Kissing can burn anywhere from 2 to 26 calories per minute.
penned by American cardiologistJoseph S. Alpert, M.D., in theAmerican Journal of Medicine.
That said, Alpert estimates more intense kissing might burn up to26 caloriesper minute.
Different types of kissing.
Here are a few estimates of how many calories you burn from different types of kissing.
Casual kissing: about 2 to 3 calories per minute.
Passionate kissing: about 5 calories per minute.
Just like with other forms of exercise, standing and involving multiple muscle groups boosts calorie burn."
Full-body makeout session: about 6 calories per minute.
To compare with some perhaps comparable activities: Bothballroom dancing and wrestling burn about 6 calories a minute.
Having sex: about 3 calories per minute.
Not everyone likes kissing during sex, but sex itself might give you its own mini workout.
Men burn 101 calories in a 25-minute sex session.
Oral sex: about 2 calories per minute.
How kissing burns calories.
), how physically intense the kiss is, and how much you’re moving during it.
In other words, the hotter the kiss, the more calories you’ll burn.
But in terms of kissing, your body burns calories through oxygen deprivation.
“This causes your body to burn calories so that match the energy levels your body is requiring.”
The bottom line.
Kissing in all its wonderfully different forms can burn various amounts of calories.
