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Benefits Of Sex On Health by succyreal(m): 10:29pm On Jul 03, 2014
Sex not only feels good with pleasure in has a lots of benefits that will be helpful to you.

1. Helps Keep Your Immune System Humming
“Sexually active people take fewer sick days,” says
Yvonne K. Fulbright, PhD a intimate health expert.
People who have sex have higher levels of what
defends your body against germs, viruses, and
other intruders. Researchers at Wilkes University in
Pennsylvania found that college students who had
sex once or twice a week had higher levels of the
a certain antibody compared to students who had
sex less often. You should still do all the other
things that make your immune system happy,
such as: Eat right. Stay active. Get enough sleep.
Keep up with your vaccinations. Use a condom if
you don’t know both of your STD statuses.

2. Boosts Your Libido Longing for a more lively
sex life?
“Having sex will make sex better and will improve
your libido,” says Lauren Streicher, MD. She is an
assistant clinical professor of obstetrics and
gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg
School of Medicine in Chicago. For women, having
sex ups womanly lubrication, blood flow, and
elasticity, she says, all of which make sex feel
better and help you crave more of it.
3. Improves Women's Bladder control a strong
pelvic floor is important for avoiding incontinence,
something that will affect about 30% of women at
some point in their lives. Good sex is like a
workout for your pelvic floor muscles. When you
have an heavenly feeling, it causes contractions in
those muscles, which strengthens them.

4. Lowers Your Blood pressure
research suggests a link between sex and lower
blood pressure, says Joseph J. Pinzone, MD. He is
CEO and medical director of Amai Wellness.“There
have been many studies,” he says. “One landmark
study found that intimate intercourse specifically
(not self-service)lowered systolic blood pressure.”
That's the first number on your blood pressure
test.

5. Counts as Exercise
“Sex is a really great form of
exercise,” Pinzone says. It won’t replace the
treadmill, but it counts for something. Sex uses
about five calories per minute, four more calories
than watching TV. It gives you a one-two punch: It
bumps up your heart rate and uses various
muscles. So get busy! You may even want to clear
your schedule to make time for it on a regular
basis. “Like with exercise, consistency helps
maximize the benefits,” Pinzone says.

6. Lowers Heart Attack risk
A good sex life is good for your heart. Besides
being a great way to raise your heart rate, sex
helps keep your estrogen and testosterone levels
in balance.“When either one of those is low you
begin to get lots of problems, like osteoporosis and
even heart disease,” Pinzone says. Having sex
more often may help. During one study, men who
had sex at least twice a week were half as likely to
die of heart disease as men who had sex rarely.

7. Lessens Pain
Before you reach for an aspirin, try for an heavenly
feeling.“heavenly feeling can block pain,” says
Barry R. Komisaruk, PhD, a distinguished service
professor at Rutgers, the State University of New
Jersey. It releases a hormone that helps raise your
pain threshold.Stimulation without heavenly feeling
can also do the trick. “We’ve found that womanly
stimulation can block chronic back and legpain,
and many women have told us that genital self-
stimulation can reduce menstrual cramps, arthritic
pain, and in some cases even headache,”
Komisaruk says.

8. May Make Prostate Cancer Less likely going for
the gusto may help ward off prostate cancer.
Men who ejaculated frequently (at least 21times a
month) were less likely to get prostate cancer
during one study, which was published in the
journal of the American Medical Association. You
don’t need a partner to reap this benefit: intimate
intercourse, nocturnal emission, and self-service
were all part of the equation. It's not clear that sex
was the only reason that mattered in that study.
Lots of factors affect cancer risk. But more sex
won’t hurt.

9. Improves sleep
You may nod off more quickly after sex, and for
good reason.“After heavenly feeling, the hormone
prolactin is released, which is responsible for the
feelings of relaxation and sleepiness" after sex,
says Sheenie Ambardar, MD. She is a psychiatrist
in West Hollywood, Calif.

10. Eases Stress
Being close to your partner can soothe stress and
anxiety. Ambardar says touching and hugging can
release your body's natural “feel-good hormone.”
intimate arousal releases a brain chemical that
revs up your brain’s pleasure and reward system.
Sex and intimacy can boost your self-esteem and
happiness, too, Ambardar says. It’s not only a
prescription for a healthy life, but a happy one.
Re: Benefits Of Sex On Health by calaharry: 2:06am On Aug 10, 2014
succyreal: Sex not only feels good with pleasure in has a lots of benefits that will be helpful to you.

