| Navigation: Home > Conditions > You Are Here Benefits of Masturbation Related Links Erectile Dysfunction Caused by Diabetes Night Cramps --Why Your Legs Cramp At Night Men Who Prefer Masturbation The Color of Your Bowels--What It Says About Your Health Foods That Reduce Stress Yoga That Improves Erectile Performance Foods That Strengthen Erectile Performance Secret Equation Behind Successful Relationships Ten Signs He's Going to Leave You Toxins In Your Every Day Life and Disease Reverse Phone Look-Ups-Whose Number Is That? Magic of Making up-Get Your Ex Back By Sarah Ott and Robert Redman First, here are some facts. Over 95% of men and between 56 and 89% of women masturbate at some point in our lives. Masturbation is often our first introduction to sexual pleasure and self-soothing. Here are some of the benefits of masturbation, as established by research studies. Masturbation Lowers the Risk of Prostate Cancer 1.Masturbation protects against Prostate Cancer. Men who masturbate more than 5 times a week in their 20's are 33% less likely to develop the most aggressive form of prostate cancer later in life. A 2003 study by Graham Giles at the Cancer Council of Victoria in Melbourne Australia found that the ejaculate helps to "flush" or rid the male body of carcinogens. Article Continues Below. 2.Masturbation Tones The Penis. Masturbation appears to tone the penis by exercising the pubococcygeal (PC) muscle, commonly known as the "pelvic floor". The PC extends from the mons pubis to the anus. You use your PC to hold your water, preventing urination. Dr. Arnold Kegel a Californian obstetrician developed the "Kegel exercises in 1946 to prevent incontinence. Since then, Kegel exercises have been used to tighten the vagina after childbirth and to heighten sexual pleasure in both men and women. 3.Masturbation Relieves Stress. Masturbation releases serotonin, the "feel good" hormone which causes us to relax and feel better. 4.Masturbation Induces Restful Sleep. For many centuries, native cultures in Hawaii and elsewhere have used masturbation to induce sleep. Many urbanites throughout history have also discovered this natural sedative for inducing sound sleep. Why do you want to go to sleep after ejaculating from sex or masturbation? The answer lies in a powerful combination of chemical compounds released when you ejaculate from orgasm. According to New York University, when you ejaculate, your brain releases chemicals, including norepinephrine, serotonin, oxytocin, vasopressin, nitric oxide (NO), and the hormone prolactin. Prolactin is the hormone that makes you feel sexual satisfaction and delays when you can have another orgasm. Researchers believe that prolactin, and the chemicals oxytocin and vasopressin cause you to feel sleepy after sex. Because four times more prolactin is released after you have intercourse than when you masturbate, you will in fact feel even sleepier after sex with a partner than after you masturbate. Because masturbation is a practice that occurs in all cultures and throughout history, it can be thought of as one of the four keys to physical and emotional health: sleep, diet, exercise and sex. Each of the 4 must be in balance for you to achieve physical and emotional health. Too little or too much of any of the Big 4 sets up up for a health crisis. Research has shown that too little sleep leads to weight gain, too little good food and proper exercise leads to obesity which leads to heart disease, diabetes and erectile dysunction, too little sexual release leads to frustration and the build of seminal fluids which can raise the risk of prostate cancer. And therein lies the key. Balance. If masturbation becomes a means to escape from the harder job of developing a whole relationship with another human being, the imbalance leads to isolation, which is a pre-condition to many forms of mental illness and distress. So, enjoy, but keep your pursuit of The Solitary Pleasure in balance with your pursuit of better quality relationships, better quality diet (including foods which by the way improve erectile performance) and better quality sleep. Now, you know exactly1/2 of what you need to know about erectile health. Here are the other tips: Erectile Dysfunction is Linked to Diabetes/ Why Men Masturbate / Are Humans the Only Animals That Masturbate Other Related Links- Reverse Phone Look-Up--Whose Number Is That? Abdominal Strength Improves Sexual Performance (Do Six-Pack Abs Help in Bed? ) Magic of Making Up-Get Your Ex Back The Color of Your Bowels --What It Says About Your Health Night Cramps --Why Your Legs Cramp At Night Toxins in Your Every Day Life and Disease Ten Signs He's Going to Leave You Secret Equation Behind Successful Relationships Ten Reasons You Should Be Glad He's Gone Friends--How To Tell If You Have One Liar, Liar-How to Tell When Someone Is Lying Want to see more articles like this one? Register as Our Fan here-- it's free and easy. Members get first looks at articles. |
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