Sex. It's Not Just For Fun Anymore
Those of us who are partner-less, or who long ago parked our sex lives on a dusty shelf, manage things as best we can, never considering that our solo lives pose a health risk.
Until a perky Dr. Oz shows up on the screen one afternoon to let us know that a healthy sex life will release all sorts of good-for-you hormones.
It will lower your blood pressure, bolster your immune system, improve your sleep, and contribute to heart health. Turns out, if you’re not getting screwed, you’re getting screwed.
If you aren’t single, but have an uninterested partner, you glance over and realize that he may be contributing to your early demise.
During orgasm, women have increased activity in more than 30 areas of the brain. Orgasms may be better for our aging brains than chess or Sudoku. Which makes me reconsider how much time I spend playing Scrabble.
Sex also counts as exercise!
Thirty minutes of sex burns the same number of calories as thirty minutes of vacuuming. Hmmmm. The nice girl might ask herself if she could really enjoy sex if the living room hasn’t been hoovered. The healthy girl will insist there be no vacuuming until there has been sex in the living room.
A last, dismaying tidbit for the ladies—the more frequently we have sex, the healthier the vaginal tissue remains. It’s basically a use it or lose it proposition. So, if it has been a long dry spell it may be time to break out the Rabbit and run.
As the saying goes, “If god hadn’t wanted us to touch ourselves, he would have given us shorter arms.”