Sex is Good for Your Health

What is the secret to happiness? This is a question frequently asked and has been repeated through the ages. But the answer still eludes us. However, it has been seen that a happy person enjoying life seems to live longer and can remain healthier as opposed to his unhappy fellow human beings. In the recent times, when people are overwrought with health care, rising prices and political instability, studies have proved that having a monogamous and satisfying sex life can work wonders for our flagging morale. A regular and mutually satisfactory physical intimacy can, in fact give a boost to both our physical as well as emotional well being.

Apart from being pleasurable, the recent research into the matter have shown us that it helps to increase the longevity of males as well. All males enjoying  regular sexual gratification actually had a lower death rate than others. It has also been proven conclusively that sex a few times in a week can be directly linked to a reduced risk of heart diseases. Both heart attacks  and cardio vascular strokes can be overcome simply by having healthy and safe sex.

Other facts revealed by the research are startling as well. Men over fifty can definitely count on sex for keeping their weight in check. After all sex can be seen as a certain form of intense physical exercise, the only difference being the added pleasure that is associated with it. The pulse rate rises during sex and is almost equal to a vigorous work out in a gym. It is a perfect form of aerobic exercise. The only equipment needed is a loving and faithful partner.

There is yet another fascinating discovery. Sex can alleviate pain to a certain extent too. A hormone called oxytocin surges to almost five times its normal level just before the climax. As a result endorphins having anesthetic properties flood our body and can relieve every kind of pain within our body. From headaches to arthritis even migraines can be controlled by the release of endorphins.