Love - elixir has many side effects

Many research scientists have confirmed, love is a " medicine " to help us stay healthy and live longer. However, it also causes many annoying side effects such as love addiction, similar illness, depression .

According to Greek mythology, the goddess of love, beauty and birth Aphrodite has given people invaluable gifts, that is love. When asked who is the most beautiful of the three goddesses: power, victory and love, the Parisian prince Troy chose Aphrodite because the god promised him the love of the most beautiful woman in the world. Love itself is what people choose and give people the wonderful colors of life. Science has also proved this.

(Photo: deccanherald) Scientists have done many experiments and think that the mechanism that creates love is not simple. The brain controls hormones and neurons to form ' love reactions '. They took a scan of the brain of nearly 20 lovers. The results showed that the brain of people in love skyrocketed levels of dopamine, noradrenalin, adrenalin, and decreased serotonin levels.

Adrenalin is an emotional hormone. For those who are in love, adrenalin creates a hangover state, sometimes quite stressful. A passionate look or imagination of a date with a lover made the body produce a large amount of this substance. It eclipses the mind, the heart beats faster, creating a sense of passion for love. The state of increasing adrenaline gently and often has a very good effect, helping the body to be resistant, enduring tolerance to all challenges.

The mechanism of dopamine hormone is different. It directly affects the reward center of the brain, causing a feeling of pleasure and satisfaction.

And noradrenalin gathers energy to warm up the body. Sometimes, noradrenalin makes people unable to control their emotions, which makes people desire to have sex.

If stress causes the body to weaken, in contrast, love makes the body feel better, helps strengthen the immune system and prolongs life. The hormones produced during the love process help reduce heart disease and stroke. Oxytocin (a hormone secreted by the body when in love) helps to reduce the rate of breast cancer, slows the growth of cancer cells . In addition, they help reduce pain, Good for oral health. The amount of adrenaline produced by the body will help the mind become more intelligent.

Scientists agree that love is always good for health, helping people to have a healthy spiritual life, reaching an equilibrium state. A study in the United States found that married people often live longer, have less heart attacks, the rate of cancer and pneumonia is also lower than those who live alone.

Be careful with ' side effects '

Scientists also warn about ' side effects ' of love in some cases. When people love more passionately, the amount of dopamine increases, to a certain extent, will cause a significant impact on body balance. It brings a feeling of restlessness, distraction, loss of appetite, restless sleep. That is the foundation of similar diseases.

Also, there is a situation of ' addiction to love '. This is due to the occurrence of dopamine in the brain (similar to the effects of drugs), causing symptoms similar to those in detox: craving, demanding, melancholy, confused, exhausted strength. Sometimes, it leads to depression, which is psychologically severe (even leading to suicide).

In 1990, Italian scientists found evidence that love not only brings happiness to humans but rather, it causes quite a lot of trouble. They found that some people in love have symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder - a form of depression. People with this condition often wash their hands and check the doors, even if they are closed. This symptom occurs because the level of serotonin in the brain of the beloved person is very low (the more he loves it, the lower the level of serotonin, even half the level of normal).

To overcome this, many couples in the world have used drugs to increase serotonin levels during the time of love in the hope of enjoying the sweet taste of love while avoiding the "side effects" due to Aphrodite's special gift brings.