From relieving stress, making your bond stronger, boosting your libido to functioning as a mate assessment tool, kissing has plenty benefits to improve your overall well-being.

Kissing is one of the most primal ways of expressing our affection for others.

From a peck on the cheek of adorable babies with chubby faces, our friends, our pets, siblings, parents, or on the lips in case of our partners, the act demonstrates our desire for a close connection or a seal of one.

It is one of the earliest evolutionary mechanisms for social bonding too.

The act that involves a collision of lips is not just responsible for a sudden adrenaline rush or those butterflies you feel in the stomach, but also one to keep you and your partner healthy.

Relationships says: “Romantic kissing may be utilized in human sexual relationships to evaluate aspects of a potential mate’s suitability, to mediate feelings of attachment between pair-bonded individuals, or to facilitate arousal and initiate sexual relations.”

Several studies on the topic have suggested that apart from psychological factors like enhancing your mood and strengthening your bond, kissing also improves health — both mental and physical.

Kissing can aid dental hygiene as it stimulates the salivary glands, which helps increases saliva production. Saliva keeps the mouth lubricated, aids in swallowing food and also helps food debris from sticking to your teeth, in turn protecting against tooth decay and cavities.

Kissing makes both partners feel good about themselves and can help strengthen their bond. So kiss more, and kiss often because it’s good for you.