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It's a proven medical fact: sexual abstinence is bad for you.
Here's just a tiny sampling of the many, many reasons why we should have all the sex we can.
Please note this page is addressed to adults-- and hopefully adults who are married or in a long term relationship. For those are the best known states allowing for maximum sexual frequency and flexibility, with minimal risks to the participants.
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Last updated 8-14-08
Sex helps stave off depression and stress, and can aid with sleep. Specifically, the release of semen inside the female body brings about effects similar to those of an antidepressant drug, for women. Condom use of course prevents this effect from taking place.
Orgasms also provide us with pain relief: almost doubling our endurance or toughness overall in that regard.
Women who perform oral sex and swallow the semen may also enjoy lower blood pressure as a result. This element can be especially useful for pregnant women, who can face the risk of preeclampsia (dangerously high pressures).
The higher the frequency of sex you have, the more likely your sex is also increasing your cardiovascular health and stamina. Thereby protecting you from heart attacks.
Higher frequencies of ejaculations help protect men from developing prostate cancer.
Sex also seems to accelerate physical healing of wounds.
Frequent sex helps protect women from urinary tract infections.
In general, the more sex you have, the longer you're likely to live-- and enjoy better health over that span, compared to the alternative. Not to mention be happier, too!
-- Not just good, but good for you
Mounting evidence suggests sex helps keep us healthy By Brian Alexander; July 1 (apparently 2006); msnbc.msn.com
The bodily fluids usually swapped in sexual encounters can help boost your health and healing.
-- Licking your wounds: Scientists isolate compound in human saliva that speeds wound healing 23-Jul-2008
Contact: Cody Mooneyhan
cmooneyhan@faseb.org
301-634-7104
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
-- 10 Surprising Health Benefits of Sex
The health benefits of sex extend well beyond the bedroom. Turns out sex is good for you in ways you may never have imagined. By Kathleen Doheny
WebMD Feature
-- Top 10 Reasons To Have Sex Tonight
Studies Show Sex Can Help With Your Weight, Your Brain, Your Blood Pressure And More By Kathleen Doheny
Reviewed by Louise Chang
March 24, 2008
Orgasms offer you a way to forget about your troubles for up to five hours (via a chemical reordering of the brain).
Every time you have fun with your partner it can help pave the way for still more fun in the future too, by making your brain associate them ever more strongly with pleasure in your emotional center. In this way you and a loved one can literally 'train' yourselves to make one another ever happier over time.
Sex can offer women relief from PMS.
Over time, orgasms add more sheen to women's hair via hormonal effects.
Sex offers ten times the relaxation power of valium. And helps protect women from both osteoporosis and Alzheimer's.
-- Twenty Reasons to Have Sex When You Don’t Feel Like It By Latricia Buckner; February 27th, 2007; alex76.com
Women who get more vaginal sex of the kind they enjoy also gain more attractive and sensuous walks.
"The discerning observer may infer women's experience of vaginal orgasm from a gait that comprises fluidity, energy, sensuality, freedom, and absence of both flaccid and locked muscles."
-- A Woman's History of Vaginal Orgasm is Discernible from Her Walk. 2008 Jul 15 Nicholas A, Brody S, de Sutter P, de Carufel F.; Université Catholique de Louvain, Institut d'études de la famille et de la sexualité, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
It just may be that regular semen exposure (oral or vaginal) boosts women's protection against certain types of cancer. The drug industry is trying to develop a freeze-dried semen pill for women in order to make these health benefits more easily accessible.
-- Of course sex is very good for us. Isn't it? By Bettina Arndt; November 25, 2003; theage.com.au
-- Sex Life and Long Life By Christopher Wanjek; 06 February 2007; livescience.com
"...increasing intercourse from once a month to once a week is equivalent to the amount of happiness generated by getting an additional $50,000 in income for the average American."
The more education you have, the more valuable extra sex can be to your overall feelings of happiness and well being.
