Dr. Ava Cadell: Sex Is Good For Your Health

 

Sex with someone you love is the best prescription for good health.  It keeps you young, keeps your sexual organs in good working order and boosts your self- confidence.  Nothing else stimulates all of the senses quite like sex.  It puts a glow on you that no other activity does.

Regularly occurring sex produces certain emotional and physical health benefits.  It’s long been established that there are myriad of health benefits related to sex. This awareness has been recorded in our culture for centuries in old wives tales such as “Use it, or lose it.”  Just as if you don’t use your household appliances regularly, they also become rusty and break down.

A consistently active sex life is beneficial for the cardiovascular system.  An increase in heart rate benefits circulation, and can reduce the likelihood of a heart attack.  The British Medical Journal published an article reporting that men who had the highest number of orgasms had a better quality of life and lived the longest.  Sexual activity regulates and exercises the respiratory organs.  That heavy breathing with someone you love—is healthy!

Sex benefits neck and back muscles which increase blood flow to the brain and can alleviate certain types of headaches…so, the next time your partner says, “I’ve got a headache.”  You can say, “Good, let’s make love and get rid of it.”  In the post- coital phase of sex, relaxation of muscles even alleviates insomnia.  The release of tension leads to a deeper, quicker sleep.

Believe it or not, sex works as a laxative, toning and controlling lower abdominal muscles.  Sex as pain medication may sound farfetched, but consider this; Just before climax, high  levels of Oxytocin flood the body and release endorphins that relieve pain.  And, sexual activity helps relieve monthly menstrual cramps by providing a natural decongestion.

No more flu or pesky colds is a great reason to have sex at least twice a week.  Researchers at Wilkes University, in Pennsylvania discovered that people who have regular sex also have 30% higher levels of immunoglobulin A, an antibody which boosts the immune system.  And if you think you’re overweight…there’s no better way to lose it than with sexual activity.  Sex burns about 200 calories—turning fat into muscle more quickly than any other exercise.  It’s equal to running on a treadmill for half an hour. An important psychological benefit of an active sex life is that it reduces anxiety.  A sedative effect of sex is conductive to fighting the effects of daily tension.  The emotional fulfillment that comes from an intimate sexual encounter results in the relaxation of your muscles in your brain.  Sex can be an effective anti-depressant.  It releases feel-good neurotransmiters—Dopamine from the brain.  Physical and emotional aspects of sex improve self-esteem, adding to a sense of confidence.

Sex gets your creative juices flowing.  Because sexual fulfillment involves your brain, it improves a variety of mental functions, including your concentration.

Sex improve your sense of smell because after lovemaking, Prolactin, a hormone flows to the brain developing new neurons in the olfactory bulb—the smell center of the brain.  And if you don’t have a partner, then make love to yourself because you will still get the same health benefits.

 

For information on sexual health, listen to Dr. Ava Cadell’s radio show:

Sex Drive at www.WeTalkSex.com 

visit: www.AvaCadell.com and www.LoveologyUniversity.com