Move over, babies. The anti-inflammatory benefits of Oxytocin can contribute to greater mental and physical health for all of us!
The hormone Oxytocin has been known to have a variety of unmatched benefits in the human body, especially for infants and mothers. Recent literature has shown Oxytocin as having potential benefits for those with injured hearts, such as after a heart attack. The potent neurochemical was shown to reduce many inflammatory factors, which in turn helped to improve healing of these injured hearts.
How can we reap the benefits of Oxytocin? Other than going into labor, the next best way to produce the hormone is through skin-to-skin touch with another individual. Contact with animals has shown to have some benefit, but is not nearly as beneficial as human touch and closeness.
See the original study here: NCBI
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