What Are The Health Benefits of Sex?

One of the most obvious benefits of sex is its ability to inhibit and relieve pain.  Sex helps generate the hormone oxytocin, which in turn releases endorphins, which perform a similar function to morphine!  This means having sex is kind of like grabbing a generic valium off the shelf.  The more sex you have, the more oxytocin is generated, culminating in an orgasm, which makes you pretty much oblivious to any pain you felt previously.

What this means, however, is that you’ve got to make it worth her while.  Most women need an orgasm to enjoy to full pain relieving benefits of sex.  Not that it’ll take much convincing.

Sex is also great for reducing stress.  If you’ve had a stressful day (or week, or month), nothing melts away all that pent up frustration like a solid orgasm.  The post-coital wave of relaxation that comes over you is also proven to help you fall asleep, and stay asleep – a good way to treat insomnia!

Probably the best argument you can use on a spouse who’s weight conscious (and who isn’t, these days?) is that fact that sex is a proven weight loss technique.  A half hour session in the sack three times a week can burn up to 500 calories!  And if you add one more time over the weekend where you get a little more athletic and go a little longer, your sex life could add up to a solid 750 calories burned a week.  That’s almost 40,000 calories burned a year, before you even touch the treadmill!