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Get Physical Today ^
| 7 February 2011 (from archives)
| Gwen
Posted on 02/07/2012 7:31:00 PM PST by Vigilanteman
You cant argue with the research
- Researchers have long known that people who have frequent sex are generally healthier
- Most health benefits seem to be linked to penile-vaginal intercourse
- 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 cant 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 wasnt true for people whod 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.
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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Hobbies; Reference; Science
KEYWORDS: anotherstudy; culturewar; health; monogamy; napl; nature; relationships; sex; sodomyisunhealthy
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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)
To: Vigilanteman
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?
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posted on
02/07/2012 7:39:17 PM PST
by
dragonblustar
(Allah Ain't So Akbar!)
To: Vigilanteman
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?
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posted on
02/07/2012 7:39:25 PM PST
by
dragonblustar
(Allah Ain't So Akbar!)
To: Vigilanteman
Most emailed story of year so far, I’ll wager.
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posted on
02/07/2012 7:40:56 PM PST
by
muir_redwoods
(No wonder this administration favors abortion; everything they have done is an abortion)
To: Vigilanteman; Chode
“Most health benefits seem to be linked to penile-vaginal intercourse”
Sure to make some special interest groups very unhappy.
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posted on
02/07/2012 7:42:16 PM PST
by
Morgana
(I only come here to see what happens next. It normally does.)
To: Vigilanteman; Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows
"I SAID MOVE!!!
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posted on
02/07/2012 7:42:30 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(If Obama brings troops home from Japan and Germany he can claim he won WWII finally as well as Iraq.)
To: dragonblustar
30 minutes would be better.
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posted on
02/07/2012 7:42:44 PM PST
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: a fool in paradise
Okay FIP when they said “penile-vaginal intercourse” they meant in humans not wookies.
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posted on
02/07/2012 7:44:19 PM PST
by
Morgana
(I only come here to see what happens next. It normally does.)
To: Vigilanteman; wagglebee
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.
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posted on
02/07/2012 7:44:37 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(If Obama brings troops home from Japan and Germany he can claim he won WWII finally as well as Iraq.)
To: dragonblustar
One advantage of having sex for 30 seconds is that you can probably do it8- 12 time what most people do. :)
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posted on
02/07/2012 7:45:27 PM PST
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
To: Vigilanteman
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.
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posted on
02/07/2012 7:54:21 PM PST
by
LadyDoc
To: Morgana
good
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posted on
02/07/2012 7:55:37 PM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Vigilanteman
Don’t have to tell me Twice!
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posted on
02/07/2012 7:56:24 PM PST
by
KC_Lion
(I will NEVER vote for Romney, the GOP will go the way of the Whigs if they nominate him)
To: Vigilanteman
When I lifted weights and read fitness magazines avidly, the recurring theme was, “Attack your mate, not your plate!”
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posted on
02/07/2012 8:00:54 PM PST
by
Silentgypsy
(If this creature is not stopped it could make its way to Novosibirsk!)
To: Vigilanteman
To: Vigilanteman
I'll drink to that!
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posted on
02/07/2012 8:18:51 PM PST
by
MarineBrat
(Better dead than red!)
To: Vigilanteman
This is why my parents are going to outlive me by 10 years...
To: MarineBrat
“I’ll drink to that!”
Correction: “I’ll drink to those!” :)
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posted on
02/07/2012 8:26:43 PM PST
by
Batman11
(Obama's poll numbers are so low the Kenyans are claiming he was born in the USA!)
To: Vigilanteman
I certainly agree, as long as I’m back home and asleep in my own bed by 10:00pm.
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posted on
02/07/2012 8:27:12 PM PST
by
UncleSam
(Why must someone else always make the final decisions?)
To: dragonblustar
Perhaps the scientists started their study with that Marvin Gaye song?........
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