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Surprising Health Benefits Of Sex by coolest0(m): 5:40pm On May 14, 2013
1.Less Stress, Better Blood Pressure
Having sex could lower your stress and your blood pressure. That findingcomes from a Scottish study of 24 women and 22 men who kept records of their sexual activity. The researchers put them in stressful situations -- such as speaking in public and doing math out loud -- and checked their blood pressure.

2.Sex Boosts Immunity
Having sex once or twice a week has been linked with higher levels of an antibody called immunoglobulin A, or IgA, which can protect you from getting colds and other infections. A Wilkes University study had 112 college students keep records of how often they had sex and also provide saliva samples for the study. Those who had sex once or twice a week had higher levels of IgA, an antibody that could help you avoid a cold or other infection, than other students.
3.Sex Burns Calories
Thirty minutes of sex burns 85 calories or more. It may not sound like much, but it adds up: 42 half-hoursessions will burn 3,570 calories, more than enough to lose a pound. Doubling up, you could drop that pound in 21 hour-long sessions.

4.Sex improves heart health
A 20-year-long British study shows that men who had sex two or more times a week were half as likely to have a fatal heart attack than men who had sex less than once a month.
5. Betters self esteem
University of Texas researchers found that boosting self-esteem was one of 237 reasons people have sex. That finding makes sense to sex, marriage, and family therapist Gina Ogden. She also says that those who already have self-esteem say they sometimes have sex to feel even better.

6.Sex deepers intimacy
Having sex and orgasms boosts levels of the hormone oxytocin, the so-called love hormone, which helps people bond and build trust. In a study of 59 women, researchers checked their oxytocin levels before and after the women hugged their partners. The women had higher oxytocin levels if they had more of that physical contact with their partner.
Re: Surprising Health Benefits Of Sex by Goodcare(m): 6:27pm On May 14, 2013
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Re: Surprising Health Benefits Of Sex by bibinwaka: 9:42pm On May 14, 2013
Is dis a visa 2 Sex?
Re: Surprising Health Benefits Of Sex by coolest0(m): 4:12pm On Oct 07, 2013
bibinwaka: Is dis a visa 2 Sex?

I have no idea

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