Married folks have 30% more sex than singles.
Heterosexual women (women who have sex with men rather than women) can get something extra out of sex compared to lesbians: the antidepressant effects of male semen.
-- Sex Better Than Money for Happiness More Money Doesn't Mean More Sex, but More Sex Can Make You Feel Richer By Sid Kirchheimer
WebMD Medical News; July 16, 2004; webmd.com
"A female orgasm is a powerful painkiller (because of the release of endorphins), so headaches are in fact a bad excuse not to have sex."
-- SEX FACTS; peety-passion.com; available online 3-8-07
"Just 30 minutes of continuous kissing can diminish the body's allergic reaction to pollen, relaxing the body and reducing production of histamine, a chemical cell given out in response to allergens."
-- 50 Things We Know Now (That We Didn't Know This Time Last Year) 2006 Edition By JEFF HOUCK The Tampa Tribune; Dec 26, 2006; tbo.com
Regular sex improves cholesterol counts in two different ways. It also reduces sensitivity to various kinds of pain. The hormones released by regular sex help keep a woman's heart and sexual organs healthy.
-- A healthy sex life: 10 reasons to make love by Deb Donovan; parenting.ivillage.com; available online 3-8-07
Regular sex can improve your sense of smell, protect your heart, aid in weight loss or maintenance, increase general physical fitness, strengthen both muscle and bone, boost the immune system, and improve bladder control.
Semen may even help prevent tooth decay when taken orally.
Indeed, infrequent or diminished desire for sex is often a sign of deteriorating health!
"...there is little or no risk of a woman overdosing on sex."
-- Sex does the body good - Regular romps can provide a host of physiological benefits Forbes.com - MSNBC.com; Dec 19, 2006
-- Sexual Orgasm Increases Longevity; v.mercola.com, available online 3-8-07, CITING STUDY BELOW...
"Mortality risk was 50% lower in the group with high orgasmic frequency than in the group with low orgasmic frequency"
-- Sex and death: are they related? Findings from the Caerphilly cohort study; BMJ 1997;315:1641-1644 (20 December); George Davey Smith, professor of clinical epidemiology, Stephen Frankel, professor of epidemiology and public health medicine, John Yarnell, senior lecturer
Penetrative sex helps mitigate stressful events which follow, for a week or longer!
-- Sex before stressful events keeps you calm From issue 2536 of New Scientist magazine, 26 January 2006, page 17; newscientist.com
"Those who abstained from any form of sexual activity at all had the highest blood pressure response to stress."
"And greater frequency of intercourse is associated with greater benefits."
-- Sex 'cuts public speaking stress' 26 January 2006; news.bbc.co.uk
-- Sex helps in stress fighting June 18, 2008
-- Semen acts as an anti-depressant by Raj Persaud; 26 June 2002; newscientist.com
-- Semen makes you happy; eurekalert.org; 26-Jun-2002; Contact: Claire Bowles
claire.bowles@rbi.co.uk
44-207-331-2751
New Scientist
-- Can semen cure the blues? By Martin F. Downs; June 19, 2002; salon.com
"Sex stimulates the brain and makes people more intelligent, according to a top German researcher."
-- Sex makes you clever; worldhealth.net; 04/03/2004
Brain cell production can be increased by anti-depressants, marathon running, sex, and pregnancy.
-- Fornicate and run marathons to beef up your brains posted by Cory Doctorow; Friday, June 18, 2004
-- Frequent ejaculation may protect against cancer by Shaoni Bhattacharya; April 2004; newscientist.com
-- Can masturbating keep the doctor away?; eurekalert.org; 16-Jul-2003; Contact: Claire Bowles
claire.bowles@rbi.co.uk
44-207-331-2751
New Scientist
For some reason the majorities of single males and females live on the opposite ends of the country in America. So if you have a suitable partner of the opposite sex right now, you're luckier than you know!
So get busy!
