{"id":2060,"date":"2017-05-22T02:26:51","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T07:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/?p=2060"},"modified":"2023-11-27T01:14:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T06:44:23","slug":"9-health-benefits-of-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/9-health-benefits-of-sex\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Health Benefits of Sex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2071 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Couple-in-bed4.jpeg?resize=640%2C461&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Benefits of Sex\" width=\"640\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Couple-in-bed4.jpeg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Couple-in-bed4.jpeg?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are multiple benefits (both physical and psychological) to engaging in sex. These benefits include the obvious (e.g., creating human life, deepening intimacy between a couple) as well as the less obvious. According to scientific research, sex is a positive activity for many reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the benefits of sex include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improved immunity (although of course, other activities can also do this).<\/li>\n<li>Heart health and lower blood pressure (conversely, high blood pressure in men can make sex more difficult).<\/li>\n<li>Pain relief through the release of endorphins.<\/li>\n<li>There is also a link to a reduced risk of prostate cancer in men,<\/li>\n<li>Improved ability to fall and stay asleep.<\/li>\n<li>Relief from stress.<\/li>\n<li>It may even improve memory retention- although just thinking about sex can have an impact on brain activity.<\/li>\n<li>Sex may increase one&#8217;s longevity.<\/li>\n<li>May help raise one&#8217;s\u00a0self-esteem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are some, although not all, of the possible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/7-great-health-benefits-of-having-sex\/\">benefits of sex<\/a> according to multiple scientific studies.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/316954.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ten health benefits of sex<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are multiple benefits (both physical and psychological) to engaging in sex. These benefits include the obvious (e.g., creating human life, deepening intimacy between a couple) as well as the less obvious. According to scientific research, sex is a positive activity for many reasons. Some of the benefits of sex include: Improved immunity (although of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2060","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sexual-health-2","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draroras.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}