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5 Reasons you should have sex everyday

Sexual intercourse is something that youngsters hanker after. The urge to make love is at its apex during the teen years. As young adults, people get a license to have sex when they get married.

Then as time passes by, the libido decreases and sex, which was once a pleasurable experience, becomes a chore. But sex is an important activity and should not be shunned.

Making love adds spice and zing to life and enables people to remain connected emotionally. At the same time, it accords many other benefits. Here are some reasons that highlight the importance of having sex on a regular basis.

Helps Look Younger
Sex is the perfect antidote for ageing. People who make love regularly not only remain happy but also look younger. Research has established that sexual intercourse releases endorphins and boosts the production of vitamin D. This acts as a potent anti-aging agent.

Increases Immunity
Increased immunity is one of the biggest health benefits that having sex accords to a human being. The heightened immunity has been witnessed in both genders; males as well as females. Love making increases immune-boosting antibodies called immunoglobulin A, which in turn, wards off common infections.

Burns Calories
Diet control and an exercise regimen are often cited as means of shedding extra weight. Having sex is the third. Recent studies have established that having sex is as good as pumping iron in the gymnasium. Love making entails a total workout of the body as it involves muscular movement of the thighs, arms, shoulders and lower abdomen.

Emotional Bonding
Sex tends to enhance the emotional bonding of a couple. It is also a good means of relieving stress. For time-stressed individuals who find it difficult to spend quality time together during the day, the bedroom encounter is an ideal platform to express their feelings and vent their thoughts.

Better Sleep
Last but not the least, sex induces sleep. The physical exertion and release of hormones such as oxytocin and prolactin during orgasm promote sleep. So in addition to all the benefits, making love enables one enjoy blissful sleep.

Source: The med guru

Daily routines may influence sleep quality, quantity

Maintaining a consistent daily routine may be linked to better sleep, according to a small new study.

Young adults who went to work and ate dinner around the same time every day typically slept better and woke up fewer times during the night. They also fell asleep more quickly at bedtime.

Yet the exact time people performed daily activities—say, eating dinner at 6 p.m. versus 8 p.m. —had little bearing on how well they slept.

“For the majority of sleep outcomes, we found that completing activities at a regular time better predicted sleep outcomes than the actual time of day that activities were completed,” Natalie Dautovich, a psychologist at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, said. She led the study, which was published in the Journals of Gerontology: Series B.

“For example, people reported better sleep quality and fewer awakenings at night when they were consistent in the time they first went outside,” Dautovich told Reuters Health in an email.

On the other hand, for older adults, inconsistent daily schedules were sometimes linked with better sleep, the researchers found.

For instance, older people whose dinnertime varied tended to sleep longer at night. And those who started home activities or began work at different times each day fell asleep more quickly.

The study included 50 adults between the ages of 18 and 30 and another 50 between 60 and 95. Participants kept a diary of when they performed regular activities and how well they slept at night for two weeks.

Instead of opening the door to new recommendations or sleep treatments, the authors said the study best serves to create questions for future research.

Those questions include whether older adults who have more variation in their daily schedules are already healthier and more socially active—or whether it’s the variety in one’s everyday schedule that provides the activity and stimulation that help ensure good sleep, according to Dautovich.

“We know that good sleep at night is dependent in part on our drive to sleep, which is based on how active and alert we are during the day,” she said.

For that reason, being out and about during the day remains one of the best ways to maximize the chances of a solid night of shut-eye.

“Greater activity and levels of alertness during the day increase our need to sleep at night,” Dautovich said.

Source: GMA network