Kissing; Health Benefits and Techniques.

Kissing is an act which involves the pressing of ones lips against the lips of another. What it symbolizes and expresses varies across cultural divides and societies; it could be seen as an expression of love, affection, passion, appreciation and so on...

This article focuses on what Kissing is seen as in the Nigerian society, its health benefits and how best it can be done.
Kissing is not really seen as an original part of the Nigerian culture, it is only and mostly practised by the younger demographic. As it is seen in most parts of the World, where it can be used as an expression of love among family members like mother and child for example, or as an expression of affection between individuals in a romantic relationship; In this part of the world, Nigeria, kissing is only something that should be done 'behind the curtains' as it is understood to be an instrument of sexual foreplay.
You don't go about kissing in public places, some folks( mostly the older ones) consider it offensive and it will probably just draw a lot of unwanted attention to you, you don't want that.
 
Health Benefits:
Kissing has been shown to greatly reduce stress and ease of tension, it lowers cortisol levels, which is basically just the stress inducing hormone. 'So if you feel really bad after or during a stressful day, just kiss it out' lol.

Kissing can also be used as a way to deal with pain; as you know, it involves a production an exchange of saliva, which produces a natural anesthetic, in addition to that, the act of kissing stimulates the production of endorphins which has a similar pain relieving effect as morphine.

Gentle Kissing can burn up to about 6 to 12 calories and then 'steamier' stuff could burn a whole lot more, a more fun way to exercise.


Kissing Techniques:
First thing to check before going in on him or her for that kiss is your breath, kissing with bad breath could be a major turn-off, so you might wanna consider taking some mint before doing it.

French Kissing:
A French kiss is usually a slow, gentle and sexual form of kissing, which involves lips and tongues touching, also the partners' tongues entering the mouths of each other. The lips and tongues are primary erogenous zones and a good french kissing could increase sexual tension. It is usually best to hold your partner really close to you to get the best out of a french kiss.

An Innocent romantic kiss, should just be on the surface and not a french kiss, because you do not want it getting too intense and touching those highly sensitive spots to give you the high.