This is something different. You see, most things that are pleasurable in life are supposed to be unhealthy, such as good tasting foods are usually deep fried, too much chocolate can make you fat or downing a bottle whisky at a party may give you liver damage. But hey, scientists are now saying that having sex and orgasm is good for your health!

The medical and scientific communities are now saying that having sex and orgasm can have many positive benefits on our bodily processes as well as having calming effects on our stressed out minds. This is good news indeed, don’t you think so? Now we can have our cake and eat it at the same time.

So what are the health benefits of having sex and orgasms? Here are some of them.

a) Help you to sleep better – We all know this, especially the guys. Don’t you guys usually roll over and sleep after having sex? There are many reasons why this happens and one of them is that men usually experience a drop in blood pressure after orgasm and fall into a sudden relaxation.

For both sexes, orgasms also release a few calming and relaxing hormones like endorphin and dopamine. These are feel good and happy hormones and that is why they have calming effects that make you feel sleepy.

b) Relieve stress and tension – The release of the calming hormones also help you to relieve your stress and tensions and thus can help you to lower your blood pressure and mitigate stress related diseases.

c) Strengthens your immune system – This may come as a surprise to many people. Another hormone that is released during having sex and orgasm is dehydroepiandrosterone, commonly known as DHEA. Dehydroepiandrosterone is a steroidal hormone that is produced by the adrenal glands. The body converts DHEA to male and female sex hormones, such as estrogen and testosterone.

This hormone is sometimes also called anti-aging hormone as DHEA helps to balance your immune system, improves your cognition, promotes healthy bone growth and repairs cellular tissues, keeping your skin smooth and supple.

d) Help you to reduce weight – We all know that obesity is unhealthy and what better way to work off those calories than having an exciting romp in bed with your partner?

Scientists estimated that a bout of sexual intercourse burns around 150 calories per half an hour. Now, compare this fat burning process with other activities. Walking for the same period of time also burns about 150 calories, dancing only uses up 130 calories where yoga only burns 130 calories. So having sex can help you to lose weight easily when combined with healthy eating habits and other healthy activities.

e) Help you to live longer – This is very exciting indeed. A British study of 1,000 people found out that those who had at least two orgasms each week had half the death rate of the rest of Britain which admitted to having in sex less than once a month. So have sex and orgasm to live longer!

There are many more good reasons why you should have sex and orgasm more often, but the health benefits covered in this article should be good enough for you to dash to the bedroom with your partner immediately and more often.

Author Bio: Chris Chew is a sought after fitness consultant who counts models, actors and other celebrities as his clients. Read his free articles at Better male orgasm and Testosterone pheromone aphrodisiacs

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