Does sex need to be healthy?

“Before the big game, "save yourself", big business, big bang or big baking can indeed bring some ethical benefits. But it is physically completely compressed. There is no evidence that it improves your competitive advantage.”

“The best thing that modern science has said about sexual abstinence is that it is harmless to practice it under mild conditions. In contrast, regular and passionate sexual behavior gives me many measurable physiological advantages, whether you are male or female. (This assumes that you have sex without sexually transmitted diseases.)”

“At Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, one of the most credible studies linking overall health and sexual frequency tracked the deaths of approximately 1,000 middle-aged men over the past decade. The study was designed to compare people with comparable conditions, age, and health status.

The results of a study published in the British Medical Journal in 1997 showed that the highest frequency of reported orgasm males was less than half the mortality rate of the laggards.”

Many benefits of sex

“Other studies (some rigorous, some less so) aim to show that there are weekly or even several sexual encounters that are linked or causally related to the following factors:

Improved Olfaction: After sexual activity, the production of hormonal prolactin surges. This in turn causes stem cells in the brain to generate new neurons in the brain's olfactory bulb, its odor center.

Lowering the Risk of Heart Disease: In the follow-up study of the above Queens University study in 2001, researchers focused on cardiovascular health. Their discovery? By having sexual intercourse three or more times a week, men reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke by half.”

“In reporting these results, the research co-author Shah Ebrahim presented an understatement gift that the British loved very much: "It has been found that the relationship between sexual frequency and mortality is of considerable public interest.”
“Weight loss, overall fitness: Gender, if nothing else, is exercise. A fiery round burns about 200 calories - probably like running on a treadmill for 15 minutes or playing a fierce squash game. The pulse rate of a person rises from about 70 times per minute to 150 times, which is the same time as the athletes devoted their best efforts.

British researchers have determined that the equivalent of six Big Macs can be eliminated through sexual intercourse three times a week. Muscle contraction during sexual intercourse causes the pelvis, thighs, buttocks, arms, neck, and chest to work.”

“Sex also promotes the production of testosterone, which leads to stronger bones and muscles. Men's Health magazine even called this bed the largest single exercise device ever invented.

“Reducing depression: This is the significance of the study of 293 women in 2002. The American psychologist Gordon Gallup reported that male sexual partners who do not use condoms are less likely to be depressed than their partners. A theory of causality: Prostaglandins, a hormone found only in semen, may be absorbed by the female reproductive tract and regulate female hormones.”

“Pain relief: Before the onset of orgasm, the oxytocin hormone levels surged to five times normal levels. This in turn releases endorphins, which relieves everything from headaches to arthritis and even migraines. In women, sex also promotes the production of estrogen, which can reduce PMS pain.”