foodconsumer.org: Good health leads to more years of sex

Good health leads to more years of sex
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admin on 03/10/2010 00:44:00
 
It's a no-brainer that men and women who are in good health are more interested
in having sex.  But this is not just a common sense.  Now a study published on
bmj.com today has scientifically proved that people who are in good health are
almost twice as likely to be interested in sex compared to those in poor health.
Stacy Tessler Lindau and Natalia Gavrilova from the University of Chicago looked
at data from two studies and found men's sexual activity ends at 70 and women's
at 65.
At the age of 30, men are expected to be sexually active for next 35 years and
women are expected to engage in intercourse for the next 31 years.  At 55, men
are expected to have sex for next 15 years while women are expected to have sex
for next 10 years.
The findings suggest that men have longer sexually active life-expectancy, but
they lose more years of having sex because of poor health than women, the
researchers found.
For the study, Lindau and Gavrilova analyzed data from two studies one involving
3000 men and women aged 25 to 74 and another involving more than 3000 men and
women aged 57 to 85.
Participants reported their health statuses and the quality and frequency of
having sex.
Study results showed men are more likely than women to be sexually active,
report a good sex life and be interested in having sex than women.  Amazingly,
in the group aged 75 to 85, 40 percent of men are sexually active compared to 17
percent of women.
What does the study tell a man or a woman?  There is not much.  A health
observer cautioned that people should not be misled to believe that having sex
helps improve health.
Some previous studies associated good health with more frequent sexual activity.
 But the observer said that those studies could in no way prove that having sex
is a cause for good health.  If that is true, we need to dump all drugs and
start having sex no more than we could afford to.
Food consumers need to know though that in addition to the age factor, one thing
men and women can do is use a proper diet full of ingredients that can boost
sexual performance. This is particularly important for men because they are
“donors” and the inventory is small and needs re-stored after purged.
Read this article to learn what you can eat to boost your bedroom performance.
By Jimmy Downs