Think
of all the health advice you’re bombarded with daily: Eat more
vegetables, stop smoking, exercise, get more sleep, use sunscreen,
floss, boost your fiber, don’t text while driving. Protective? Sure.
Fun? Not so much.
But here’s one suggestion that’s hardly drudgery: Have more sex. Yep, you read that right. Romping regularly in the sheets really does a body good.
“Having sex benefits us in [many] psychological and biological ways,” says Irwin Goldstein, M.D., director of sexual medicine at Alvarado Hospital in San Diego, Calif.
How so? Well, for starters, sex makes you feel alive and connected to your body and to someone else's, says sex educator/counselor Ellen Barnard, M.S.S.W., of A Woman’s Touch in Madison, Wisc.
But it pays some big-time physical dividends too:
Having sex reduces stress and helps you sleep better and live longer. It’s even good for your heart.
Of course that’s as long as it’s safe, consensual and you’re somewhat selective. Not that we’re judging, but risky, casual encounters introduce hazards like sexually transmitted diseases.
“If you live an unhealthy lifestyle, having more sex isn’t going to overcome that,” Barnard says.
That means the occasional nooner won’t erase a lifetime of bacon-double-cheeseburgers and unfiltered cigarettes. - See more at: http://www.lifescript.com/special/taking_control_a_womans_guide_to_sexual_health/10_really_healthy_reasons_to_have_sex_tonight.aspx#sthash.iaAj0RMx.dpuf
But here’s one suggestion that’s hardly drudgery: Have more sex. Yep, you read that right. Romping regularly in the sheets really does a body good.
“Having sex benefits us in [many] psychological and biological ways,” says Irwin Goldstein, M.D., director of sexual medicine at Alvarado Hospital in San Diego, Calif.
How so? Well, for starters, sex makes you feel alive and connected to your body and to someone else's, says sex educator/counselor Ellen Barnard, M.S.S.W., of A Woman’s Touch in Madison, Wisc.
But it pays some big-time physical dividends too:
Having sex reduces stress and helps you sleep better and live longer. It’s even good for your heart.
Of course that’s as long as it’s safe, consensual and you’re somewhat selective. Not that we’re judging, but risky, casual encounters introduce hazards like sexually transmitted diseases.
“If you live an unhealthy lifestyle, having more sex isn’t going to overcome that,” Barnard says.
That means the occasional nooner won’t erase a lifetime of bacon-double-cheeseburgers and unfiltered cigarettes. - See more at: http://www.lifescript.com/special/taking_control_a_womans_guide_to_sexual_health/10_really_healthy_reasons_to_have_sex_tonight.aspx#sthash.iaAj0RMx.dpuf
You
eat right, watch your weight and exercise daily. But there's one
important step you may be forgetting – making love. Not only is it a lot
of fun, it does a body good too. Find out how sex prolongs your life,
helps your heart, keeps you happier and more... - See more at:
http://www.lifescript.com/special/taking_control_a_womans_guide_to_sexual_health/10_really_healthy_reasons_to_have_sex_tonight.aspx#sthash.iaAj0RMx.dpuf
You eat right, watch your weight and exercise daily. But there's one important step you may be forgetting – making love. Not only is it a lot of fun, it does a body good too. Find out how sex prolongs your life, helps your heart, keeps you happier and more... - See more at: http://www.lifescript.com/special/taking_control_a_womans_guide_to_sexual_health/10_really_healthy_reasons_to_have_sex_tonight.aspx#sthash.iaAj0RMx.dpuf
You eat right, watch your weight and exercise daily. But there's one important step you may be forgetting – making love. Not only is it a lot of fun, it does a body good too. Find out how sex prolongs your life, helps your heart, keeps you happier and more... - See more at: http://www.lifescript.com/special/taking_control_a_womans_guide_to_sexual_health/10_really_healthy_reasons_to_have_sex_tonight.aspx#sthash.iaAj0RMx.dpuf
You eat right, watch your weight and exercise daily. But there's one important step you may be forgetting – making love. Not only is it a lot of fun, it does a body good too. Find out how sex prolongs your life, helps your heart, keeps you happier and more... - See more at: http://www.lifescript.com/special/taking_control_a_womans_guide_to_sexual_health/10_really_healthy_reasons_to_have_sex_tonight.aspx#sthash.iaAj0RMx.dpuf
You
eat right, watch your weight and exercise daily. But there's one
important step you may be forgetting – making love. Not only is it a lot
of fun, it does a body good too. Find out how sex prolongs your life,
helps your heart, keeps you happier and more... - See more at:
http://www.lifescript.com/special/taking_control_a_womans_guide_to_sexual_health/10_really_healthy_reasons_to_have_sex_tonight.aspx#sthash.iaAj0RMx.dpuf
You
eat right, watch your weight and exercise daily. But there's one
important step you may be forgetting – making love. Not only is it a lot
of fun, it does a body good too. Find out how sex prolongs your life,
helps your heart, keeps you happier and more... - See more at:
http://www.lifescript.com/special/taking_control_a_womans_guide_to_sexual_health/10_really_healthy_reasons_to_have_sex_tonight.aspx#sthash.iaAj0RMx.dpuf
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