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Not just good, but good for you - Health - Sexual health - Sexploration. July 1 — To paraphrase a great old slogan for Guinness beer: Sex isn’t just good, it’s good for you! Okay, so maybe there’s some wishful thinking going on — the science isn’t exactly iron-clad — but evidence is accumulating that the more sex you have, the better off you are. There is one caveat, though. “We do not have good data to show a direct connection [to all-around good health]," says Jennifer Bass, the head of information services at the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction in Bloomington, Ind. "We know that healthier people have more sexual activity. And you dirty girrrls and Don Juans should know that the assumed health benefits of sex are generally thought to accrue to people in loving, monogamous relationships or those flying solo.

But while researchers try to nail down the impact on overall health, data is mounting when it comes to some specifics. 1. But wait, there’s more. I kid you not, ladies. 2. 3. No, I’m not making this up. See? 4. 5. 6. How Soft Porn Can Damage Your Life - Laura Drentea-Morgan. 10 Surprising Health Benefits of Sex. Sexual Health Home - Sexual Health Center. Sexual Health Home - Sexual Health Center. 10 Surprising Health Benefits of Sex. Near Daily Sex. Over the last couple of weeks, I have made a half a dozen tweets with the hashtag #NearDailySex (click for some of the tweets).

It’s been fun to see who is retweeting it (more women than men, BTW) and that a couple others made Tweets about this. But what does Near Daily Sex (NDS) mean? It means both of you are intentional about having sex most days.It means you are not rigid or legalistic about it – things happen, and some days it just won’t happen.It means a fairly wide definition of “sex”. What does “sex” mean? What has to happen to qualify as “sex” for Near Daily Sex? For the purpose of this discussion, let’s call it a couple sex act that results in climax for at least one spouse – and for both if they both want to climax.

The most important question is “Why?” Yes, NDS takes the pressure off the higher drive spouse. If you want to try Near Daily Sex, please understand you have to take the whole package, or an altered version that you and your spouse agree to. Tagged as: sexISgood. Porn Is Causing Performance Problems for Young Men. Is excessive porn use hurting men’s ability to perform in the bedroom? Recent research and expert opinions indicates that, indeed, it is. But this notion isn’t new. Religious leaders and experts, alike, have been sounding the alarm on porn use for quite a while. An Italian study conducted earlier this year is only one example of research that sheds light on the negative impact of pornography consumption — an issue that is often glazed over or looked at as a social “norm” with very little impact on its participants.

However, the Italian study, which surveyed 28,000 pornography users, found that many men may be suffering from “sexual anorexia.” For many of the men in the Italian study, regular consumption of porn began at age 14, with daily use in their mid-20s including violent images that they had become accustomed to. For their belief is that Web porn simply numbs men’s pleasure receptacles, desensitizing responses to the neurochemical dopamine.