How to increase oxytocin levels
It’s quite simple: the easiest way is to hug as often as possible.
– The production of oxytocin increases during the usual touch of people close to us. The more oxytocin we produce, the stronger the feeling that we describe as happiness is, the cardiologist explains.
As Natalia Hunninen said, the reflex connection between bodily contact and an increase in oxytocin levels is fixed from infancy. It is she who in the future provides all the positive effect of the hormone that occurs when touched.
In addition to hugs the release of oxytocin can cause kissing and sex.
Pets help too. By words Professor of the University of California Loretta Breuning, it is enough to increase the level of oxytocin just pet your pets.
