The Best Natural Supplement: Regular Sex Keeps You Healthy

This episode examines research linking regular sexual activity to a range of physical and mental health benefits, while noting the limits of correlation versus causation and the role of overall health, depression, and relationship quality. Highlights include findings on menopause symptom relief, reduced depression, lower cardiovascular risk, stronger immunity, improved pelvic floor and bladder control, better sleep, cognitive benefits, and associations with longer life — and a reminder that relationship health and seeking help for issues like ED matter. Host Paul concludes that investing in a healthy marriage and regular, satisfying sex can be one of the simplest, most powerful ways to improve overall well-being. Sex can make menopause easier. Women who engaged in routine sexual activity experienced less vulvar pain, dryness, and irritation during everyday life. Sex can ward off depression. Sex can delay heart problems. Sex was positively related to later risk of cardiovascular events for men. For women, this was only true if the sex was good sex, meaning they felt satisfied by it. Men who had sex at least twice a week were 50 percent less likely to die of heart disease during a study compared with men who only engaged in sex once a month.  Sex can keep you from getting sick. Having sex once or twice a week significantly increases immunoglobulin A, an antibody in the mucosal membranes that is considered a first-line defence against infection. Sex improves bladder control. Sexually active women were significantly more likely to have a strong pelvic floor compared with those who were not sexually active. This helps prevent incontinence. Sex at bedtime results in better sleep. Sex improves brain health. Studies have shown sex provides various cognitive benefits for older folks. And last but not least, regular sex can result in a longer life. Multiple studies have found a correlation between an active sex life and a longer life.