French Kiss is 80 million bacteria – Focus

During a passionate kiss lasting only 10 seconds pass yourself up to 80 million bacteria.

These are the conclusions of the study, which was published in the magazine “Microbiome”. But scientists assure us: couples who kiss at least 9 times a day have a similar bacterial flora in the oral cavity.

The bodies of our lives more than 100 trillion microbes, which form the so called. Microbiome. It regulates, among others, assimilation of food, synthesize nutrients and disease prevention. Microbiome Our unique footprint, which is influenced by genes, but also other factors such as diet, age, but also the environment, and the people with whom we spend time. In our mouths every day there are more than 700 different varieties of bacteria. Their diversity is taken, inter alia, of this, with whom we associate.

Researchers in the Netherlands studied 21 couples who reported on their habits kisses. Then the composition of the microflora was tested on the tongue, and saliva. The results showed that the bacterial flora in the mouth balances at the couples who kiss often. Ok. 9 kisses over made the flora partners became very similar.

– passionate kisses, during which we touch in tongues and exchanging saliva is typically human behavior, not observed in other animal species, and occurring in more than 90% of the cultures around the world. Interestingly, the present explanation of the function of intimate kisses human underline the important role of the microflora in the mouth. In our study we wanted to see to what extent the partners share a similar flora. Meanwhile, it turned out that the more couples kissing, the more similar their flora – Remco says study author from the Department of Microbiology Tennis at TNO.

The researchers suggest that the bacterial flora in balancing the role of other factors. A similar lifestyle, shared meals, diet and hygiene habits – all this affects the shape of the flora living in the mouth.

 

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