{"id":24274,"date":"2019-08-12T11:58:52","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T01:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=24274"},"modified":"2019-09-18T23:09:30","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T13:09:30","slug":"hugging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=24274","title":{"rendered":"Hugging"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"846\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hugging.jpg\" alt=\"Hugging\" class=\"wp-image-24275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hugging.jpg 564w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hugging-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I am sure this is scientifically validated. Said with tongue in cheek. \ud83d\ude42 Well my skepticism was misplaced, turns out it is true! Hugging increases levels of the \u201clove hormone\u201d oxytocin, which is beneficial for stress levels, heart health, and more.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2014\/02\/06\/hugging.aspx<br>\nand<br>\nhttps:\/\/www.thecrazyfacts.com\/hugging-20-seconds-releases-oxytocin-can-make-someone-trust\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am sure this is scientifically validated. Said with tongue in cheek. \ud83d\ude42 Well my skepticism was misplaced, turns out it is true! Hugging increases levels of the \u201clove hormone\u201d oxytocin, which is beneficial for stress levels, heart health, and more. https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2014\/02\/06\/hugging.aspx and https:\/\/www.thecrazyfacts.com\/hugging-20-seconds-releases-oxytocin-can-make-someone-trust\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24274"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24292,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24274\/revisions\/24292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}