Lionel Richie has turn out to be the newest celeb to talk overtly about intercourse, following the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow and Rachel Bilson.
Christina Aguilera even spoke out about how she felt swallowing sperm was good for her well being. Pretty.
Now, the 73-year-old Infinite Love singer has brought about extra waves by suggesting that the key to his youthful look is intercourse, not surgical procedure.
Sure, you learn that proper, Lionel has tell us that he’s nonetheless very a lot energetic within the bed room.
‘[Plastic surgery] locks you in for that 12 months [while you recover] – and after you can’t go naturally, you’re staying proper there… You attempt to return to reset, and you’ll’t,’ he mentioned, including: ‘[And] that s*** goes fallacious!’ he instructed DailyMail.com.
When requested how he takes care of his well being on the Hollywood Magnificence Awards, he added: ‘Water, sleep, and sweat, not an excessive amount of crimson meat. I do know it’s actual boring. [Sex] will work additionally and it’s good to your coronary heart.’
Dr Danae Maragouthakis from Yoxly, an Oxford-based sexual well being start-up , tells Metro.co.uk that Lionel may be on to one thing.
‘Good on him! It’s nice that he’s staying energetic – all evening lengthy and all life lengthy,’ she says.
Dr Maragouthakis factors out: ‘Intercourse can have numerous optimistic results on bodily and psychological well being, which can not directly affect the ageing course of, making individuals really feel higher (and youthful)!’
Dr Maragouthakis does level out, nevertheless, that ‘intercourse or intercourse at a particular frequency has not been scientifically confirmed to have an effect on the speed at which the physique ages’.
However this doesn’t imply it doesn’t have some notable advantages.
‘Intercourse can contain bodily exertion, which can present some advantages much like train,’ she says.
‘Common bodily exercise helps enhance blood circulation, improve muscle tone, and promote a wholesome complexion, probably contributing to a younger look.
‘Nonetheless, the consequences of intercourse on ageing are more likely to be delicate and may fluctuate amongst people.
‘Ageing is a posh course of influenced by numerous issues, together with genetics, life-style decisions, total well being, and environmental components.’
In terms of intercourse being good to your coronary heart well being particularly, Dr Maragouthakis says that, usually talking, sure intercourse is sweet to your coronary heart.
‘It’s a bodily exercise (growing your coronary heart fee, respiration fee, and blood stream) that promotes emotions of well-being, reduces stress, and improves high quality of life,’ she says.
‘Nonetheless, it’s price noting {that a} scientific paper from 2016 concluded that “having intercourse as soon as every week or extra places older males at a danger for experiencing heart problems occasions that’s nearly two instances larger than older males who’re sexually inactive”.’
Principally, intercourse is positively associated to later danger of cardiovascular occasions for males however not ladies.
‘Even for these with coronary heart illness, intercourse can nonetheless be secure – supplied that their illness is secure and that they’re not experiencing signs (e.g. chest ache, shortness of breath, nausea, or irregular heartbeat),’ she provides.
‘In the event that they’re capable of comfortably climb stairs or simply stroll a mile, then it ought to be secure for them to have intercourse. Nonetheless, if there’s any doubt, or they’re experiencing signs, they need to communicate with their healthcare supplier.’
Dr Maragouthakis goes on to say that your coronary heart and appears aren’t the one issues that intercourse positively impacts. It may well cut back stress, anxiousness and ache and enhance sleep, temper, health and leisure in addition to your total high quality of life.
She says: ‘Intercourse triggers the discharge of sure “feel-good” substances, like oxytocin (aka the “love hormone,” which is related to emotions of bonding, belief, and wellbeing) and endorphins (neurotransmitters related to emotions of calmness and contentment), which may counteract or decrease the degrees of stress hormones (like cortisol or adrenaline).’
It may well additionally ‘induce a state of leisure and arousal, resulting in a lower in muscle rigidity’. All this helps with improved sleep.
Along with oxytocin, intercourse also can help manufacturing of prolactin (a hormone that may induce REM sleep), which is related to additional emotions of leisure and sleepiness.
Lastly, the place decreasing ache and bettering high quality of life is worried, she says: ‘Intercourse can set off the discharge of endorphins. Endorphins are naturally occurring chemical compounds within the mind that assist cut back the notion of ache and promote emotions of delight and wellbeing.
‘Sexual activity is a method that people are capable of join and domesticate intimacy, each of which, together with sexual satisfaction, contribute to high quality of life.’
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Originally posted 2023-05-11 19:50:15.