Curious facts series #11🔎 Love is a chemistry - 7 facts ❤️

I have started a series of posts presenting some curious facts about our world along with weekly contest under the #curiousfacts tag. Things you might already know or you might never thought of. It is very nice to learn something new everyday despite of it being useful or not. I collect the facts from all over the internet and books I've read. Today let me share with you some set of facts about love that I came across.

👩‍❤️‍👨Love is a complex amazing feeling that can not be described even by the poets. But lets look at that phenomenon feeling from another perspective purely as a chemical, biological and psychological processes. The next set of facts will certainly not answer the question "What is love?", but I assure you they are quite interesting.👩‍❤️‍👨

❣️ Increased amounts of dopamine are produced in the body of a person who is in love. This is the so-called "Hormone of pleasure". Another interesting facts is that the same hormone is also produced in larger quantities when a drug addict takes his dose and also if you are a crazy gambler.

❣️ The reason why people who are in love with each other are gentle to each other is the presence of the hormone oxytocin. This chemical reaction is also called "Hormone of parental love".

❣️Whether you are a man or a woman, if you are truly in love, your testosterone level is significantly increased in your body.

❣️Have you experienced the feeling of having butterflies in the stomach? Usually people who are deeply in love are experiencing this tingling sensation in the stomach caused by the hormone norepinephrine. Besides, the same hormone is responsible for ... stress!

❣️ Sexual attraction is a complex of genes whose task is to control the passing molecules through the cell surface. Lets simply put it that way - if someone does not attracts you even your cells do not want this person's molecules to mix with yours.

❣️The American professor of anthropology, Dr. Helena Fisher confirms with her scientific work that active dopamine production can last up to a maximum of 30 months. So the statement that "love lasts 3 years" is entirely scientifically determined.

❣️German scientist Andreas Bartel proves that some of the areas of the brains of person who is in love are actually in a "sleeping state". These areas are responsible for negative emotions and rational thinking. Obviously when we fall in love we become a bit stupid.

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