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The Best Natural Supplement: Regular Sex Keeps You Healthy · Doing Marriage Well

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  Doing Marriage Well for July 22, 2026 The Best Natural Supplement Regular Sex
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  Keeps You Healthy There's a large body of evidence that says regular sex is
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  good for us in many ways, and this seems especially true as we get older.
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  Before we look at the findings, with links to the studies in the show notes,
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  let's address how research like this actually works.
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  The classic rule that correlation does not mean causation is always a consideration.
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  Some of the studies dealt with that, some did not.
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  Another issue is determining which is cause and which is effect.
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  Healthier people are generally going to have more sex than those with health issues.
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  Some of the studies controlled for that, some did not.
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  But the findings of these studies are important, even when we say healthier
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  people have more sex. It means having less sex may well signal a problem that we should deal with.
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  Some of the causes of ED are things that can kill a man. Going to get help with
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  ED could save a man's life.
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  Depression limits sex and increases deaths. Dealing with depression will lead
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  to both more sex and a longer life.
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  And an unhappy marriage hurts our sex life and our mental and physical health.
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  Working for a better marriage will improve all of those.
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  Some of the benefits found in these studies were seen no matter how one had an orgasm.
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  But some were only found when couples had sex. and for some,
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  the quality of the sex mattered.
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  Here's a quick look at some of the health benefits ascribed to sex.
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  Sex can make menopause easier. Women who engage in routine sexual activity experience
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  less vulvular pain, dryness, and irritation during everyday life.
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  Sex can ward off depression. Sex can delay heart problems. Sex was positively
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  related to later risk of cardiovascular events for men.
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  For women, this was only true if the sex was good sex, meaning they felt satisfied by it.
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  Men who had sex at least twice a week were 50% less likely to die of heart disease
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  during a study compared with men who only engaged in it once a month.
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  Sex can keep you from getting sick.
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  Having sex once or twice a week significantly increases imuglavin A,
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  an antibody in the mucosal membranes that is considered a first-blind defense against infection.
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  Sex improves bladder control. Sexually active women were significantly more
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  likely to have a strong pelvic floor compared with those who were not sexually
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  active. This helps prevent incontinence.
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  Sex at bedtime results in better sleep. Sex improves brain health.
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  Studies have shown sex provides various cognitive benefits for older adults.
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  And last but not least, regular sex can result in a longer life.
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  Multiple studies have found a correlation between an active sex life and a longer life.
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  If you could buy all those benefits in a supplement, everyone would want a bottle.
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  All it costs you to have those benefits is making time and energy for regular
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  sex and having a marriage that makes regular sex possible.
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  This is Paul, and doing sex well is doing life well.