Frequent Intercourse can delay the Erectile Dysfunction in your life.

Having intercourse more often may protect you from erectile dysfunction (ED). A study published in the July 2008 issue of The American Journal of Medicine reports that researchers have found that men who had intercourse more often were less likely to develop erectile dysfunction.

Analyzing a five-year study of 989 men aged 55 to 75 years from Pirkanmaa, Finland; the investigators observed that men who had intercourse less than once per week at baseline had twice the incidence of erectile dysfunction compared with those had intercourse once per week. Further, the risk of erectile dysfunction was inversely related to the frequency of intercourse.

Other factors that may affect the incidence of erectile dysfunction, such as age, chronic medical conditions (diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, cerebrovascular disease and depression), body mass index and smoking were included in the analysis of the data.

Erectile dysfunction incidence was 79 cases per 1000 in men who had sexual intercourse less than once per week, dropping to 32 cases per 1000 in men who had intercourse once per week and falling further to 16 per 1000 in those had intercourse 3 or more times per week.

In addition, the frequency of morning erections predicted the development of complete erectile dysfunction, with an approximate 2.5-fold risk among those with less than 1 morning erection per week compared with 2 to 3 morning erections per week

Frequent intercourse has an important role in preserving erectile function among elderly men, whereas morning erection does not exert a similar effect. Regular sexual activity decreases the incidence of erectile dysfunction in direct proportion to coital frequency.

The study clearly indicates that regular intercourse protects men from the development of erectile dysfunction, which may, in turn, impact general health and quality of life also. So as the conclusion the more you have good sex the more you stay healthy.