Health Benefits of Sex

benefits of sex

Want to keep your doctors away? Indulge in good sex! Yes you read that right. When you are on the bed with you sex partner health might be the last concern on your mind, but that is what the doctors and the research scientistshave to say. Good sex boosts up your immunity and assists your body in maintaining healthy weight, to mention just a few of the health benefits of good sex. The happy chemicals released during the sexual intercourse ease out the body's muscles and soothe the tired nerves, ushering in great health - physical, emotional as well as psychological.

How sex works in improving health?

Painkiller
For instance, if you are having a headache, sex may not be something that you or anyone in your place would consider indulging in that moment. Yet again, research has found out sex is the very solution to your headache. Orgasms let loose chemicals like endorphins and oxytocins in the body, which are natural painkillers. Now, you see how it ends your headache?

Life enhancer
Studies conducted at the University of Bristol have revealed people indulging in sex two times a week have 50 percent more changes for enjoying a longer life than the ones who have sex less often. Heart Healthy Sex is heart healthy too. Ask the Queen's University Belfast and they will confirm you that if you don't mind getting hot and steamy thrice a week, you save yourself from risks of stroke and heart attack by 50 percent.

Reducing Cancer
The British Journal of Urology says making whoopee regularly can prevent certain cancers too. The journal said that men in 20s who ejaculate five or more times a week reduce prostate cancer risks by a third. A research on women in France revealed that those who were more sexually active in a month could greatly prevent breast cancer.

Looking younger
If you would like to get or continue remaining more youthful and radiant in your latter years, make love more often. In a study conducted on a population of 3,500, it was found out that the men and women who had sex thrice a week, appeared younger by 7 to 12 years. This is believed to be achieved by the body by the better circulation of oxygen in the cells promoted by regular sex.

Immunity booster
Winter is the month for romance and autumn is where it all begins. So, before the cold and flu sniffles and sneezes ruin your winter months, bring in sex more often into your weeks. Enjoy making love once or twice every week, especially in the morning. This will boost your immunity by 30 percent by elevating the Immunoglobulin-A levels in your body that fight infection.

Shedding off extra kilos
If you have fat pouches and tires in your body yet you hate to hit the gym or even the jogging track for that matter, let sex do it in the pleasurable way for you. A vigorous love making session can leave you all sweating and gasping for breath with 200 burned calories! This is equivalent to doing a 15 minute treadmill run. Muscular contractions experienced during sexual intercourse work up the thighs, pelvis, thorax, buttocks, neck and arms while upping the testosterone level in men, which tones their muscles and strengthens their bones.

Reducing Diabetes
The Journal of the American Medical Association study revealed that sex can even reduce the risks of developing the of Type 2 diabetes, as the release of DHEA during orgasm improves the action of the insulin.

Emotional well being
Sex helps in the release of hormones and endorphins that make you feel loved and at home. So, probably there's nothing after all as too much sex. Research claims that more the sex, better the health.