Why You Should Have More Sex With Your Spouse
When discussing the issue of sex and the problems associated with it with my clients, I always tell them to picture the soulful song, ‘Sexual Healing’ by the late American singer, Marvin Gaye, and they will know the true healing powers of sex. Sex is more than a hormonal discharge and some short moments of pure pleasure as it is extremely beneficial for our health, while the lack of an active sex life might have negative effects. But like I always tell my clients, too much sex, can also be harmful: more than thrice a week, it can weaken the immune system, making us vulnerable to infections. But be that as it may, here are some pertinent reasons to have regular sex with your spouse.
1. Sex is beneficial for both the heart and the blood circulation, especially in the brain. While having sex, the heart rate goes from 70 beats per minute to 150, a good training for the heart. Having sex thrice a week decreases the risk of heart attack by 50 %. Also during the sex intercourse, the breath is deeper, meaning a better oxygenation.
2. The mental and emotional health balance is clearly tuned by sex. People who are involuntarily celibate or abstinent and often exhibit depressive feelings, (like anger, frustration, self-doubt, paranoia and even depression), are driven into this by ‘missed opportunities’, due to living without having sex. In fact, in case of light depressions, after having sex, the brain releases endorphins, that decrease stress, inducing a state of euphoria. It seems also to be something in the sperm contributing to the good effect on the mood. Researches have shown that women whose partners used condoms were more prone to depression than others. This is supposed to be linked to prostaglandin, a chemical found in the sperm and absorbed in the vaginal tract, modulating the woman's mood. Semen appears to act as an antidepressant in women. Anyway, protected or not, sex and orgasm do cause a release of endorphins, the ‘happiness’ brain hormone that ‘brings’ the good mood.
3. Even more important is the fact that sex strengthens the bond of the couple, self-esteem, positive thinking and optimism. A 2007 British research proved that sex is better than money in making you happy, and being sexually active indeed brings a happy life. But more financial power doesn't bring you more sex. In the research, the happiest individuals were those getting the most and regular sex: married people. A stable marriage was figured out to bring the same happiness levels provoked by an extra $100,000 earning annually, while divorce was equivalent to a happiness decrease of $66,000 each year.
4. Sex eliminates stress. You know the feeling of total relaxation and calm following a sexual intercourse. A subsequent profound calming sleep follows, with great effect in combating the stress, and persons with a regular sex life sleep better and feel better the next day.
5. Sex means softer skin. While having sex, a woman's body doubles the estrogen level, and this makes her hair shine while the skin becomes softer.
6. Long term researches showed that regular basis sex increases the humans’ lifespan. For the same age and health, those who had orgasms more frequently had half the death rate of men who did not have such frequent orgasms. This could be due to the plummeting stress hormones, reaction that installs after we have sex. Frequent orgasms, (about 100 per year), have been linked to an increase of 3-8 years in a person's lifespan and a decrease of death risk of 50%.
7. Sweating while having sex cleanse the skin pores, making the skin brighter and decreasing the risk of developing dermatitis.
8. Sex can keep you fit, burning extra-pounds. A quickie of 20 minutes weekly means that 7, 500 calories annually are shed; that's as much as you consume on 120 km of jogging. A sex session can burn about 200 calories. This is like running 15 minutes on a treadmill!
9. Sex strengthens muscles. So much pushes and flexion surely firms your biceps. It depends on your stunts in bed, of course, but it's clearly a lot more fun than running for miles. Bed fitness sessions clearly improve muscles of your pelvis, thighs, buttocks, abdomen, chest and arms.
10. The more active your sex life is, the more attractive for the opposite sex you are. High sexual activity makes the body release more pheromones, chemicals that attract the opposite sex, but also to display a security given by experience.
11. Sex improves senses, at least the smell. Following the orgasm, a rise of the hormone prolactin makes the brain's stem cells form new neurons in the olfactory bulb, boosting a person's olfactory abilities.
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