An interesting new study indicates that women can have a longer life if they have sex more often because of the deed’s health benefits.
The said research was recently published in the Journal of Psychosexual Health and found that women from age 20 to 59 who rarely have sex less than once a week are at a 70% increased risk of all-cause mortality.
After examining data from 14,542 American adults over the age of 20 in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, researchers from Walden University in Minnesota came to the conclusion that women would benefit from having intimate relationships more frequently than once every seven days.
The study’s authors highlighted that sexual activity is crucial for overall cardiovascular health, potentially due to its effects on reducing heart rate variability and increasing blood flow.
Based on the study’s findings, it can be inferred that sexual activity, in its broadest sense, may help mitigate the loss of function associated with aging and disease progression. The researchers also found that depression, when combined with low sexual frequency, can result in a higher risk in mortality.
Lead author Dr. Srikanta Banerjee told Daily Mail, “Depression is something that leads to more increased mortality due to health outcomes. So perhaps sex is more effective because of the severity of how depression impacts females.”
While the deed can be beneficial for women, it appears to be the opposite for men.
Too much sex according to the researchers could increase the mortality risk for men by sixfold compared to women.
“This shows that sexual frequency interacts with gender to increase mortality,” they penned. “The implications are that by addressing sexual frequency, other health disparities can be more directly.”
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