Thank you, ABC News. Without you, we wouldn't be able to have sex without worrying whether we were "harming" ourselves. We were worried nasal-clearing, spirit-lifting orgasm were the worst thing that could happen to our tired, rundown, useless bodies.
Seriously, there is some interesting information in this and a rival USA Today report on how lowering your cholesterol can affect your sex life...
1) Via the good neighbors at ABC:
Men who have sex three times a week can decrease their risk of heart
attack and stroke by 50 percent, while women who enjoy sex tend to live
longer than those who don't, according to Drs. Michael Roizen and
Mehmet Oz.
It's interesting information for a species that thrives on sex.
"Humans maybe are the most sexual species of all," Roizen, an
anesthesiologist and internal medicine specialist at the Cleveland
Clinic, said on "Good Morning America" today.
He said researchers know this because women are sexually active
for almost their entire lives and throughout all times of their
menstrual cycle, meaning that they choose to have sex even during
times when they are physiologically unable to produce offspring, he
added.
Startling. Women are sexually active for almost their entire lives. You heard it here first, people.
Great sex can make your body feel two to eight years younger
for women and the same is true for men who have 150 to 350 orgasms a
year.
But the benefits don't stop there. Increasing sex from once a
month to once a week is the happiness equivalent of an additional
$50,000 in income for the typical American, Oz said on "GMA" today.
Yes, but most men would give up $50,000 of their income for sex with someone, anyone, once a week. If you think we're kidding, you obviously didn't hear about the two women selling their virginity for millions of dollars.
2) USA Today one-ups this report with one on statin-based drugs, which lower your cholesterol.
The greater the drop in cholesterol from
taking statin drugs, the more sexual pleasure is reduced, suggests a
study due Friday at the American Psychosomatic Society meeting in
Chicago.
This may be the first research to pit statins
against placebos to see how the blockbuster statins affect the ability
to have orgasms. Statins generated about $13.1 billion in sales last
year, according to IMS Health.
So, you'll have to weigh how much you want your cholesterol to drop versus how much you want enjoy sex? That's harsh.
Good news, though: if you stop-taking these life-saving drugs, your sex life will likely improve. The bad news is... something.
Via ABC and USA Today.
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