produces in response to pollen, causing the sneezing, runny noses and streaming eyes that characterise hay fever attacks.
Of course, when your head and nose are full of snot, that’s probably one of the times you’re least interesteed in a half-hour snogging session. And, alas, simply cuddling, doesn’t seem to alter histamine levels.
(via BoingBoing)
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I notice it doesn’t mention how long the change in histamine levels lasts.
Ah, well. It’s moot for me anyway.
Unless… I start looking for women with hay fever, and showing them this study. Hmm…