Sex has benefits which go beyond pleasure. It is also good for you. These benefits range from reducing stress levels to lowering your risks of heart attacks and cancer. Sex helps in facilitating the bond and intimacy between you and your partner. This connection does more than just making you feel warm and cozy, it in fact reduces anxiety and gives a boost to your overall health. Here are some important benefits of sex that you might not know.
1. Get Less Colds And Boost Your Immune System
Studies have shown that sexually active people become less sick than the non active ones. Sex boosts the body’s ability to produce antibodies against bacteria, viruses and other germs which cause illnesses that are common.
2. Boost Your Libido
You won’t believe it that the best antidote for decrease in libido is to have sex. Having more sex actually increases the desire. And if a woman has pain and vaginal dryness which makes it challenging her then sexual activity can help overcome this as well. Sex gives a boost to vaginal lubrication, elasticity of tissues and blood flow to the vagina, all these help in making the sex more pleasurable and increasing the libido.
3. Improve Women’s Bladder Control
Loss of bladder control or urinary incontinence affects almost 30 percent women during some point of their lives. Regular orgasms help to work the pelvic floor muscles of a woman and making them strong and toned. Stronger pelvic muscles reduce the risk of urine leaks.
4. Lower Your Blood Pressure
Sex helps in lowering blood pressure this is especially beneficial for those people who suffer from high blood pressure. Many studies have shown a link between intercourse not masturbation and lower systolic blood pressure (the first number that comes on a blood pressure test). But sex is not an alternative for blood pressure controlling drugs, it is just a helpful addition.
5. Counts As Exercise
Sex just like any other physical activity burns calorie. During sex the heart rate increases and various muscle groups are utilized which burns 5 calories per minute. According to a study conducted on young men and women, sex burnt about 108 calories per half an hour.
6. Lower Heart Attack Risk
Sexual activity helps to keep the levels of hormones in check such as estrogen and testosterone. The imbalance of these hormones can cause osteoporosis and heart diseases. In a study it showed that men who had sex twice a week were less likely to die of heart disease than those who were less sexually active.
7. Lessen Pain
Sexual stimulation which includes masturbation and orgasm may help relieve pain. Both the activities reduce pain and increase your threshold for pain. During orgasm hormones are released that block pain signals. It has been seen in some women that by self stimulation through masturbation symptoms of menstrual cramps, arthritis and headaches were reduced.
8. May Reduce Risk Of Prostate Cancer
According to a study men who had frequent ejaculations which was defined as 21 times in a month, were less likely to develop prostate cancer than those who had fewer ejaculations. It did not matter how the ejaculations occurred, through masturbation, intercourse or nocturnal emission.
9. Improve Sleep
Sex helps in sleeping better. This is because orgasm stimulates the release of a hormone known as prolactin, which is a natural sleep aide. Prolactin promotes the feelings of relaxation and sleepiness. That is why you must have notice that it is easier to sleep after having sex.
10. Relieve Stress
Sex relieves stress because hugging; touching, physical intimacy and emotional attachment all help in releasing feel good substances that promote calmness and bonding. Promoting intimacy and closeness helps in relieving anxiety and boosts the overall health.
11. Improve Cardiovascular Health
Although some people worry that the physical exertion due to sex can lead to a stroke, the science suggests otherwise. In a study which was 20 years long and included more than 900 men it was found out that the frequency of sex did not increase the risk of stroke. They also found out that sex protects from fatal heart attacks. Men who had sex twice a week at least reduced their risk of fatal heart attacks by 50 percent compared to those who had less than once a month sex.
12. Strengthen Your Well Being
Humans need social connection. Interaction with family and friends help to boost your overall health and well being. A close connection with other people including your partner makes you a happier and healthier person compared to those who do not connect with other people, this is proved by studies.
13. Look Younger
Did you know that sex helps you look younger. Having regular sex stimulates the release of testosterone and estrogen, they are hormones that keep you looking young and vital. Estrogen keeps your skin looking younger and gives you lustrous locks.
14. Live Longer
Want to know the secret of a long life? Have more sex. In a 10 year long study which included 1000 middle aged men it was found out that those who had the most orgasms had half the death rate than those who didn’t ejaculate often. There are many factors involved in having a long life but having more sex is definitely the easiest and most pleasurable way to do it.
15. Boost Brainpower
An active sex life is not only exciting and pleasurable but it also makes your brain work better. It has been found by researchers that sex brings the brain in a more analytical mode of thinking process. And in an animal studies it has been seen that sex enhances areas of brain that involve memory.
16. Sex Makes Fertilization Easier
A study that was performed at a fertility center showed that men who ejaculated daily for a week had a higher sperm quality than those who do not ejaculate daily. Men who were in the daily ejaculation group had sperm with less fragmented DNA than the DNA from the sperm of the men who did not ejaculate frequently. Less fragmented DNA means healthier DNA. And a hearty sperm that has a healthy DNA is most likely to fertilize an egg.
