It shouldn’t come as a surprise that having sex provides several benefits apart from ridding you of mental torment and providing physical satisfaction. Studies have discovered that having sex provides several health benefits. Most people will be surprised to discover in what ways their health benefits from having sex and after finding out the perks, they might be more motivated than ever before to jump into the sack. Here are 8 ways that your health benefits from having sex.
1. Makes Your Heart Stronger
The American Heart Association discovered that one American has a heart attack every 40 seconds. The statistics get even worse once you discover that 14 percent of people who have a heart attack will die. Knowing that, you should engage in activities that make your heart stronger.
Exercise is one of the ways to ensure that your heart remains healthy. The good news is that sex is an exercise, so having it is good for your heart. Studies showed that men who had sex twice a week were less likely to experience cardiovascular diseases such as a heart attack or a stroke than men who had sex infrequently.
Other studies indicated that men burn 4 calories per minute on average, whereas women burnt 3 calories during sex.
2. Strengthens Women’s Bladder Control
Urinary incontinence happens when a person leaks urine by accident. It can happen through sneezing, laughing, coughing and even exercising. Although it’s prominent in older adults, it can happen to anyone. Statistics show that about 30 percent of women will deal with urinary incontinence at some point in their lives.
To avoid urinary incontinence, women need a strong pelvic floor. Well, one of the ways to do that is through sex. Having sex works out the pelvic floor muscles, which strengthens bladder control. During sex, pelvic floor muscles contract when a woman orgasms, resulting in its strengthening.
3. Lowers Blood Pressure And Stress
Stress causes significant damage to your mental and physical health. The less stress you have, the more likely you are to keep your blood pressure low. Sexual intercourse, not masturbation, has proven to be highly effective in lowering systolic blood pressure, which is the first number on a blood pressure test.
Having sex relieves stress and boosts your mood since it increases endorphins and other hormones. During stressful times, having sex prevents the increase in blood pressure. Although sex was directly linked to lowering blood pressure, masturbating can reduce stress and help you to stay calm during stressful times.
4. Reduces Pain
If you’ve got a headache, forget about a tablet; just have sex. Well, kind of. Some doctors have claimed that orgasms can block pain. They claimed that having an orgasm releases a hormone that raises your pain threshold. It’s also possible to raise the pain threshold without an orgasm.
The doctors claimed that vaginal stimulation blocks chronic back and leg pain. The other claim the doctors mentioned was women informing them that genital self-stimulation helped them to reduce arthritic pain menstrual cramps and even headaches. If you want to feel stronger and walk more upright, then make sure you get a good dose of sex.
5. Improves Your Skin
Have you ever had somebody compliment your appearance after you had sex? Perhaps, they complimented your glow? It’s no coincidence that you’re glowing after you’ve had sex. It’s not a secret that having sex makes you look better, but what might come as a surprise is that it improves your skin and can make you look younger.
Your glow is the result of sex reducing your stress, putting you in a better mood, as well as the flush of blood under the skin that happens when you’re aroused.
6. Provides Better Sleep
Many people who suffer from sleep deprivation are stressed. In some cases, an individual has harboured anxiety on a subconscious level, which serves as a constant reminder of them lacking something in life. There is a cure for sleep deprivation, and it involves having sex.
National Sleep Foundation discovered that orgasms help you feel sleepy and relaxed due to the release of a hormone called Prolactin. Although that will help you to fall asleep, getting a dose of Prolactin through orgasms will help you to have a peaceful sleep and ensure you feel refreshed when you awake.
What’s interesting to note is that getting rest helps to improve sexual response, prompting you to engage in sexual activity more frequently. Research showed that women who received plenty of rest showed a greater desire to have sex the following day.
7. Boosts Mood
All of us feel grumpy from time to time, but some people are more unpleasant than others. While that’s not always related to a lack of sex, it can have a significant impact on a person’s mood. During sex, neurotransmitters are released and semen contain mood enhancers.
Research that highlighted the mid-term effects of sex in a relationship showed that couples were satisfied for 48 hours after sexual activity, but the positive effects didn’t stop there. Couples who went on to have regular sex reported feeling a boost in their mood for months after reduced sexual activity.
8. Could Reduce Prostate Cancer
There is a possibility that sex could reduce prostate cancer. The better news is that the possibility of it also extended to masturbation. A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association revealed that men who ejaculated frequently were at less risk of developing prostate cancer. How frequently? 21 times per month.
The reduction in the risk was also applicable to nocturnal emission (wet dreams). The study showed that those men were 20 percent less likely to develop prostate cancer than men who ejaculated only four to seven times a month. The important note to take away from that study was the lack of clarity that ejaculation was the sole factor in the reduction of prostate cancer.