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Juan_Tamad

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Posted: July 02, 2008 - 04:04 PM
Post subject: Could sex save your life?

During orgasm the body produces oxytocin, which is a hormone linked to a range of positive physical and psychological effects. Chief among these is its beneficial impact on sleep. "There's no doubt that sex is relaxing and so helps tackle insomnia," says Dr David Delvin, a GP and specialist in sexual medicine. "Lots of people use sex, whether with a partner or on their own, as a way of getting to sleep. That's down to the surge in oxytocin during arousal and orgasm, which is a natural sedative."

Having 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 colds and other sorts of infections. Scientists at Wilkes University in the US tested IgA levels in 112 college students who reported the frequency of their sexual activity. Those students in the "frequent" group had higher levels of IgA than those who were either abstinent or had sex less than once a week.

Frequent ejaculations may reduce the risk of prostate cancer for men in later life, according to a study by Australian researchers reported in the British Journal of Urology International. When they followed men diagnosed with prostate cancer and those without it, the researchers found that men who had at least five or more ejaculations weekly during their twenties reduced their risk of getting prostate cancer by a third.

Research also suggests that regular sexual activity could help women to avoid breast cancer. A study conducted in 1989 examined 146 French women and found a higher risk of breast cancer in those women without sexual partner or who had sex less than once a month.

Sex has been linked with a pain reduction for a wide range of conditions, including lower back pain, migraines, arthritis and premenstrual syndrome symptoms. It's all down to those hormones again. "Sex increases endorphins, the body's natural painkillers," confirms Dr Delvin. "So there is evidence that having sex eases period pain and PMS."

Sexual activity, like other forms of exercise, burns both calories and fat. Thirty minutes of energetic sex burns 85 calories or more. Although this may not sound like much, it does add up – 42 half-hour sessions will burn 3,570 calories, which is enough to lose a pound. "Sex does burn calories, so it's comparable to moderate exercise like doing the housework or going swimming," says Dr Delvin. And it is, clearly, a great deal more fun.

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Nathalie25
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Posted: July 02, 2008 - 06:19 PM

My friends they always tell me that foreigners would play sex with their lovers when they were 15 or 16 years old, so maybe when some white men their age is 25 years young, then they just look like 35 years old disables, I don't think our chinese people they like sex as much as foreigners, I don't think any chinese would like to play sex as crazy as any white man ( no offend please, but just my thoughts)~~~~

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dmouse

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Posted: July 02, 2008 - 06:52 PM

"35 years old disables" ???

lol

bloomark

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Posted: July 02, 2008 - 09:15 PM

Not sure about that.

But pretty sure that sex at high frequecy does not save your dick.

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oh_the_darkness

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Posted: July 02, 2008 - 10:19 PM
Post subject: Re: Could sex save your life?

Juan_Tamad wrote:

Frequent ejaculations may reduce the risk of prostate cancer for men in later life, according to a study by Australian researchers reported in the British Journal of Urology International. When they followed men diagnosed with prostate cancer and those without it, the researchers found that men who had at least five or more ejaculations weekly during their twenties reduced their risk of getting prostate cancer by a third.

Depends who you talk to I guess. I used to know a Chinese guy in Shanghai who was a scientist. He specialised in TCM cures for prostate cancer. His research showed that prostate cancer was high in black men, a little lower in white men and very low in Chinese men. Why? According to him black men, closely followed by white men, have very active sex lives or jerk off a lot while Chinese men have very little sexual activity. I asked him why this was so and he replied (which makes sense) that Chinese schoolboys are to busy studying or too exhausted from studying to jerk off (and are not allowed to have girlfriends - banned by parents and school) and when they do find a girlfriend they have no private place for shagging and even after they get married they may not have much privacy as they are probably still living with the parents.

Also, to be honest, talk to some Chinese guys in their early twenties and they're more interested in playing computer games than sex unlike their western counterparts.