2. More sex means living longer, says science. One doc claims it can add up to eight years to your life.

3. Sex, even as little as once or twice a week, also increases immunoglobulin levels; the stuff in your blood that fights infection and disease, as much as 30 percent higher than in those who abstain.

4. “It is just after orgasm that the intense pelvic vasocongestion resulting from sexual excitement quickly disappears.

If orgasm is not attained, this vasodilation takes much longer to disappear, a fact that, in women, may cause painful phenomena due to the persistent engorgement of the inner genitals.”

5. Masturbation can burn up the calories, as well. You can lose between 100-150 calories for each act of masturbation, according to the Young People’s Reproductive and Sexual Health & Rights Organization.

6. You can raise that amount to around 300 calories, through a 5-minute vigorous masturbation session, according to Japanese scientist Dr. Shukan Tokuho.

7. “The average lovemaking session burns between 50 and 100 calories. Having sex 3 times a week burns 7500 calories per year.

That’s the equivalent of jogging 75 miles. The more intense the sex, the more calories are burned: up to 15,000 calories annually (at a frequency of 3 times weekly). 15,000 calories equals over 4 pounds of weight loss per year!”

8. Oxytocin is a powerful hormone released by men and women during orgasm. Consider some of the research on this important hormone:

• Oxytocin increases sexual receptivity and counteracts impotence. (Pedersen, C.A., 2002), (Arletti, 1997)

• Oxytocin reduces cravings for sweets. (Billings, 2006)

• Oxytocin calms. A single rat injected with oxytocin has a calming effect on a cage full of anxious rats. (Agren, 2002)

• Oxytocin counteracts the effects of cortisol, the stress hormone. (Legros, 2003) Less stress means increased immunity and faster recovery.

9. Sexual activity is often encouraged to cure headaches and menstrual cramps, as the release of endorphins can increase pain tolerance by as much as 70%.

10. During sexual stimulation, the production of the chemical phenetylamine (known to curb the appetite) increases.

11. Serotonin levels in the brain become elevated during sexual activity and can promote a sense of well being that has a calming effect on cravings, such as those for junk food or cigarettes.

12. Right before sexual climax, the level of DHEA in the body spikes to several times its normal level. DHEA is a natural steroid hormone known to:

• Improve brain function.

• Improve performance in the cardiovascular system.

• Increase fat metabolism.

• Boost the immune system, and promote healthy-looking skin.

13. The hormone estrogen is also released when the body achieves orgasm. More estrogen means healthier cardiovascular system, lower bad cholesterol, and suppler skin.

14. Regular sexual activity can also regulate a woman’s menstrual cycle.

15. A psychological study done at Wilkes University in Pennsylvania showed that students who engaged in regular sexual activity had one third higher levels of immunoglobin A, an antibody that boosts the immune system and can help fight colds and flu.

Achieving orgasm on a regular basis can boost infection-fighting cells up to 20%.

16. The deep breathing and elevated heart rate that occurs during arousal and orgasm causes more oxygen to circulate throughout the body, a process that keeps organs and tissues healthy.

17. Orgasms improve a woman’s chances of conception because the vagina and the contracting uterus cause increased blood flow to the pelvis. This helps the sperm fertilize the egg.

18. Tantric Therapy; Orgasms that last at least 20 minutes can alleviate clinical depression completely.

19. Sex boosts our body’s sense of smell.

20. After the orgasm, a rise of the hormone prolactin occurs inside your body. This chemical makes the brain’s stem cells to grow new neurons in the olfactory bulb, where smell is formed, increasing your olfactory abilities.

21. A sex session can burn as many calories as running 15 minutes on a treadmill.

22. After-Glow: During sex, the body perspires, which helps flush out toxins and releases skin-nourishing oils.

23. Absorbing semen vaginally or orally is a health booster. It gives a shot of zinc, calcium, potassium, fructose, and proteins—a veritable cornucopia of vitality!

24. A recent study found that women who gave their men oral sex, and swallowed, had a lower risk of preeclampsia, the dangerously high blood pressure that sometimes accompanies pregnancy.

25. High ejaculation frequency is related to decreased risk of total prostate cancer.

26. Sex can be rejuvenating and helps wounds heal faster.

Several experiments have shown that oxytocin can help even stubborn sores, like those suffered by diabetics, to heal by regenerating certain cells.

27. After studying 3,500 men and women, Dr. Weeks concluded that people who had one or two orgasms a week looked around

10 years younger than those who didn’t.

28. Fetuses have been monitored masturbating in utero, meaning that sexual pleasure (and orgasm) is a natural and innate part of who we are and how we feel good.

