Sex is mostly seen as a pleasurable act, even though
medical experts have said repeatedly that it is
medicinal and a form of exercise.
Regardless, sexual intercourse is deemed to be one
of the most enjoyable acts for both men and women.
However, reaching orgasm, which is a climax of
sexual excitement, characterised by feelings of
pleasure centered in the genitals, has been found to
reduce the likelihood of men having prostate cancer.
In fact, apart from the health benefits of sex, it has
been proven that reaching orgasm could improve
one’s health. Despite boosting testosterone levels, it
helps men and women to sleep better and reduce
insomnia, while relieving them of stress, because the
oxytocin hormone released in the process relieves
tension and stimulates feelings of warmth and
relaxation.
Also, previous studies have shown that apart from
enhancing people’s sense of smell, the oxytocin
hormone released during orgasm helps people’s
social feel, enhance their trust and bonding with
others.
Notably, men’s orgasm is complemented by
ejaculation. But, interestingly, a study has shown that
apart from reaching the peak of sexual enjoyment,
an orgasm a day can lower a man’s risk of prostate
cancer, which is one of the most common types of
cancer in men and it is common in men who are
about 40 years and above and its diagnosis increases
with age.
A 2012 study by the World Cancer Research Fund
International had shown that more than 1.1 million
cases of prostate cancer are recorded in a year,
which reflects the prevalence of the disease.
But according to the study, men who have more sex
and ejaculate more frequently lower their risk of the
disease. In fact, the study pointed out that those who
ejaculate 21 times in a month significantly cut their
risk of prostate cancer by 22 per cent.
Prostate on its own is a small walnut-shaped gland
that produces the seminal fluid that nourishes and
transports sperm.
The researchers from Harvard Medical School in the
United States explained that orgasm flushes out
cancer-causing chemicals from the system, giving
room for a replacement by new ones. Thus, the more
the orgasm a man has the more his body would have
been ridden of such chemicals.
In the study, the researchers followed about 32,000
healthy men aged between 40 and 49 for 18 years.
They were asked to calculate their average monthly
frequency of ejaculation during the period and the
previous year when they were aged between 20 to 29,
40 to 49 and in the year 1991.
The researchers also took into account factors such
as diet, lifestyle and whether the participants have a
history of the cancer.
The study found that when compared to those who
had orgasm for four to seven times, out of whom
3,839 of the participants were diagnosed with
prostate cancer, participants who had orgasms for
about 21 times a month reduced their risk of having
the cancer.
The researchers added that orgasm, apart from
flushing out old cells, also stops the build-up of old
cells that may turn cancerous.
“Another theory is that if sperm is regularly cleaned
out to allow new cells to develop, it helps to flush out
old cells and stop the build-up of old ones that could
turn cancerous,” the researchers told Mail Online.
One of the participants, Dr. Jennifer Rider, said the
results were particularly encouraging but should be
interpreted with caution.
Rider said, “While these data are the most compelling
to date on the potential benefit of ejaculation on
prostate cancer development, they are observational
data and should be interpreted somewhat cautiously.
“At the same time, given the lack of modifiable risk
factors for prostate cancer, the results of this study
are particularly encouraging.”
He noted further that orgasm itself has protective
benefits as the hormones oxytocin and
dehydroepiandrosterone are released during
orgasm, adding that oxytocin has the power to lower
blood pressure in women, reducing their risk for
cardiovascular disease at the same time. It could also
lower risk for breast and cervical cancer.
Some Greek researchers had also found that men
who had fewer than six orgasms per month are more
likely to develop breast cancer, and that the
increased levels of DHEA could improve memory,
boost brain function and lower the risk of
cardiovascular disease.
This implies that orgasms has a lot of role to play in
people’s overall health.
Meanwhile, a study by University of Montreal in
Canada, found that men who have multiple sexual
partners are less likely to develop the disease, even
though some critics described the study as immoral,
as they said it would encourage extra marital affairs.
The study had argued that men who have slept with
more than 20 female partners in their lifetime were
28 per cent less likely to develop the disease, and 29
per cent less likely to develop an aggressive type of
cancer compared to those who have only one female
sexual partner.
Interestingly, the same study found that the benefit
does not apply to men who are gay. In fact, it was
found that gays who have more than 20 male
partners double their risk of the cancer and five
times more likely to have an aggressive cancer.
Lead researcher, Prof. Marie-Elise Parent, said the
reason why men with male partners would not feel
same way was that anal intercourse produces a
physical trauma to the prostrate.
Lending a voice to the previous study, Parent noted
that, “It is possible that having many female sexual
partners results in a higher frequency of
ejaculations, whose protective effect against prostate
cancer has been previously observed in cohort
studies.
“Large numbers of ejaculations may reduce the
concentration of cancer-causing substances in
prostatic fluid, a constituent of semen, and they may
also lead to fewer crystal-like structures in the
prostate that have been associated with prostate
cancer.”
A medical expert, Dr. Rotimi Adesanya, said it is true
that orgasm helps to rid the system of old cells that
have the tendency of being cancerous, and that the
more the orgasm the more the old cells and the fluid
in the prostate gland are replaced, making it less
likely for prostate cancer to happen.
He said, “When there is orgasm, the man will
ejaculate, thereby releasing the sperm that is being
stored, and the more the sperm is being stored, the
more the possibility of it being cancerous. But when
the person is not ejaculating, those fluid will remain
there and it is a possibility for something like that to
happen, because even the prostate gland will not be
able to release its fluid.
“But if it’s being released periodically and being
replaced by old cells and new fluids, it is less likely
that prostate cancer will happen.”
He cautioned that men do not need to have multiple
sex partners to ejaculate as much as they want,
noting that the risks, including HIV, STIs and STDs
outweigh any such benefit.
“The risk and disadvantages of having multiple sexual
partners are more than the benefits. Not even
condom can guarantee safety because it is not 100
per cent protective. We also have prostatis, which is
the inflammation of the prostate gland and a man
sleeping with about 20 women tend to have some
guilt feeling.
“In addition, when people have sex, it is not only the
genitals that are involved, people kiss and do other
things, which could be a source for other risks. So,
there is no need to have extramarital affairs because
of that. Frequent ejaculation between partners is
good enough,” he added.

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