1. Kick Your Insomnia

Move over sleeping pills! Sex does two things. Exertion acts as a tranquilizer, and hormones such as oxytocin and prolactin are released during orgasm. Both put you to sleep. No wonder most couples agree that the next best thing after a session between the sheets is a sound sleep.

2. Lower Your Blood Pressure

A Scottish study found that men and women who had plenty of sex coped well with stress and had lower blood ­pressure than those who abstained. Researchers at Brigham Young ­University in the US also linked frequent intercourse to lower blood pressure.

3. Brings You Closer To Your Partner

DUH! This was obvious, wasn't it?!

4. A Self-esteem Booster

One of the most important benefits, noted in a recent survey undertaken by the University of Texas, US, was that participants who had sex regularly felt more confident about their bodies.

5. It’s Fun

Enough said.

And to make it more fun, try flavoured condoms. They come in apple, banana, chocolate and vanilla flavours. If you're the one to feel embarassed to ask the chemist for it, then just go online and check the huge variety. 

6. The More Sex You Have, The Longer You’ll Probably Live

A study carried out in Australia found people who climaxed at least three times a week had a 50% lower chance of dying from any medical reason than those who only climaxed once a month.

7. It Makes You Look Younger

One study done by researchers at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital in Scotland found that people who were enjoying lots of sex with a steady partner — four times a week, on average — were perceived to be seven to 12 years younger than their actual age. Researchers looked at participants through one-way mirrors and guessed their ages; they found that the hormones released during regular sex, like testosterone and estrogen, keep the body looking young. For women, estrogen has also been shown to give us soft skin and shiny hair.

8. Ease Those Nasty Period Cramps

Many women say period pain diminishes if they do the deed during a cramp attack.

Why so? Well there's a theory to it. Muscle contraction which happens during orgasm relieves tension in the muscles of uterus – the ones that cause menstrual cramps – therefore easing the pain.

9. It Counts As Actual Exercise

But don't go hitting on the trainer already!

For those of us who don't exactly look forward to a trip to the gym, it’s comforting to know that sex counts as exercise. It’s been reported that an average session in the sack, depending on your weight of course, burns as much as 300 calories per hour. All the more reason to get it on as much as possible - and last an hour.

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10. It Fights Against Anxiety and Depression

If nothing else, sex takes you out of your own mind, to help reduce stress and relieve some of the pressures of everyday life. For those of you in committed, happy relationships, sex can let you escape your own mind as much as any other form of physical exercise.

11. It Heightens Your Senses

Studies have shown that sex increases the acuteness of senses like taste and smell, depending on how kinky you usually are.

12. For Guys: Reduced Risk of Prostate Cancer

According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, the more a man ejaculates, the lower his risk of getting prostate cancer. So by having sex with him, you’re really just doing his health a big favor, right?

13. It Helps Increase Flexibility

If yoga isn’t really your thing, tackling new and different sex positions can help increase your flexibility without you even noticing it.

There are a lot of people out there having sex randomly. It's time they did it for the right reasons.

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