-- CHART; bp3.blogger.com; available 3-8-07
-- Sex-exercise is the #1 calorie burner; peety-passion.com; available online 3-8-07
Both heterosexual and homosexual folks can get hormonal boosts from sexual activity which will make them feel better about themselves and sexier.
Interestingly, these particular hormonal changes were the largest in those people maintaining intimate relationships with more than one partner at a time. So it may have something to do with a competition aspect to sexual behavior.
-- Study: Sex Makes People Feel Sexier by Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News; March 1, 2007; dsc.discovery.com
There may be sexual positions and techniques available which could enhance you and your partner's experience in ways which never occurred to you before.
-- Men's Health Position Master
-- Wiki Sex How-To Guide
-- the cost... of not having enough sex A rockin' love life saves you a ton of cash! Appeared in the January/February 2007 issue of Women's Health; womenshealthmag.com; available online 3-8-07
"Breast-milk compounds could be a tonic for adult ills"
-- Milk Therapy by Julie J. Rehmeyer; Week of Dec. 9, 2006; Vol. 170, No. 24 , p. 376; sciencenews.org
"...his discovery could be the start of many more exciting revelations about the potency of breast milk."
-- Breast milk contains stem cells 11 February 2008 By Catherine Madden
-- Stem Cells Discovered in Breast Milk by Jennifer Lance
June 18th, 2008
-- Johann Hari: There is a smart drug – it's called breast milk 19 June 2008
-- Masturbating May Protect Against Prostate Cancer December 15, 2006; amazing-science-fact.blogspot.com
-- More Sex Is Safer Sex - The economic case for promiscuity By Steven E. Landsburg; July 6, 1996
"11. Have sex as often as possible."
-- Cheat Death And Grow Younger With These 44 Longevity Tips; 12-21-07
-- Sex by Schedule
The link between sexual behavior and your hormones, and why regular sex is good for you. By: PT Staff; Psychology Today Magazine, Apr/Mar 1992
Last Reviewed 14 Feb 2007
Article ID: 1891
-- Orgies are safer than driving « Daily Curmudgeonry; April 9, 2007
"Fans of abstinence had better be sitting down"
"...men who reported the highest frequency of orgasm enjoyed a death rate half that of the laggards."
"...there is little or no risk of a woman's overdosing on sex. In fact, she says, regular sessions can not only firm a woman's tummy and buttocks but also improve her posture."
"Women who abstain from sex run some risks."
-- Is Sex Necessary? by Alan Farnham; forbes.com
-- Sex with a partner is 400% better - sex - 22 February 2006 - New Scientist
"...about 25 percent of women used sex to lift them out of a bad mood or to resolve a marital spat."
-- Birds Do It. Bees Do It. People Seek the Keys to It.By NATALIE ANGIER; April 10, 2007
"If you have more than 200 orgasms a year, you can reduce your physiologic age by six years,"
-- How Often Should You Have Sex?; 12-21-07; oprah.com
-- Losing Virginity Later Linked to Sexual Problems
Those Who Have Sex Later, Particularly Men, Seem to Experience More Sexual Dysfunction By DAN CHILDS
ABC News Medical Unit
Nov. 29, 2007
"Twins who had sex earlier than their twin siblings were less likely to become delinquent."
"In the January American Journal of Public Health, a team from Columbia University linked delays in sexual activity until after the teen years to problems in sexual functioning later in life. The researchers noted that the finding "lends credence to research showing that abstinence-only education may actually increase health risks."
-- Unlocking Bush’s Chastity Belt By Steve Yoder April 30, 2008
"If you really want to train your brain, then eat dark chocolate, have plenty of sex and follow the Scandinavian example of having cold meat for breakfast."
"...of the seven different chemical reactions that the brain undergoes in the sexual process, from contemplating intercourse to achieving orgasm, four help the thinking process. The ensuing increase in levels of the 'trust' hormone, oxytocin, for example, increases readiness to think of novel or risky solutions.
