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Good old-fashioned sex can do more for your health than the latest wonder drug

By Marcia Kaye

Can you name the activity that can burn kilojoules, improve circulation , relieve pain, tone muscles, counter depression, make you look younger, use equipment you already own - and is absolutely free?

The answer: Sex.

Legal in most countries, nonfattening and requiring on membership fees, sex may be just what the doctor ordered, especially regular sex with a caring partner.

Kristina Towill, a psychologist who focuses on marital and sexual issues, says that while the physical act itself carries benefits, the milieu of a loving relationship multiplies those benefits many times over.

" Sex in the context of a relationship bolsters mental and emotional well-being for both men and women," says Towill. "Research shows that couples who are sexually active are happier than couples who aren't."

THE 20-MINUTE WORKOUT

Still, sex may be more of a physical workout than we once thought. Dr Jay Lee, a urologist with training in sexual medicine for men, women and couples, says, "We now say that for men, the energy expended during sex equates to a game of golf - carrying your own clubs."

And women? Some kilojoule-expenditure charts say that for a 66-kilojoule-expenditure chars say that for a 66 - kilo woman, 20 minutes of moderate sex burns about 0.4 kilojoules -more than a 20 - minute

Have sex during migraine and you could be literally feeling no pain

stroll or leisurely cycling, and about as much as a doubles tennis game.

Like any exercise, sex can increase breathing rates, strengthen muscles, boost circulation and improve cholesterol levels. It revs up the heart, and there's an increasingly strong correlation between sexual frequency and cardiac disease, says Dr Richard Casey, a urologist and editor of the Journal of Sexual & Reproductive Medicine.

A Welsh study followed some 900 men aged 45 to 59 for ten years. Compared to those who had two or more orgasms a week, those with far fewer orgasms had twice the death rate from cardiovascular disease and other causes.

YES, PLEASE, DARLING. I HAVE A HEADACHE

Have sex while suffering a migraine and you could literally be feeling no pain. An Illinois study found that of 58 subjects who has sex while suffering from a migraine, nearly half experienced complete or partial relief after having orgasm-inducing sex.

Other studies have found that sex can temporarily relieve menstrual cramps and arthritis pain. It seems it triggers an endorphin rush in the brain, which acts as a pain blocker.With migraines, the serotonin released during orgasm causes a constriction of the dilated blood vessels in the brain that were causing the migraine.

"The increase in endorphins lasts for one to three hours, " says Dr Lee.

THE REAL JOY OF SEX

Your don't need a study to tell you that sex with someone you love makes you feel better about yourself.

"You feel like, 'I may not make the centrefold of Playboy, but it's my body,and it works, " says sexual educator and counsellor Sue Johanson, Sex theirapist and author Sue McGarvie adds that with sex, you "feel more confident in your body and are less likely to have body image issues."

Enjoyable sex relieves workaday stresses. A woman whose husband is often away on business says, " I get antsy if he's away for a week, and it comes out as irritation and restlessness." Once her husband returns, the sexual release creates an immediate sense of well-being.

BALANCED HORMONES

Our bodies seem to like predictable patterns, such as regular mealtimes and bedtimes A series of US studies found that women who have sex at least once a week are more likely to have regular menstrual cycles, fewer infertility problems and an easier menopause than who either have irregular or no sex.

Regular sex for many months or even a year before conception could also lead to safer pregnancy. according to 2002 research from reproductive biologists at the University of Adelaide in Australia, this helps relax the mother's natural defences, reducing her risk of miscarriage or stillbirths.

Earlier studies of more than 1000 women in Guadeloupe found that those who'd had sex with the father for four months or less before becoming pregnant had a sevenfold increased risk of preeclampsia, a potentially fatal high blood pressure condition, compared to those who'd been having sex the the father for at least a your.

FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH

A satisfying sex life is rejuvenating in every way. "Regular sexual activity can counter or slow down age-related changes in women, " says psychologist Towill." It increases blood flow to the genitals and can prevent the tissues from losing elasticity or becoming dry."

You may look better too. A Scottish study reported that people who have sex at least three times a week within the context of a loving relationship look seven to 12 years younger that their chronological age.

A 55-year old woman whose partner told her that she looked younger after sex tested out his theory recently by looking in the mirror. " I couldn't believe it myself," she says." I looked 20 years younger. My eyes were brighter, my skin was smoother ,my whole being was perkier. The after glow is real."

A 2003 University of Calgary study found that sexual activity triggers the growth of new neurons in the brain. So far it's only in mice, but there are exciting implications of brain damage from stroke, Parkingson's or Alzheimer's.

THE ULTIMATE CONNECTION

"Sex is the glue that gives us the depth of emotional connection that we don't get any other way, "explains Towill. Couples who stop having sex often complain their relationship feels like that of roommates or siblings.

According to sex therapist Sue McGarvie, a British study reported that couples who volunteered to abstain from sex for three months all started to experience marital difficulties.

THERE'S NO QUESTION that good sex is good for .The challenge, says Dr Marjon Blouw, a family physician with a special interest in sexual medicine, is to make pleasurable sexual activity a priority.

" Maybe. " she muses, " I should start to write it on a prescription pad."

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