If have more sex is one of your New Year's resolutions for 2008 (don't laugh, it's on my husband's list every year) then you may be doing more for your health than you originally thought. Here are some reasons why:
- Weight loss and control. Forget torturing yourself with the latest fad diet or hours on the elliptical machine when you can burn about 200 calories in 30 minutes of sex!
- Pain management. Forgo popping a pain killer and opt for something a bit more au naturel.
- Stress relief. Sex, even if only with ourselves, impacts the way we respond to stress, increasing levels of oxytocin and stimulating feelings of warmth and relaxation.
- Immune booster. Stop spending late nights at the office. Sex wards off colds and the flu.
- Better heart health. A little bit of heart and soul in the sack should be part of every doctor’s orders when it comes to cardiovascular care.
- Increased self-esteem and intimacy. When sex is consistent and involves mutual pleasure, it can increase bonding since the surge in oxytocin at orgasm stimulates feelings of affection, intimacy, and closeness.
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L'Wren Scott
I ♥ sex!!!
1Yeah Baby!!
2I shared this with my fiance...he seems pleased.
3LOL. i guess i better get to it~
4Wooooooooooooooooo
5well if it's good for my health...i guess i'll do it!
6Yay for sex, but when I don't feel good about my body my libido goes down. So I don't want to have sex, but sex can make my body better so then I'd want more. Oh the catch 22!
7i wish i had more sex -- my boyfriend and i are working 14-hour days right now and when we get home the only thing we're good for is a hello kiss, followed by passing out.
now that can't be healthy.
8*Adding that to the New Year's resolutions right now!*
9Yay! Glad to know I'm doing something good for myself! I told my boyfriend about this and he said thanks, fitsugar!
10Absolutely...I knew this!
11Already knew all of this since my boyfriend and I did our thorough research on the positive effects sex ages ago.
As far as New Year's Resolutions go, sure, although having more sex than we already do would put us on a very severe unproductive life path. We might as well open the option of become amateur porn stars. Lol.
12Note - you don't burn calories if you're on your back the whole time.
13As if we needed more reasons to like sex!
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