You eat right, watch your weight and exercise daily. But there's one important step you may be forgetting – making love. Not only is it a lot of fun, it does a body good too. Find out how sex prolongs your life, helps your heart, keeps you happier and more.
“You relax, get calmer, disconnect from the worries of the day and it makes it easier to drift off,” she explains. 8. Sex can make you happier.
If just touching and hugging gets oxytocin flowing to your brain, orgasm makes it surge. That’s like being hooked up to happy drugs and explains why having sex can put us in a great mood and even guard against depression. Oxytocin, knows as the “bonding hormone,” makes moms fall in love with their newborns. It also makes us feel more connected to the person we’re making love to. According to an Arizona State University study, when women were sexual and affectionate with their partners, they felt better and were less stressed the following day. Which led to more sex.
“People need to love and be loved [sexually and nonsexually] by others. In the absence of these elements, many people become susceptible to loneliness, social anxiety and depression that could affect their working life,” says study author Nick Drydakis, an economics lecturer at Angila Ruskin University in Cambridge, England. So having an active sex life can make you happier, healthier and wealthier, the last of which can make you even happier. Visit Lifescript’s Sex and Relationship Center for more expert advice.
Wednesday, December 5, 2018