Similarly, the post-coital rise in serotonin levels aids both creative thinking and calm, logical decision-making."
-- How to get your brain up to speed Cold meat and chocolate will get your mind fit ... and sex is handy too, according to a new book by Denis Campbell; The Observer; December 2 2007
-- Men should ejaculate more, say scientists; 15 October 2007; thelondonpaper.com
"...desire can crumble over the years, often under the weight of physical problems, emotional turmoil and, of course, troubled relationships.
One way to protect yourself: Have lots of good sex now (or when convenient). Not only will you be giving your partner, if you have one, extra incentive to stick around, you'll be building a buffer around your libido. Frequent, stimulating sex primes the brain to want and expect more sex later in life..."
"...a properly primed libido can even withstand a shutdown of testosterone, the male hormone that helps fuel sex drive. He found that about one-third of men with extremely low testosterone levels (often due to testicular disease) still had frequent, satisfying sex. He surmised that these men had become so accustomed to sex that they could be aroused without help from hormones."
-- Go ahead, have more sex, not less - Los Angeles Times By Chris Woolston,
October 16, 2006
-- Erectile dysfunction lower in men who have intercourse more often 1-Jul-2008
Contact: Pamela Poppalardo
ajmmedia@elsevier.com
212-633-3944
Elsevier Health Sciences
"Promiscuous females are more likely to give birth to healthier offspring, researchers at The Australian National University have found."
-- More sex for mums leads to healthier babies: Study; November 02, 2006
"...men who kiss their wives before leaving for work live longer, get into fewer car accidents, and have a higher income than married men who don't."
-- The Kiss of Life
By JOSHUA FOER; February 14, 2006
The more and better sex you have, the more money you're likely to have too, Because...
You'll spend less time shopping.
You'll spend less on eating out.
You'll spend less for entertainment.
You'll procrastinate less (because you'll want to avoid allowing undone chores to interfere with sex).
You'll spend less on medical costs.
You'll spend less on vacations.
-- Financial Advice from a Call Girl: How Great Sex Can Make You Rich May 29, 2008
By S. Shugars
-- Sex workers report high job satisfaction By Tamara McLean
March 01, 2007
"...masturbation is actually quite beneficial for a man’s health. It’s a natural stress reliever and is used as a sleep aid by many men.
Masturbation has even been clinically proven to reduce migraines and other types of pain. And, if that’s not health positive enough for you, recent studies suggest frequent masturbation -- seven times a week or more -- greatly reduces a man’s chances of developing prostate cancer."
-- Masturbation Q&A By Isabella Snow; 12-13-07
-- FOXSexpert: The Health Benefits of Masturbation By Yvonne K. Fulbright; August 11, 2008
-- Masturbation 'cuts cancer risk' 6 July, 2003
"...regular sex has six amazing health benefits. It can increase a youthful appearance, promote the production of germ-fighting antibodies, strengthen a woman's pelvic floor, burn calories, stabilize a woman's menstrual cycle and offer natural pain relief in the form of orgasms."
-- Be it resolved: More sex in 2008 BY LAURA BERMAN; December 17, 2007
-- Sex Your Way to Better Health: A Dozen Reasons Why You Should Have Sex Tonight By Yvonne K. Fulbright; December 17, 2007
"...consider the greatest gift we regularly and personally give (even if we do not intend it as such): sex. Back in 2005, Tyler Cowen pondered Michael Vassar's pregnant observation: "there is an inexplicable shortage of sex."
-- The Greatest Gift, The Best Exercize
Posted by Robin Hanson; December 21, 2007
Full-blown sexual intercourse is exercise: and exercise is good for you.
-- 21 Powerful Scientifically Proven Reasons To Exercise
"The best that modern science can say for sexual abstinence is that it's harmless when practiced in moderation."
-- Is Sex Necessary? by Alan Farnham; forbes.com
All text above but for quotes copyright © 2007, 2008 by Rafe Flanagan. All rights reserved.
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