Not feeling guilty about taking the time to take care of you is natural, too.

29. Having a vaginal orgasm does more than just put a little pep in your step. It actually causes you to walk differently, with a longer stride and a greater pelvic rotation.

30. Cervical infections can be reduced with frequent clitoral stimulation.

31. It’s totally natural. Female porcupines have been witnessed using wooden sticks to masturbate.

32. Performance anxiety is believed to be the most common cause of orgasm problems. 90 percent of orgasm problems appear to be psychological in nature.

33. That warm, sexy rush you feel during foreplay is the result of blood heading straight to your vagina and clitoris.

34. A recent small-scale study at the Netherlands’ University of Groningen found that areas involving fear and emotion are actually deactivated during orgasm.

35. Oral sex is NOT foreplay -it’s COREPLAY as Kerner coined the term and it’s necessary.

Clitoral stimulus is the #1 path to successful orgasm.

36. It’s been hypothesized that having an orgasm and releasing that tide of oxytocin is a woman’s subconscious way of approving of her partner as a potential dad.

37. Evidence suggests that the more thoroughly you sexually satiate yourself—that is, the more intense or numerous your orgasms—the more acute the overall effects on you.

38. Studies are showing that as sexual activity goes up, the risk of breast cancer goes down.

39. “Functional MRI images show that women’s brains utilize much more oxygen during orgasm than usual, similar to the effects of exercise,” says Barry Komisaruk, PhD, coauthor of The Science of Orgasm.

“In other words, the brain is being nourished,” which helps keep your mind sharp.

40. Not only does sexual stimulation kind of bathe you in a sexy glow — if you’re having that much sex, it’s going to be on your mind more, and that shows on your face and in your movements — but it also becomes this fabulous self-fulfilling prophecy.

41. The mixed effort of sex and relaxation brought by orgasm is the ideal replacement for any sleeping tablet.

42. The mind uses the orgasm to discharge the tensions out of the system and replace them with a relaxed body state.

43. Women do not have a refractory period. They can be sexually aroused immediately after orgasm.

44. Many women are capable of multiple orgasms. The most female orgasms recorded by doctors, William Hartman and Marilyn Fithian, were 134 within a single hour. That is a little over two orgasms per minute. Interestingly, it has also been noted that some women are capable of multiple orgasms even during such seemingly mundane activities as stroking their eyebrow, rubbing their knee, thinking (about an orgasm), or brushing their teeth. Hmmm…

45. People who have meaningless sex or sex with out honest feelings report less intense orgasms and more problems achieving them – this translates in to a simple message, have meaningful sex with the one you love.

46. The famous sex researcher Dr. Alfred Kinsey once said that an orgasm “can be likened to the crescendo, climax, and sudden stillness achieved by an orchestra of human emotions … an explosion of tensions, and to sneezing”.

47. Dr. Gert Holstege stated that the brain during an orgasm looks much like the brain of a person on heroin.

48. One of the big shocks of the 20th century was that our nations sex symbol, Marilyn Monroe, claimed she never achieved orgasm by any of her famous lovers (John F. Kennedy, Frank Sinatra, Joe DiMaggio, etc.).

It wasn’t until shortly before her death (age 36) she told her psychiatrist, Dr. Ralph Greenson, “Bless you doctor—all the years I had never had one. What wasted years. How can I describe to you, a man, what it feels like to a woman? Think of a light switch with a rheostat control. As you begin to turn it on, the bulb begins to get bright, then brighter, and brighter and finally in a blinding flash is fully lit. It is so good…” Yeah, we know Marilyn.

49. For most men, anytime is a good time for an orgasm, but for women, there are certain times that are better than others. It has been found the best time for her (pleasure wise), is during her menstrual period. This is unfortunately when many women (and some men) are uncomfortable with having sex.

The reason orgasms are better during this time, is the increase in blood circulation around the groin area.

50. Even if sex lasts for 4.5 minutes (the average duration), the body burns off the same amount of calories as during 15 minutes of jogging.

51. The twitching of the glottis and bronchi gives a powerful wholesome effect: women who scream during sex rarely suffer from lung diseases – bronchitis and pneumonia.

52. Orgasms cause mini-cramps, thus all the congested cavities get cleaned. For example, pathogens that cause inflammation in the uterus pouch are eliminated.

53. The stimulant phenylethylamine (PEA) is involved in orgasm, which is also present in cocoa and chocolate and elevates energy, mood and attention.

PEA is produced in greater amounts when one is in love.

54. The hormone released during orgasm, Oxytocin; facilitates learning. Excessive college copulation has benefits.

55. Orgasm is the biggest non-chemical blast of dopamine available to us.