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Interesting text on the health benifits of sex. Sh
THE GREATEST EXERCISE
BY DIANE ALBERT
TRANSCRIBED BY NORM "HYSTERIA" ERICKSON
Sometimes in pursuit of total fitness, we forget a basic exercise that
not only feels good but is good for us. in simple terms, sex is great for your
health, and there is strong evidence that the good it does for you extends to
both your physical and emotional well-being. While no one condones unsafe sex
practices, nowadays medical doctors as well as psychologists recognize the
importance of meaningful sexual involvement in our lives.
Let's start with the physical act itself. For men, a healthy, regular sex
life helps keep the prostate gland in good working order. The prostate has two
functions, according to Melvin A. Anhalt, MD, associate clinical professor of
urology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. The first is providing the
fluid for ejaculation. The second, says Anhalt, "is acting as a barrier
against bacteria that spread up the penis every day, all day long. That's the
reason a man does not get infections on a regular basis."
Doctors have theorized about the prostates bacteria-fighting powers based
on the clinical observation that men can get prostate infections when they
experience congestion in the prostate. For these reasons, ejaculating on a
regular basis may be helpful in reducing this kind of congesting.
For women, the possible health advantages of an active love life include
the relief of lower back pain as well as premenstrual syndrome (PMS).
SEX & TENSION
Perhaps the most obvious contribution to good health is the way sex
relieves tension - not just the physical tension that builds up during the
lovemaking itself, but also the daily tensions that you carry around, the ones
that build up in your mind and manifest themselves in your body. Of course,
regular physical exercise, including aerobics and weight training, is very
effective in relieving tension, but sex has an efficasy all its own.
Lovemaking involves a cycle of tension and relief that starts as soon as
you do. During foreplay, your heart beats faster as your body warms up and
your skin becomes more sensitive to your partner's touch. Blood rushes into
your pelvic area. In men, that leads to an erection. In women, the vagina
swells and becomes lubricated, and the clitoris becomes erect. Understandably,
your body interprets all this activity as tension. So your pelvis tenses, and
then muscles all over your body begin to tense until an orgasm releases the
tension and turn to relaxation.
It's like a sneeze, many doctors say. Or as Virginia Sadock, MD, of New
York University Medical Center's School of Psychiatry, puts it, orgasm is "a
very satisfying release. There is really nothing quite like it for the full
release of tension."
SEX & THE HEART
As for the calorie-burning properties of the sex act, the old rule of
thumb that a roll in the hay burns up 500 calories is probably a little high.
Naturally, it depends on the length of the lovemaking and the enthusiasm of
the participants, but at best you'll probably burn up the equivalent of five
minutes of medium-intensity cycling.
The same goes for the aerobic benefits. During lovemaking, your heart
rate goes up, you breathe faster, and your circulation increases; however, the
average session dosen't last long enough to substitute it for your regular
aerobic workout.
Lack of love, on the other hand, can have a negative effect on your
heart. Researchers have charted a direct relationship between coronary disease
and loneliness in a study of married and divorced men and determined that
heart disease may be twice as prevalent among those who are divorced.
According to James Lunch of the University of Maryland Medical School,
"Evidence leads us to conclude that there is a biological basis for our need
for loving human relationships."
Your skin is another bodypart that benefits from a regular sexual
workout. As your excitement increases, the blood rushes to the surface. This
performs an internal cleansing on your skin that many experts believe can
actually hold back to aging process. In other words, without the
tension-and-release stimulation that lovemaking provides, there is less
irrigating and internal cleansing of the skin.
SEX & CANCER
For women, an active sex life may also help ward off certain kinds of
cancers - if pregnancy results.
The key appears to be ovulation (and estrogen): Women who have had
children, and thus ovulate fewer times over their lifetimes than those who
have never been pregnant, experience less ovarian cancer, as do women who take
the pill, which prevents ovulation.
The physical benefits are just a drop in the bucket when compared with
what a satisfying love life can do for your self-confidence and self-image
(this goes for men too.). No doubt about it, a person feel more attractive
when he or she is loved and cared for. "People tend to have more of a sense of
well-being after sex," observes Anhalt. And the approval and affection that we
experience in the arms of a lover carry over when we face the world outside
the bedroom.
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