health benefits of sex

Slideshow: 6 Surprising Benefits of Sex

Sex doesn’t just feel good; it builds your immune system and can put you in a better mood, too.

By Leah Zerbe

Topics: sexual health

Try to meet between the sheets at least twice a week to build your immune system and fend off other diseases while zapping stress.

RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—Last week, the World Health Organization declared a swine flu pandemic. Luckily, for now the new H1N1 virus is causing relatively mild symptoms (for the most part), and the majority of people infected recovered without antiviral medications or hospitalization. Still, we’re hearing a lot about protecting ourselves from the flu and keeping our immune systems healthy. Does this mean doctors should be prescribing sex? Well, maybe it does. Here are six surprising ways sex can boost your health, perhaps preventing swine flu as well as helping you in other ways.

1. It can boost your immune system. So swine flu’s circulating, and you’ve heard it a million times: Wash your hands often, cover your mouth when you sneeze. But how about this? Kick your immune system into high gear with biweekly sex sessions. Researchers at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, PA, found that having sex once or twice a week boosts the immune system. They found a 30 percent increase in immunoglobulin A (IgA) proteins in people who had sex once or twice a week, compared to those who didn’t have sex. IgA proteins act as antibodies, binding to pathogens when they first enter the body and summoning the immune system to destroy them.
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special benefits

Posted on February 23rd, 2010 by viesia

Something of interest for good benfits.

SOLO SEX

Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by Lyn

My libido at age 65 is, unfortunately, that of a 20 yr old. Do autoerotic activities that end in orgasm benefit us solo folks to anywhere near as great a degree as sex with a partner? (Needless to say, I'd prefer sex with a partner!)

Exercise Before Having Sex

Posted on January 15th, 2010 by Jill

My husband and I do The Sexy Workout before having sex. You won't believe how great sex feels after a little bit of exercise.

having sex twice a week

Posted on August 13th, 2009 by Carol

Easier said than done with young children and a puppy in the house. Although I do believe that the health benenfits are there.

Benefits of Frequent Sex... Wow!

Posted on July 22nd, 2009 by Suzy

I read all of the 6 surprising benefits of sex to my
husband, and it just makes me want to rip off his
shirt [and pants] drag him upstairs and love him like he hasn't been loved in years! Lovemaking, that
is. I had no idea so many positives could come out of the act of love making! But, if the experts say it's so then I must believe them and let my husband have his way with me -- at least 2-3 times per week!! ;-)

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