6 Reasons Sex May Help You Live Longer
By Huffington Post
Earlier this summer, a British psychologist released research showing that regular sex can make you look seven years younger. But why is it, specifically, that getting frisky between the sheets leads to a longer, healthier life? We decided to have a look at the research. And there's plenty of it.
As a result, here are six ways sex keeps you younger and healthier. Have anything to add? Let us know in comments.
1) Even just thinking about sex Improves your cognitive abilities.
Dutch researcher Jens Förster found that the release offered by sexual gratification can promote brain growth. Even those who just had sex on their mind performed better on critical thinking exercises. Princeton University research also has showed that sex can stimulate the brain.
2) Sex improves stress levels.
Studies show that people who have sex also exhibit lower blood pressure in stressful situations.
3) Sex stimulates the immune system.
Wilkes University researchers in Pennsylvania found that those who have sex once or twice a week enjoy greater levels of an antibody named immunoglobulin A (IgA) than those who have sex less often. So the next time you feel a cold coming on? Have sex.
4) Sex reduces heart disease.
Research shows that men who have sex at least twice a week can cut their risk of heart disease in half.
5) Sex offers pain relief.
Not only do studies show that sex can reduce headache pain, but Dr. George E. Erlich, an arthritis specialist in Philadelphia, found that 70 percent of arthritis sufferers reported less arthritis pain after sex. Sexual arousal stimulates the adrenal glands to produce more cortisone, which reduces the inflammation that causes pain in joints.
6) Sex helps you sleep better.
According to Laura Berman, director of the Berman Center for Women's Sexual Health, the endorphins released during sex can make you feel more relaxed -- and therefore help you sleep.
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Hare Krishna!
Sleeping, Eating, Mating gives the Grahastha, a sense of emotional well being as long as they are followed according to the principles laid down in the Scriptures.
Being intimate with your life partner has a positive effect on the life of both the partners. The bliss and ecstasy experienced during an orgasm is the same experience of Bliss which a God realized soul experiences when he is meditating/chanting/glorifying the Holy name of God. When one is self-satisfied and always connects all the events as the Grace and Mercy of the Lord. Such a person is always in ecstasy. He doesn't depend on his lower natures, when he has the access and experience of the higher power of the Supreme Lord within him. He is in Transcendental Consciousness or Bliss which is beyond the 3 modes of nature.
Such a soul is in Krishna Consciousness 24/7
Hare Krishna!
Haha! so you found this article! lol. Quite controvesial for devotees... thanks for your kind reply!
Its a question of balance. I dont think we need to be Victorian, it is not healthy. right place right time right situation etc. Sex was created by god. Look around, do you see any creatures that reproduce without sex? "That sex life which is according to religious principles, I Am. " Some devotees have the attitude that sex is filthy, unhealthy, destroys yoga etc.. I have no idea what is Mahesh Ji's attitudes until reading his replies, and his comments are most Krsna conscious and nice, thanks so much! hare krsna
Hare Krishna!
I never said sex is bad. It is the divine act of pro-creation which has been given a divine sanction. It is a most sublime feeling of bliss one experience. The act of pro-creation is very painful when the child comes out of the mother's womb, it comes out of a narrow passage that the woman gets put-off after the delivery and many go into postpartum depression. Hence Krishna in His infinite wisdom has induced a pleasure element for procreating. So we can enjoy ourselves while pro-creating and continue to enjoy His bounty He showers on us through His Grace and Mercy, but in remembrance of Him.
In fact, as you mentioned, Krishna states in the Gita 7.11, "I am the sex life which is not contrary to the religious principles".
And He also states in 2.59, that when we have a higher taste, that is Krishna Consciousness, our lower tastes slowly falls away. Just like a beggar who is always surviving on stale food, when he is given a sumptuous variety of foods, his lower taste of stale food will fall off. That is what I meant when a person is absorbed in Krishna, he does not have a need or desire for lower pleasures, but he welcomes them if they come by divine arrangement. He does not reject them.
"A person who is not disturbed by the incessant flow of desires — that enter like rivers into the ocean, which is ever being filled but is always still — can alone achieve peace, and not the man who strives to satisfy such desires" ..BG 2.70.
Krishna never says you give up everything for Him. You enjoy all the bounty He is giving us but in remembrance of Him.
When we enjoy indiscriminately in forgetfulness of Krishna, that is when we suffer. We all know the consequences of having intimate relations with unknown partners - AIDS
Earlier in the 60s, when the pill was invented, men and women indiscriminate and started behaving like animals and sleep around with whoever they could. But then Krishna gave us venereal diseases and men had to take mercurial salts for lifetime. There was a saying that "a moment with Venus and lifetime with Mercury".
Then Penicillin was invented, men and women found a way around unwanted diseases STD - sexually transmitted diseases, But Krishna is always one step ahead of us. He gave us AIDS.
So we may think we can enjoy as much as we want in forgetfulness of Krishna, but every step Krishna is reminding us, "My child, this is not the way to live life". Enjoy, but remember Me and My instructions in the form of Manual I have given you at the time of Creation on how to live life based on the principles laid down in the Scriptures - The Vedas and you can have the peace, perfection and the supreme destination.
And to make it even easier for us, He milked all the Vedas and gave us the cream and butter in the form of one book 'The Bhagavad Gita'. This is one book which is a Science of of Self Discovery and Self Realization, that if applied in our lives, we can mitigate all the sufferings, transcend all miseries and live blissfully even while being in a Dukhalayam, just like a lotus leaf which is not affected by the water and the surroundings it lives in.
Uddava in his prayers to Krishna - "Oh Lord, you are so merciful, that when we offer you flowers, perfumes, clothes, jewelry, delicious food, etc, you partake of them and return them for us to enjoy."
Hare Krishna!
Jaya ! No, i never said that you said any such thing, Mahesh, you have read it that it is directed to you, my comment, but it is meant for the general audience, not a criticism of your good self, my wording left something to be desired, now fixed up. Nice expanded reply!