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10 Surprising Health Benefits of Sex

webmd.com — Sex does a body good in a number of ways, according to Davidson and other experts. The benefits aren't just anecdotal or hearsay -- each of these 10 health benefits of sex is backed by scientific scrutiny.

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  • rlray216, on 05/16/2008, -4/+30No surprises here on my part!
    • cutething, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Agreed. I thought this was common knowledge..?
    • skabyss, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Thats what i thought, this list is about as obvious as 'sex feels good'
  • Tomboys, on 05/16/2008, -0/+88No wonder I feel like ***** all the time. :)
    • synthoid, on 05/16/2008, -1/+1I flex my white trouser snake in my room every night after my parents are asleep. It's better than with a hot girl because I don't have to expose myself to someone else's bodily fluids.

      Sex alone > sex with someone else
  • chanop, on 05/16/2008, -6/+48I've been having tons of sex lately, and I feel wonderfull......wait....what do you mean I have syphilis...........
  • ColorBlind, on 05/16/2008, -0/+27Guess i'll be dying young
  • Intangible360, on 05/16/2008, -13/+7*Generic insult based on the article, targeting digg's user base*
    • Septimus, on 05/16/2008, -3/+3Good idea. Digg users - unhealthiest people on the planet.

      /in more ways than one usually.
    • LG27, on 09/24/2008, -0/+0if it relieves stress then i just need to be doing it all day everyday because i am pretty much a basket case
      http://www.bodytune.com
  • hustl3r, on 05/16/2008, -6/+26I never did quite understand why these kinds of articles get so many diggs. Not like many diggers actually take part in the activity often (if at all).
    • NJank, on 05/16/2008, -0/+7umm... because it has the word SEX in the title?
    • Intangible360, on 05/16/2008, -8/+3Sorry, beat you to the punch...
    • Hayaemsay, on 05/16/2008, -0/+8Niether do I, purely because it is the same crap we have heard all before spread over three pages for maximum ad revenue. I knew 8 out of 10 of these, and could have easily guessed the other 2. These aren't surprising and it's sad this article made the front page.
  • anshuman, on 05/16/2008, -3/+4well.. common, Not all ten were that suprising.
    • diceau, on 05/17/2008, -0/+1They were obvious. Not surprising at all ... unless you're a religious person.
  • wankelrotary, on 05/16/2008, -1/+75"Sex improves intimacy"

    What! You're kidding.
    • ninja0, on 05/16/2008, -3/+1Yeah, that is just astonishing! I couldn't believe it when I saw it! INCREDIBLE!
    • Tubilakken, on 05/16/2008, -3/+2NO man it's true
    • kamilmarkowicz, on 05/16/2008, -1/+2Intimacy
      Noun
      pl -cies
      1. close or warm friendship
      Intimacy != seeing people naked
      • Zaleucus, on 05/16/2008, -0/+5So, you were surprised that sex improves intimacy?
  • NJank, on 05/16/2008, -2/+26it was surprising the first time I got this email forwarded to me... back in 1996.
  • ElAssoWipo, on 05/16/2008, -1/+47It's ok, you don't have promote sex. We all already want it anyway.
  • MacDork, on 05/16/2008, -0/+19None of these are "surprising", surely?
    • saranagati, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1No they're not, and please quit calling me shirley.
  • 1807, on 05/16/2008, -0/+18I bet the article about 10 health bennifits of NOT having sex would get 2 times as many diggs
  • GOVATENT, on 05/16/2008, -0/+50how many times has a page about the "benefits" of sex been on digg?
  • skitle007, on 05/16/2008, -1/+9Does this count as self-help?
  • xEn1gma, on 05/16/2008, -1/+13If anyone is surprised by this, hold a girls hand once in a while.

    It's a step.
  • HubbertWins, on 05/16/2008, -3/+10They really should take into account the hassle and aggravation that is involved in dealing with women. It isn't as though sex is just flying around and randomly lands on us from time to time.
  • sheepster, on 05/16/2008, -3/+3Apparently i have a good chance of getting prostate cancer.
  • ninja0, on 05/16/2008, -1/+4I'm not entirely surprised.
  • CWise, on 05/16/2008, -1/+2
    Ron Jeremy must be healthy ...
    • torontoliam, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2Yet, clearly he's not...with the beer gut.
    • MysticSavage, on 05/16/2008, -0/+0He may be healthy, but the downside is he looks like Ron Jeremy.
  • dxgg, on 05/16/2008, -0/+10As if we really need any health benefits to have sex!
  • blinkatron, on 05/16/2008, -3/+27Now if only I had a girlfriend...
    *fwap fwap fwap*
    • Witchbaby, on 05/16/2008, -0/+6Ewww...
    • Pulch, on 05/16/2008, -0/+17We need an article about the benefits of said *fwap*ing. It would be more relatable.
    • akermani, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1wtf fwap? are you elmer fudd
    • moogleboi, on 05/17/2008, -0/+0Now if only I had a boyfriend...
      *fwap fwap fwap*
  • brianrj, on 05/16/2008, -4/+3WOW Holy crap I would have never known that it had all of these benefits! this must be a scientific breakthrough just like the fat cell breakthrough last week! My life has changed so much because of this article thank you for this astounding new information and making it available to the public!!!
  • TwoKings, on 05/16/2008, -5/+6I'll have to make sure my wife reads this. She always says that "she has a headache" to which I respond "you need some penis-cillin".....well #7 proves that I have been right for years.
  • maverickapollo, on 05/16/2008, -1/+5you could drop that pound in 21 hour-long sessions.

