February 4, 2003 (idea)

Sex as a therapeutic activity?

Did you know that you can tell from the skin whether a person is sexually active or not?

• 1. Sex is a beauty treatment. Scientific tests find that when women make love they produce amounts of the hormone estrogen, which makes hair shine and skin smooth.
• 2. Gentle, relaxed lovemaking reduces your chances of suffering dermatitis, skin rashes and blemishes. The sweat produced cleanses the pores and makes your skin glow.
• 3. Lovemaking can burn up those calories you piled on during that romantic dinner.
• 4. Sex is one of the safest sports you can take up. It stretches and tones up just about every muscle in the body. It's more enjoyable than swimming 20 laps, and you don't need special sneakers!
• 5. Sex is an instant cure for mild depression. It releases endorphins into the bloodstream, producing a sense of euphoria and leaving you with a feeling of well-being.
• 6. The more sex you have, the more you will be offered. The sexually active body gives off greater quantities of chemicals called pheromones. These subtle sex perfumes drive the opposite sex crazy!
• 7. Sex is the safest tranquilizer in the world. IT IS 10 TIMES MORE EFFECTIVE THAN VALIUM.
• 8. Kissing each day will keep the dentist away. Kissing encourages saliva to wash food from the teeth and lowers the level of the acid that causes decay, preventing plaque build-up.
• 9. Sex actually relieves headaches. A lovemaking session can release the tension that restricts blood vessels in the brain.
• 10. A lot of lovemaking can unblock a stuffy nose. Sex is a natural antihistamine. It can help combat asthma and hay fever.

NOW, you can take these at face-value. In my personal experience numbers 4-10 are true. Being a male, I could not tell you whether number 1 is true, but I think that my girlfriend would say that it is so. I think that that's wy girls who get around alot have got larger breasts and.... Anyway... Try it as you see fit, and take it with a grain of salt. My girlfriend told me this,or at least I think that it was something like this....

Note: If you want me to delete this, and re-submit it as a w/u instead of a daylog, then /msg me. When I get 10-15, I will do so, dem_bones so allowing.

At dem_bones's request, I have gotten some "more solid" information on the topic, via a reference from a friend of mine, and some consultance of a medical dictionary. Summary below:

• Basic knowledge of oestrogenic effects and regulatory mechanisms are important to evaluate benefits and risks during clinical treatment. Sex effects on breast epithelial proliferations are studied in women and animal models. Altered secretion of cholecystokinin and other gastrointestinal peptides may be related to changes in appetite and weight gain. The interaction between sex and pituitary hormones are important for liver function and related to conditions like hypertension, arteriosclerosis, gall bladder disease, diabetes and hypercoagulability. Sex-induced hormones may often greatly reduce the risks of these diseases and conditions.