Orgasm Your Way to Longevity

Having a sex life is not compulsory! The point is though, it is life enhancing.

If you both feel happy not to continue with your sex life, that is fine, there are plenty of effective ways to still feel and know love intimately with your partner.  But equally, if you are a couple that have an enjoyable sex life then go for it.  Sex is not just for the young and beautiful, ( or is that The Bold and the Beautiful?), it is for all of us as we grow older and head into the latter years.

There is still a stereotype that people aged over a certain age sit around in lazy-boy chairs and need a cane to get around.  This is simply not true. Those working in Aged Care would be able to tell you different!! And why is it that most sexual information on anyone over 70 is all about their sexual problems rather than their sexual satisfaction?

Those of us in our sixties today grew up in a more sexually liberated time, we were the love generation, the flower children.  We were the ones that set about liberating all things sexual and were advocates of 'free love' and 'making love not war'.  Wouldn't you know it, we are now heading towards the seventh decade of life on the planet.

I am so glad to have friends in their seventies that lead active sex lives and flourish because of it. Thank goodness for the studies that claim frequent love making is life enhancing, and that those who experience exquisite sexual interaction have not only great health, but actually appear to be younger looking than their age would otherwise have you think.  I would also go as far to say that most 'elderly' people I know personally,  consider sexual activity and subsequent associated feelings a natural part of their life. Good to know!

Sex although an important and positive part of our lives, is certainly not all about penetrative sex as there are other types of sexual activity which might be favoured by couples and older people. We all have our own sexual appetite and rhythm and as the decades pass our libido changes not only sexually but emotionally as well. Our commitment to communicating with our significant other and maintaining intimacy is what moulds the sacredness of any relationship and enables us to dovetail sexually in harmony.

Sex is  believed to be an elixir for longevity.  As I have explained in other writings orgasm releases oxytocins.  Often dubbed as the love hormone, oxytocin triggers energy, relaxation and fulfilment.
During sex the brain produces and releases serotonin as well as dopamine.  These are known as the euphoria chemicals which is what gives you the feeling of immense pleasure.  That pleasure, in turn, liberates the hormone, endorphin.  There you have it.  This impressive line up of natural chemicals and hormones along with the stimulation of the heart rate, the pumping of the lungs has you burning calories and, well... is it any wonder sexual activity reinvigorates your entire body, not to mention your taste for life.  Carpe Diem!