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The health benefits of sex extend well beyond the bedroom. Turns out sex is good for you in ways you may never have imagined.

By Kathleen Doheny WebMD Feature. Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD

When you are in the mood, is a safe bet that the last thing on your mind is boosting the immune system or maintaining a healthy weight. Yet good sex offers more health benefits. It's a surprise for many people, says Joy Davidson, Ph.D., a psychologist and sex therapist in New York. "Of course, sex is everywhere in the media," he said. "But the idea that we are living creatures, sex is still considered in some cases with disgust or in other cases a little embarrassed. So to actually have a look at how sexuality adds to our lives and improves our lives and our health both physical and psychological, is eye-opener for many people. "Sex is a good body in various ways, according to Davidson and other experts. The benefits are not just anecdotal or hearsay - each of these 10 health benefits of sex with the support of a scientific review. Among the health benefits of love in a relationship

1. Sex relieves stress

One major advantage of sexual health is blood pressure, and stress reduction overall, according to researchers from Scotland who reported their findings in the journal Biological Psychology. They studied 24 women and 22 men who kept records of their sexual activities. Then the researchers exposed them to stressful situations - such as public speaking and do arithmetic word - and expressed their blood pressure response to stress.

Those who had had a better response to stress that those engaged in other sexual behaviors or abstained. Another study published in the same journal found that frequent intercourse was associated with lower diastolic blood pressure in cohabiting participants. However, other studies find a relationship between partner hugs and lower blood pressure in women.

2. Sex boosts the immune system

Good sexual health may mean better physical health. Sex once or twice a week is associated with increased only by name, or immunoglobulin IgA, which can protect against colds and other infections to get. Scientists at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., took samples of saliva, which contain IgA, from 112 college students are often reported they had sex.
Them in "frequent" group - once or twice a week - had higher levels of IgA than the other three groups - who reported being abstinent, having sex less than once a week or do it very often three or more times per week.

3. Sex burns calories

Thirty minutes of sex burns 85 calories or more. It may not seem like much, but adds: 42 half hour to burn 3,570 calories more than enough to lose a pound. The doubling, you can delete the £ 21 one-hour session.
"Sex is a good form of exercise," says Patti Britton, PhD, a Los Angeles sexologist and president of the American Association of Sexuality Educators and Therapists. "You have to work both a physical point of view and psychological well-doing,"she said.

4. Sex improves cardiovascular

While some older people may worry that the efforts made during sex could cause a stroke, it is not so according to researchers from England. The study was published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, scientists have discovered the frequent sex was not associated with stroke in 914 men who were followed for 20 years.
And the health benefits of sex heart do not stop there. The researchers also found that sexual intercourse twice or more per week reduces the risk of heart attack by half of men, compared with those who have sex at least once a month.

5. Sex Increase Self-Esteem

Increased self-esteem was one reason 237 people have sex, collected by researchers at the University of Texas and published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior.
This result makes sense to Gina Ogden, Ph.D., a sex therapist and marriage and family therapist in Cambridge, Massachusetts, even if it finds that those who have self-esteem say they sometimes have sex to feel even better. "One reason people say they have sex is to feel good about themselves," she told WebMD. "Great Sex starts with self-esteem, and she raises. If sex is love, connected, and what you want, it raises. "

6. Sex improves privacy

Increases sex and orgasms levels of the hormone oxytocin, the hormone of love which supposedly helps us build trust and bonds. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of North Carolina evaluated 59 premenopausal women before and after warm contact with their husbands and partners ending with hugs. They found that the more contact, more levels of oxytocin.
"Oxytocin helps us to feel the desire to grow and bond," said Britton. Higher oxytocin has also been linked with a feeling of generosity. So if you are feeling suddenly more generous toward your partner is normal, credit the love hormone.

7. Sex reduces pain

As the hormone oxytocin floods, increased endorphins, and pain decreases. So if your headache, joint pain, or PMS symptoms seem to improve after sex, you can thank those higher oxytocin levels. The study is published in the Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine, 48 volunteers who inhaled oxytocin vapor and then had their fingers may be diminished pain threshold, more than half.

8. Sex Reduces Prostate Cancer Risk

Frequent ejaculations, especially among men aged 20 something, you can reduce the risk of prostate cancer later in life, Australian researchers reported in the British Journal of Urology International. When followed men diagnosed with prostate cancer and others that found no association of prostate cancer with the number of sexual partners than men reached their 30, 40 and 50.
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.
In the second study, reported in the Journal of American Medical Association, said frequent ejaculations, 21 or more per month, associated with a lower risk of prostate cancer than men, older and less frequent ejaculations of 4-7 months.

9. Sex Strengthens Pelvic Floor Muscles

For women, doing a pelvic floor muscle exercises known as Kegels during sex offers few advantages. You can enjoy more fun, and you also strengthen the region and help minimize the risk of incontinence in the future. To do a basic Kegel exercise, tighten your pelvic floor muscles as if trying to stop the flow of urine. Count to three and release.

10. Sex Helps You Sleep Better

The oxytocin released during orgasm also promotes sleep, according to a study. And getting enough sleep has been linked with a number of additional features, such as maintaining a healthy weight and blood pressure. Something to think about, especially if you're wondering why your guy can be active one minute and snoring the next.