IS SEX OBLIGATORY ?
The finest that current science can say for sexual self-restraint is that it's risk-free when experienced in control. Having habitual and passionate sex, by contrast, confers a host of quantifiable physiological compensation, be a man or woman.
In one of the majority believable studies correlating overall health with sexual occurrence,
Better sense of smell: following sex, making of the hormone prolactin surges. This in turn causes stem cells in the brain to expand new neurons in the brain's olfactory bulb, its smell center.
Less danger of heart ailment: In a 2001 follow-on to the
Loss of Weight, by and large fitness: Having Sex, burns somewhere around 200 calories--about the same as running 15 minutes on a treadmill or playing a spirited game of squash. If not anything else its similar to working out. The pulse rate, in a person aroused, rises from about 70 beats per minute to 150, the same as that of an athlete putting forth maximum effort. British researchers have determined that the equivalent of six Big Macs can be worked off by having sex three times a week for a year. Muscular contractions during intercourse work the pelvis, thighs, buttocks, arms, neck and thorax. Sex also boosts production of testosterone, which leads to stronger bones and muscles. Men's Health magazine has gone so far as to call the bed the single greatest piece of exercise equipment ever invented.
Improved bladder control: Heard of Kegel exercises? You do them, whether you know it or not, every time you stem your flow of urine. The same set of muscles is worked during sex.
Superior teeth: Seminal plasma consists of zinc, calcium and other minerals shown to retard tooth decay. Since this is a family Web site, we will skip debate of the mineral release system. Be adequate it to say that it could be a far better-off more complex and more pleasing practice than squeezing a tube of Crest--even Tartar Control Crest. Researchers have noted, parenthetically, that sexual protocol usually demands the brushing of one's teeth before and/or after intimacy, which, by itself, would help promote better oral hygiene.
Reduced-common colds and flu: Wilkes University in Pennsylvania says individuals who have sex once or twice a week show 30% higher levels of an antibody called immunoglobulin A, which is known to boost the immune system.
Less despair: Such was the insinuation of a 2002 study of 293 women. American psychologist Gordon Gallup told that sexually active participants whose male partners did not use condoms were less subject to depression than those whose partners did. One theory of causality: Prostoglandin, a hormone found only in semen, may be engrossed in the female genital tract, thus modulating female hormones.
More contented prostate: A number of urologists consider they observe an association between infrequency of ejaculation and cancer of the prostate. The underlying dispute goes like this: To create seminal fluid, the prostate and the seminal vesicles take such substances from the blood as zinc, citric acid and potassium, then concentrate them up to 600 times. Any carcinogens there in the blood likewise would be concentrated. Rather than have concentrated carcinogens hanging around causing trouble, it's better to evict them. Regular old sex could do the job. Except if the flushing of the prostate were your only purpose, masturbation might be a better way to go, particularly for the non-monogamous male. Having sex with numerous partners can, all by itself, lift a man's risk of cancer by up to 40%. That's because he runs an increased risk of astringent sexual infections. So, if you want the all the purported benefits of flushing with none of the attendant risk, go digital. A study newly published by the British Journal of Urology International asserts that men in their 20s can decrease by a third their possibility of getting prostate cancer by ejaculating more than five times a week.
Pain-respite: Straight away before orgasm, levels of the hormone oxytocin surge to five times their normal level. This in sequence releases endorphins, which alleviate the pain of everything from headache to arthritis to even migraine. In women, sex also prompts production of estrogen, which can reduce the pain of PMS.
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