    I would drop after 21 hour long session as well....
  • philwalsh, on 05/16/2008, -1/+9How did an article about sex sneak through the Digg filter?!
  • CaptainM4d, on 05/16/2008, -5/+3[insert snotty comment about how I don't need any more reasons to have sex]
  • mentaldingo, on 05/16/2008, -1/+9Useless information to anyone here on digg.
  • teh_techie, on 05/16/2008, -2/+530 minute sessions? Riiight.
    1 HOURS SESSIONS? I don't remember the last time that was possible for me. Quite possibly never!
    • gryphon50, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1that usually only happens when people are 18...
      • VerticalEvent, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2... or 22.

        I actually hit that mark on a regular basis with my girlfriend.
        • winmywii, on 05/16/2008, -0/+5Do you keep a stop watch or something?
        • goldfishey, on 05/16/2008, -0/+5I don't think the napping part counts! ;)
        • VerticalEvent, on 05/16/2008, -0/+0winmywii: Well, we do like being kinky ;)
      • colto, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Same here. 30 minutes to an hour. But like mentioned above I'm 19 and she is 22 so we both have enough energy so to speak.
  • Sagecat, on 05/16/2008, -1/+4Wonderful! It is always good to hear that something that is a lot of fun to do is good for you. Really, I should go have sex with my wife right now... Well, maybe tomorrow when I'm in the mood.
  • hauntedchippy, on 05/16/2008, -0/+159 out of 10 of those also apply to masturbation. Try it, it's not half bad.
  • jhammonds, on 05/16/2008, -2/+1And you should have sex 200+ times a year...
    http://digg.com/health/How_Often_Should_You_Have_S ...
  • Hophead7, on 05/16/2008, -0/+6I have forwarded this to my wife... will not be getting any, healthier.
  • scott28w, on 05/16/2008, -1/+8Captain Obvious
    • WallnutBoy, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1You should know that Captain Obvious does like to point out things we already know quite frequently.
  • sergiodlopes, on 05/16/2008, -0/+8In other news...
    "Exercise can improve your sex life!"
    • debuggercll, on 05/16/2008, -0/+4Or is it "Sex can improve your exercise life!"
  • torontoliam, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3A few years back, I thought it would fix my sore back. It only made it worse. So I don't know about the pain relief one.
  • USCooper, on 05/16/2008, -3/+2Hopefully, anal has adverse effects.
  • Amazetbm, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3That's no surprising at all. It's just worded that way to catch your attention.
  • arcticsunrize, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2are you kidding? this is not news, and it is not new. This is yet another recycled story.
  • wiseasgandalf, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Uh, not that I don't want to be able to show this to my wife and say "See! See! Scientific Proof!", but this is a crappy science article just to draw in readers. It's a mix of small, poorly designed studies with pure conjecture. No one doubts that sex, like eating, sleeping, exercise, or anything else that the human body was designed to do, is a good thing, but this article doesn't offer much in the way of real research evidence.
    • debuggercll, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2Your wife wants scientific reasons for having sex with you?
  • edebolt, on 05/16/2008, -0/+5Smack that monkey and live long time
  • dddavid, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1I'm sorry, but I burn WAY more than 85 calories during half an hour of sex. Buried for inaccurate.
  • tomjm5000, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3Finally, a reason to have sex!

    // does that mean I should whack it more if I feel a cold coming on?

    // Also, a lot of this seems like faulty logic. Men who have sex more might have fewer heart attacks, but it might be that men in better shape are more likely to have sex.

    (Sorry, the new digg comment system just gives me too many chances to add in thoughts.
  • LaBella023, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2far from surprising...I've read those same 10 things a bajillion times already i think. do a new study. i need new reasons please.
  • iamtenninjas, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3I am more curious as to why every time this list gets posted on a different site, it gets posted everywhere on the internet, as though the list changed at all. I was actually hoping when seeing "surprising" in the title, they'd be things that weren't completely expected.

    I suppose everybody has to see it sometime, might as well post it a billion times everywhere so everybody knows that sex is good... in case they weren't sure?
  • burketo, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3nothing new here.... i've seen basically the same list 20 times. buried.
  • rjseals, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3And in other news the earth revolves around the sun.
  • fransencomsaliv, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1if you need to site an article like this in order to do it more, you need to find a new partner. buried for being worthless.
  • WickEd101, on 05/16/2008, -0/+0Cool! Yes, i read this in October 2005 when this was published, but cool!
  • wilfordsy, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Yes. Perfect topic for Digg users. Here's more for you guys.
    http://digg.com/health/Sex_Myths_vs_the_Facts_2
  • WickEd101, on 05/16/2008, -2/+0Worst. Ten List. Ever.
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