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Is masturbation good for you? While this topic can elicit sophomoric humor or discomfort for some, let’s be frank for a second: whether in the shower or in bed, the act of self pleasure is more than just fodder for an off-color joke. Masturbation can actually help improve your health!
While I should caution that there are some consequences of too much masturbation, both physically and mentally, there are also some great benefits, according to researchers. When you can’t make love with a partner, going solo provides some amazing remedies to some very common to more complex ailments. Check out how you could improve your own health on the next page!
Masturbation: The Remedy to Migraines, Cluster Headaches!
Migraine headaches affect nearly 28 million Americans, especially women, and can be a debilitating experience for sufferers. Cluster headaches, meanwhile, are more common in men and are difficult to combat, as the reason for these headaches is unknown. However, whether you are affected by one or another, the good news is relief is at hand.
M. Gotkine, I. Steiner, and I. Biran report in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry that a 47-year-old man who had been afflicted with cluster headaches since his teens found great relief from sex and masturbation:
More than a decade after discontinuing treatment, he consulted a neurologist and reported that over the years he had learnt that sexual intercourse and masturbation were linked with instant relief from the headache at the point of orgasm.
Stefan Evers, a neurologist and headache specialist at the University of Munster in Germany, confirms the release in endorphins from an orgasm can help keep headache pain at bay. According to CBS NEWS, Evers suggests a little self pleasure could do the trick when the stabbing, throbbing and warm pain of a headache arrives out of the blue.
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Sinus Relief is as Close As Your Bed!
Got that sniffling, sneezing and congestion that is the hallmark of the allergy and sinus sufferer? If you are prone to sinusitis, you might find a little alone time could do the trick. In fact, according to one researcher, sex and masturbation could keep you free and clear forever. Yes, forever!
In 2008, Sina Zarrintan reported in The Journal of Medical Hypotheses “with proper scheduling of masturbation and/or sexual intercourse a guy could keep his nose clear for the rest of his life”, according to Scientopia.
Zarrintan, a neurologist from the Tabriz Medical University in Iran, says the logic is “based on the fact that the nose and the genitals are both connected to the same part of the nervous system that controls certain reflexes – the sympathetic nervous system,” according to MedIndia:
Zarrintan reckons that a well-timed ejaculation, during which the sympathetic nervous system constricts blood vessels across the body, should soothe the swollen nasal blood vessels and, thereby, free the airway for normal breathing.
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Fight Prostate Cancer by Clearin’ The Pipes!
Now before you guys run off for some alone time, this one comes with a caveat! According to Polyxeni Dimitropoulou, PhD; Rosalind Eeles, PhD, FRCP; and Kenneth R. Muir, PhD, of the University of Knottingham, in the UK, frequent masturbation can cut your prostate cancer risk for men aged 50 and over. However, frequent masturbation–as much as 2 to 7 times per week–can increase your risk of prostate cancer 79 percent if you are aged 20-30, according to WebMD.
But, don’t freak out if you’re a younger guy who has been grabbing life by the horn, so to speak! WebMD reports the doctors think the increased risk is genetic, and not related necessarily to the frequency of your masturbation habits:
They suggest that young men genetically predisposed to have hormone-sensitive prostate cancer will be at higher risk if their bodies naturally produce high levels of male hormones — the same hormones that give them an intense sex drive.
So it’s not masturbation itself that’s increasing prostate cancer risk in young men. More masturbation may just mean more sex drive — and more androgens bathing prostate tissues.
Sexual intercourse did not have any affect on prostate cancer risk, the doctors said.
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Masturbation Relieves Stress and Fights All the Ailments That Come With It!
Likely surprising to no one, masturbation to completion is a great way to combat stress. According to sex therapist Cay L. Crow, masturbation presents no harm, is completely safe solo and with a partner in the prevention of disease, and actually brings with it a number of health benefits, according to The Ranger:
“Masturbation, in fact, releases chemicals to your brain and gets the circulation going. It also helps to oxygenate the blood,” Crow said. “Sexuality is really one of those things that can throw you for a loop. Be comfortable in your own skin and with your sexuality.”
MindBodyGreen reports reducing stress is good for overall general health, and can help you prevent everything from the common cold to heart disease.
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Shake Your Fist at Depression!
Want to ward off the blues? Masturbation can serve as a great way to brush off depression hand over fist naturally, without the use of prescription medication, researchers say. F.C. Denison, V.E. Grant, A.A. Calder, and R.W. Calder report masturbation leads to the release of serotonin and dopamine, both of which fight depression.
Their research, which was conducted at UK’s University of Edinburgh, Centre for Reproductive Biology, appears in “Seminal plasma components stimulate interleukin-8 and interleukin-10 release.”
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Masturbation Solves Performance Issues, Premature Ejaculation
Want to last longer in bed? Masturbating before you get down and dirty with your partner can not only help curb performance issues in the bedroom, but can also help you prolong your sexual intercourse.
According to Men’s Health, learning to prolong your masturbation can make you a hot commodity when you get down to smashin’ it by helping you to last longer. Also, masturbating to completion (meaning, ejaculation) before a date begins ensures you aren’t a minute man. When the featured presentation begins, you can hit it longer and harder than if you went full force with a loaded gun.
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Masturbation May Help Curb Erectile Dysfunction
Erectile dysfunction can strike any man at any time, even younger men in their twenties! But, if you don’t use it, you’re gonna lose it! In 2008, researchers caused a stir in the medical community when they concluded just that, according to WedMD:
The study, published in the July 2008 issue of the American Journal of Medicine, tracked 989 men in their 50s, 60s, and 70s for five years. It showed that men who reported having sexual intercourse less than once a week were twice as likely to develop ED. The less frequent the sex, the greater the risk for ED.
While the study did not focus on masturbation’s benefit for ED patients, both “seem to protect nerve fibers and blood vessels responsible for erectile function,” Juha Koskimaki, MD, PhD, a urologist at Tampere University Hospital in Tampere, Finland, and one of the authors of the study, told WebMD.
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Masturbation May Reveal Your Heart Disease Risk!
One of the final benefits of masturbation is the foreshadowing it may reveal about your heart health. According to research found in the International Society for Sexual Medicine, men who cannot maintain an erection during masturbation may be at risk for heart disease down the road, Men’s Health reports.
According to their report:
…[T]he researchers found that those who went limp were more likely to have an increased cardiovascular risk, a reduction in sex drive, and fewer sleep-related erections.
If something seems up…when you are getting it up, talk to your doctor.
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Masturbation Can Lead to Better Sleep!
Need to catch some ZZZs? Whether you are male or female, masturbation can be a great sleep aid by lowering your blood pressure and releasing the endorphins you need to enter into deeper rest.
Registered sex therapist Judith Golden tells Canada’s Best Health Magazine that sweet relief for those who struggle for slumber might be as close as, well, yourself:
“…masturbation is a good sleeping pill,” says Golden. “It is relied on by many as a nightly occurrence.” Well, there’s no denying that it sounds more appealing than a glass of warm milk. Sweet dreams.
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