1. Helps Keep Your Immune System Humming
“Sexually active people take fewer sick days,” says
Yvonne K. Fulbright, PhD a intimate health expert.
People who have sex have higher levels of what
defends your body against germs, viruses, and
other intruders. Researchers at Wilkes University in
Pennsylvania found that college students who had
sex once or twice a week had higher levels of the
a certain antibody compared to students who had
sex less often. You should still do all the other
things that make your immune system happy,
such as: Eat right. Stay active. Get enough sleep.
Keep up with your vaccinations. Use a condom if
you don’t know both of your STD statuses.

2. Boosts Your Libido Longing for a more lively
sex life?
“Having sex will make sex better and will improve
your libido,” says Lauren Streicher, MD. She is an
assistant clinical professor of obstetrics and
gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg
School of Medicine in Chicago. For women, having
sex ups womanly lubrication, blood flow, and
elasticity, she says, all of which make sex feel
better and help you crave more of it.
3. Improves Women's Bladder control a strong
pelvic floor is important for avoiding incontinence,
something that will affect about 30% of women at
some point in their lives. Good sex is like a
workout for your pelvic floor muscles. When you
have an heavenly feeling, it causes contractions in
those muscles, which strengthens them.

4. Lowers Your Blood pressure
research suggests a link between sex and lower
blood pressure, says Joseph J. Pinzone, MD. He is
CEO and medical director of Amai Wellness.“There
have been many studies,” he says. “One landmark
study found that intimate intercourse specifically
(not self-service)lowered systolic blood pressure.”
That's the first number on your blood pressure
test.

5. Counts as Exercise
“Sex is a really great form of
exercise,” Pinzone says. It won’t replace the
treadmill, but it counts for something. Sex uses
about five calories per minute, four more calories
than watching TV. It gives you a one-two punch: It
bumps up your heart rate and uses various
muscles. So get busy! You may even want to clear
your schedule to make time for it on a regular
basis. “Like with exercise, consistency helps
maximize the benefits,” Pinzone says.

6. Lowers Heart Attack risk
A good sex life is good for your heart. Besides
being a great way to raise your heart rate, sex
helps keep your estrogen and testosterone levels
in balance.“When either one of those is low you
begin to get lots of problems, like osteoporosis and
even heart disease,” Pinzone says. Having sex
more often may help. During one study, men who
had sex at least twice a week were half as likely to
die of heart disease as men who had sex rarely.

7. Lessens Pain
Before you reach for an aspirin, try for an heavenly
feeling.“heavenly feeling can block pain,” says
Barry R. Komisaruk, PhD, a distinguished service
professor at Rutgers, the State University of New
Jersey. It releases a hormone that helps raise your
pain threshold.Stimulation without heavenly feeling
can also do the trick. “We’ve found that womanly
stimulation can block chronic back and legpain,
and many women have told us that genital self-
stimulation can reduce menstrual cramps, arthritic
pain, and in some cases even headache,”
Komisaruk says.

8. May Make Prostate Cancer Less likely going for
the gusto may help ward off prostate cancer.
Men who ejaculated frequently (at least 21times a
month) were less likely to get prostate cancer
during one study, which was published in the
journal of the American Medical Association. You
don’t need a partner to reap this benefit: intimate
intercourse, nocturnal emission, and self-service
were all part of the equation. It's not clear that sex
was the only reason that mattered in that study.
Lots of factors affect cancer risk. But more sex
won’t hurt.

9. Improves sleep
You may nod off more quickly after sex, and for
good reason.“After heavenly feeling, the hormone
prolactin is released, which is responsible for the
feelings of relaxation and sleepiness" after sex,
says Sheenie Ambardar, MD. She is a psychiatrist
in West Hollywood, Calif.

10. Eases Stress
Being close to your partner can soothe stress and
anxiety. Ambardar says touching and hugging can
release your body's natural “feel-good hormone.”
intimate arousal releases a brain chemical that
revs up your brain’s pleasure and reward system.
Sex and intimacy can boost your self-esteem and
happiness, too, Ambardar says. It’s not only a
prescription for a healthy life, but a happy one.

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