Sexual activity does more for you than give you pleasure. Sexual activity helps heal physical problems and can make you feel better. Here are five ways that sexual activity helps a woman’s body.
1. Are you overweight and hate dieting? Curbs and sexual burns
Sex can help control your appetite. In addition to releasing endorphins in the brain, sexual activity also triggers the production of phenethylamine, an amphetamine secreted by the body that researchers say plays a role in regulating appetite. Of course, sexual stimulation is not a substitute for proper nutrition, but pleasure seems to help curb food cravings and sex burns calories. Actually, sex burns more calories per minute than playing tennis.
2. Do you have a headache? Try sex instead of pills
Sex can help more than a pill. The pleasure that sexual climax brings is the result of a rush of endorphins in the brain. These happy endorphins flood the brain and effectively soothe headaches.
3. Insomnia Restlessness? Sex is a natural cure
Sex is better than a pill for insomnia. The best thing to do after untangling yourself from a loving embrace is, of course, to relax into natural sleep. The combined energy of sex and relaxation that orgasm brings is a perfect substitute for sleeping pills. Instead of grabbing a bottle of pills, look for the man lying in bed next to you or your favorite toy. Sex gives you the natural solution to insomnia.
4. Do you suffer from cramps? Sex regulates periods
Sex helps regulate the endocrine system. An endocrinologist, Dr. Winnifred Cutler, reported that women who have sex at least once a week are more likely to have normal menstrual cycles and higher levels of estrogen in the blood. In addition to regulating your periods, healthy estrogen levels help keep your cardiovascular system in shape, fight cholesterol, and even keep skin plump.
5. Too much stress? Sex flushes tension
Sex helps release accumulated tensions caused by stressful jobs and relationships. The brain uses the chemicals of orgasmic pleasure to cleanse the body of harmful stress-based chemicals. Who wouldn’t want a rush of pleasure to replace knotted shoulders and pain in the stomach that feels like you’re eating from the inside out?
These are just five ways that sexual activity helps women. Research has shown that frequent sexual intercourse and orgasms help women’s overall well-being, health, and happiness.