Ten fitness benefits of sex life

Sex is an act of enjoyment between men and women. Apart from human instinct, its purpose is to seek pleasure. But in addition to this, sex can also bring the following ten fitness effects.

1. Exercise

Research suggests that sex is equivalent to jogging. If you have sex more than three times a week, it is equivalent to jogging 75 kilometers in a year, and the heat energy burned is 7,500 calories. Regular sex can promote metabolism. Some people say that making love is exercise in bed. During sex, the breathing is deepened unconsciously, thereby increasing the amount of oxygen obtained by the cells and promoting the functions of various organs and tissues in the body. This seems to have some basis.

2. Increase hormone secretion

Men secrete a hormone called deoxyandrostenone every day, and they also need to supplement this type of androgen regularly, because only in this way can they maintain their male characteristics. During sex, especially before orgasm and ejaculation, the body can naturally release 3-5 times more of this hormone than usual. Therefore, in the West, many men do not take medication to supplement hormones, but hope that the body can naturally release such masculine hormones. For women, estrogen can help them maintain good blood circulation. Women who have regular sex lives have much higher estrogen levels than those who have sex occasionally.

3. Protect the prostate

Regular ejaculation in sexually mature men can help clear the prostatic fluid accumulated in the prostate. Every time you ejaculate, 1/5 is sperm and 4/5 is semen, which includes a large amount of prostatic fluid. If you don't ejaculate for a long time, old prostatic fluid will accumulate in the prostate. However, it should be noted that sexual life should not be excessive, because frequent sexual life will cause the penis to be in a state of chronic congestion, leading to prostate hypertrophy or swelling, which makes it easy to suffer from chronic prostatitis.

4. Effectively reduce the occurrence of heart disease and myocardial infarction

Sexual life can make the pelvis, limbs, joints, muscles, and spine more active, promote blood circulation, and enhance heart function and lung capacity. People who have a harmonious sex life have at least 10% lower risk of heart disease than those who have an unhappy sex life. However, there have been reports of some people dying suddenly during sexual intercourse due to sudden myocardial infarction, so if you have signs of heart disease, you should avoid overly strenuous sex.

5. Relieve pain

Sexual intercourse (especially during orgasm) can relieve pain caused by trauma, joint pain, back pain and headaches. The endorphins released during sexual excitement and orgasm can improve the ability to tolerate pain.

6. Reduce stress and keep your mind young

Nowadays, work is stressful and many people want to relieve stress. Going to bars, working out, and playing ball are all choices for modern people to relieve stress. In fact, having sex when people are in a good mood is the most effective way to reduce mental stress for both men and women. However, if you are overworked or under a lot of work pressure, you may not be in the mood to have sex, because it also consumes physical energy, so don't force yourself if you don't have the energy. According to Japanese medical research, proper sex life can help prevent brain aging, promote metabolism, and delay the rate of memory loss.

7. Reduce the occurrence of skin diseases and promote beauty

Poor blood circulation in the skin can lead to skin diseases such as acne and pimples. Moderate sex can accelerate blood circulation, balance metabolism, make skin smooth and tender, and help prevent and treat skin diseases. Studies have found that 25% of a person's appearance comes from genetics and 75% comes from behavior, and behavior includes three factors: physical movement, psychological activity, and sex. It can be said that regular sex can make a person more beautiful, but the reverse is not necessarily true.

8. Semen helps remove vaginal bacteria

Experiments have shown that there is an antibacterial substance in semen - semen plasmin, which can kill pathogenic bacteria such as Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, and Pneumococcus. Although semen contains ingredients that can kill pathogenic bacteria, it does not mean that you do not need to go to the hospital for treatment when you are sick. After all, this bactericidal ingredient is very small and is not enough to resist the invasion of pathogenic bacteria in the body. Frequent sexual intercourse can be misunderstood as using antibiotics.

9. Improve the immune system’s ability to fight disease

In modern civilized life, air conditioning, car-based transportation, air pollution, lack of exercise, etc. have made people's immune systems more fragile than before, and huge work pressure has reduced the body's immune function. Sexual life can balance the secretion of the adrenal glands and keep the immune system in a good state. This is the opposite of AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency virus) caused by promiscuous sex.

10. It helps prolong the lifespan of both men and women

There are many long-lived people in Chechnya and the Transcaucasus region of Russia. A 90-year-old man married a 37-year-old woman and had five children, the youngest of whom was born when his father was 96 years old. One 135-year-old man said he stopped having sex at age 127. Studies have shown that the secret to longevity of people in this region is related to their regular sex life.