Today, January 21st is World Hug Day and we have yet another “excuse” to hug our loved ones.

But how was World Hug Day established? In 1986 the student Kevin Zaborney, was the one who was looking for yet another way to offer hugs to the people we love and realized the idea of ​​this beautiful day. It may not have been officially recorded as a global day by the UN, but all countries reproduce and adopt it.

The multiple benefits of a hug

Its benefits are many. Studies prove that only 10 seconds of hugging is enough to lower blood pressure and stress and anxiety hormones and increase well-being hormones, improves social skills, encourages confidence and helps to “bond” the man with the woman.

It decreases also pain. If your child hits, then give them a big, long hug. Hugging produces endorphins, oxytocin and serotonin. Endorphins help reduce pain, while oxytocin and serotonin make your kids happier.

Hugs make us more happyreduces the depression and helps us become more sociable with those around them, so it helps to improve it Alzheimer’s disease.