The health benefits of oh...oh...orgasms and sex


07.05.2009

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Lose weight

You don't have to be swinging off the chandeliers to burn calories - but the more energetic you are, the more benefits you'll see. A 30-minute sex session will burn around 100 calories or more - as well as tone up your stomach, bum and thighs. Sex also boosts production of the steroid hormone DHEA, which boosts fat metabolism. A study at Washington University School of Medicine found that women who were given DHEA supplements lost 10.2% of their body fat.

 

 

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