Give it to Me

Does this sound like good sex to you;

"Oooh baby. Boost it. Oh yeah, that's right. Boost my immune system."

Well it should, considering the many health benefits that healthy sex brings.

As if you needed another excuse, Web MD offers you 10 scientifically proven reasons why you should head to the bedroom after reading this article.

1. Sexed Out, Not Stressed Out

Because sex is proven to lower blood pressure, it reduces a person's over all stress level and risk of heart disease. Researchers from Scotland studied 24 women and 22 men who kept records of their sexual activity. Then the researchers subjected them to stressful situations -- such as speaking in public and doing verbal arithmetic -- and noted their blood pressure response to stress.

Those who had intercourse had better responses to stress than those who engaged in other sexual behaviors or abstained.

The next time you have sex, I dare you to worry about your laundry, and that report your boss is asking for, and how messy the apartment is, and how there's no food in the fridge, etc. etc. Sex acts as a distracter and helps you get all these stressful things off your mind.


2. Immunity booster

Having healthy sex once or twice a week has been linked with higher levels of an antibody called immunoglobulin A or IgA, which can protect you from getting colds and other infections.

Now doesn't "Kiss me" have a better ring to it than "Tissue me?"


3. Burn Baby Burn

Consider this;

A 135 pound woman burns 82 calories climbing stairs for 10 minutes. That same 135 pound woman burns 86 calories having sex for 20 minutes.

Which climax would you prefer-the one offered at the top of a staircase or the one achieved during sex? I thought so.


4. Stroke It

There's good news for anyone older who worries that sex might strain his or her heart. In a study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, scientists found no direct link between the frequency of sex and the occurrence of stroke in the 914 men they followed for 20 years.

The researchers also found that having sex twice or more a week reduced the risk of fatal heart attack by half for the men, compared with those who had sex less than once a month.


5. Does this Position Make my Butt Look Big?

Knowing that you've pleased yourself and your partner does a hell of a lot for your self esteem.

Sex, family and marriage therapist Gina Ogden, PhD finds that those who already have self-esteem say they sometimes have sex to feel even better. "One of the reasons people say they have sex is to feel good about themselves," she tells WebMD. "Great sex begins with self-esteem, and it raises it. If the sex is loving, connected, and what you want, it raises it."

They don't call it SEX-y for nothing. Let lose. Go wild. Get what you want, and you're bound to reach your emotional and sexual peaks.


6. There's no "Me" in Intimacy

Having orgasms increases levels of the hormone oxytocin, which is the so-called love hormone that helps us bond and build trust. Likewise, higher oxytocin levels have been linked with feelings of generosity.


7. Turn "Ow" into "Ooh"

As the hormone oxytocin surges, endorphins increase, and pain declines.

In a study published in the Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine, 48 volunteers who inhaled oxytocin vapor and then had their fingers pricked lowered their pain threshold by more than half.

Now go do some prick-ing of your own.


8. Ejacu-lately?

According to Australian researchers, frequent ejaculations, especially in 20-something men, may reduce the risk of prostate cancer later in life.

But they found men who had five or more ejaculations weekly while in their 20s reduced their risk of getting prostate cancer later by a third.


9. Leggo my Kegel

For women, doing a few pelvic floor muscle exercises known as Kegels during sex offers a couple of benefits. You will enjoy more pleasure, and you'll also strengthen the area and help to minimize the risk of incontinence later in life.

To do a basic Kegel exercise, tighten the muscles of your pelvic floor, as if you're trying to stop the flow of urine. Count to three, then release.


10. ZZzzzzZZZzzzz

All this talk about sex is making me sleepy. And it should. According to research, the oxytocin released during orgasm also promotes sleep.

And getting enough sleep has been linked with a host of other good things, such as maintaining a healthy weight and blood pressure.


Overall, we need to understand sex as a way to get closer with a person to whom we feel attracted, emotionally or physically. So these 10 findings serve as additional benefits to the physical act of love. And if nothing else, give you one hell of a rebuttal to the old "head-ache" excuse.

Holley Simmons Reporting!