Just have more sex!

Get Physical Today ^ | 7 February 2011 (from archives) | Gwen

[Vigilanteman]

You can’t argue with the research…

1. Researchers have long known that people who have frequent sex are generally healthier
   
2. Most health benefits seem to be linked to penile-vaginal intercourse
   
3. Frequent sex may also bring longer life, fewer coronary events, lower blood pressure

Researchers have long known that not only is sex fun (when done with the right person, of course), but that people who have frequent sex tend to live longer and have healthier hearts and lower rates of certain cancers. These studies also show that men with an active sex life have healthier sperm, and sexually active women have fewer menopause symptoms.

The possible health benefits of sex are spelled out in a soon-to-be-published article in the Journal of Sexual Medicine. The editor-in-chief of that journal, Dr. Irwin Goldstein, says that when you read about the physical benefits of sex, “you can’t help but say, ‘Holy God! Sexual activity is a very important thing to do. Human beings were really meant to do this.’ ” Goldstein is also the director of sexual medicine at Alvarado Hospital in San Diego, California.

In the article, which reviews several decades’ worth of studies on sex and health, researcher Stuart Brody concludes that penile-vaginal intercourse — and not other types of sexual activity — confer the most health benefits. For example, five years ago, Brody, now a professor of psychology at the University of the West of Scotland, asked 46 people to give a stressful speech to a nasty audience. . . . . The same wasn’t true for people who’d participated in other forms of sexual activities. Brody says “evolution strongly rewards behaviors that increase the likelihood of successful gene propagation, and only one behavior — penile-vaginal intercourse — is potentially reproductive.”

[Vigilanteman]

Good medical research backs this up. Normal monogamous sex is healthy. Thought we could all use something a little light hearted (and enjoyable) as Valentine's Day is one week from today.

More info at the source. (Warning: accompanying photos are racy, but not pornographic)

[dragonblustar]

So we don't have to go to the gym for an hour to work out anymore. Just have 30 seconds of sex and that's it?

[dragonblustar]

So we don't have to go to the gym for an hour to work out anymore. Just have 30 seconds of sex and that's it?

[muir_redwoods]

Most emailed story of year so far, I’ll wager.

[Morgana]

“Most health benefits seem to be linked to penile-vaginal intercourse”

Sure to make some special interest groups very unhappy.

[a fool in paradise]

"I SAID MOVE!!!

[Vigilanteman]

30 minutes would be better.

[Morgana]

Okay FIP when they said “penile-vaginal intercourse” they meant in humans not wookies.

[a fool in paradise]

Most health benefits seem to be linked to penile-vaginal intercourse

Andrew Sullivan, Anderson Cooper, Barney Frank, et al are going to dispute the findings.

[Jonty30]

One advantage of having sex for 30 seconds is that you can probably do it8- 12 time what most people do. :)

[LadyDoc]

actually, folks with hardening of the arteries (ASCVD/high cholesterol) high blood pressure and diabetes are more likely to be in poor health, more likely to be depressed, and more likely to have erectile dysfunction.

So it’s not more sex that leads to a longer life, it’s that if you are physically able to have sex, your heart and circulation is probably okay.

[Chode]

good

[KC_Lion]

Don’t have to tell me Twice!

[Silentgypsy]

When I lifted weights and read fitness magazines avidly, the recurring theme was, “Attack your mate, not your plate!”

[deweyfrank]

bttt

[MarineBrat]

I'll drink to that!

[madison10]

This is why my parents are going to outlive me by 10 years...

[Batman11]

“I’ll drink to that!”

Correction: “I’ll drink to those!” :)

[UncleSam]

I certainly agree, as long as I’m back home and asleep in my own bed by 10:00pm.

[punditwannabe]

Perhaps the scientists started their study with that Marvin Gaye song?........