A
study shows that men who have three or more orgasms a week are 50% less likely
to die from coronary heart disease.
These
findings suggest that sex can be used to help prevent heart attacks and strokes
as one means of fulfilling physicians' recommendation for sustained physical activity
for at least 20 minutes, three times a week. Conducted by a team of researchers
from the University of Bristol and Queen's University of Belfast, the researchers
studied 2,500 men aged 45 to 59 for 10 years.
"The
relationship found between frequency of sexual intercourse and mortality is of
considerable public interest," says study co-author Shah Ebrahim, Ph.D.,
a University of Bristol professor of epidemiology and aging, who presented the
study results at the fourth World Stroke Congress. "It may however be a confounding
[relationship] due to other aspects of a healthy lifestyle" Ebrahim cautions
that further research is necessary.
By:
Kelly McCarthy Originally published by Psychology Today:Mar/Apr 2001
