Sex can stop a cold and diabetes?

I have found an interesting article on the newspaper and I want to share with you guys. However, this article is only for our knowledge and please don't make this article as a reason for you guys in doing sex.

1. Longer life
Sex is associated with good health and a longer life as a survey done by the American Association Of Retired Persons. Almost half of over-50s (44%) described their health as excellent or very good when they had intercourse at least once a week. Having sex in your 50s can slash the risk of prostate cancer. It could be due to dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) which floods the body during sex and surges on orgasm.
Bloodstream levels of this hormone are five times higher than normal when sexual pleasure peaks. DHEA has been shown to be beneficial in fighting reduced insulin response and middle-age spread.

2. Blood pressure
In the heat of the hump, sex increases blood pressure but in the long run it reduces it which can decrease the risk of stroke. A study done by Biological Psychology proved that regular sex lowers diastolic blood pressure. Satisfying sex also increases output of the chemical transmitter dopamine, which improves relaxation and counteracts stress hormones associated with hypertension.

3. Combats diabetes
The exercise and calorie burning benefits of sex help reduce Type 2 diabetes risk. A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that DHEA improves insulin action. It also combats central obesity.

4. Heart boost
Men who have sex less than once a month are twice as likely to have a fatal heart attack than men who make love at least twice a week. Sun GP Dr Carol Cooper says: “Sex is great for the cardiovascular system but how much you get out depends on how much effort you put in. Because it boosts circulation, sex increases the supply of oxygen to cells and stimulates the activity of various organs and systems within the body. Erectile dysfunction can also indicate cardiovascular problems.

5. Weight control
Sun fitness expert Nicki Waterman says: “Just 30 minutes of sex will burn around 200 calories, so if you have sex five days a week, that’s equivalent to two-and-a-half hours in the gym. For best results, women can hop on top because this will help firm their thighs and tone their belly.” An orgasm can burn 60-100 calories, 30 minutes of snogging will blitz 90 calories. And orgasms release both enkephalins and dopamine. These feel-good body chemicals help to reduce levels of the stress hormone cortisol which is associated with weight gain, particularly around the tummy. Women lost 10.2 per cent of their abdominal fat and men lost 7.4 per cent.

6. Self-defence
A healthy sex life will help keep colds at bay. Making love raises the levels of immunoglobulin A (IgA) which is the frontline of the body’s immune system, according to scientists at Wilkes University in Pennsylvania, US.

7. Banishes headaches
IT might be the most tried-and-tested excuse to avoid having sex, but it seems a headache can disappear after you have a good romp. Orgasms release oxytocin and endorphins, natural chemicals which reduce pain.

8. Heal thyself
Oxytocin — known as the bonding chemical is responsible for that warm glow that comes after good sex. It can also help heal wounds. Studies show that high levels of oxytocin damp down inflammation-causing chemicals and speed up healing by as much as 25 per cent.

9. Sleep tight
When oxytoxin is being released by satisfying sex, it acts as nature’s nightcap. Men are the most susceptible to this hormone which is why they generally fall asleep within two-to-five minutes after sex and women take 20-to-25 minutes to nod off.

Adapted from http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/health/health/article2367860.ece

MONEY

There was a man who worked all of his life and saved all of his money. He was a real miser when it came to his money. He loved money more than just about anything, and just before he died, he said to his wife, "Now listen, when I die, I want you to take all my money and place it in the casket with me. I wanna take my money to the afterlife."
So he got his wife to promise him with all her heart that when he died, she would put all the money in the casket with him.
Well, one day he died. He was stretched out in the casket, the wife was sitting there in black next to her closest friend. When they finished the ceremony, just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the wife said "Wait just a minute!"
She had a shoe box with her, she came over with the box and placed it in the casket. Then the undertakers locked the casket down and rolled it away. Her friend said, "I hope you weren't crazy enough to put all that money in the casket."
"Yes," the wife said, "I promised. I'm a good Christian, I can't lie. I promised him that I was going to put that money in that casket with him."
"You mean to tell me you put every cent of his money in the casket with him?"
"I sure did. I got it all together, put it into my account and I wrote him a check."

Real 911 calls

Situation 1

Dispatcher: 911 What is your emergency?

Caller: I heard what sounded like gunshots coming from the brown house on the corner.

Dispatcher: Do you have an address?

Caller: No, I have on a blouse and slacks, why?



Situation 2

Dispatcher: 911 What is your emergency?

Caller: Someone broke into my house and took a bite out of my ham and cheese sandwich.

Dispatcher: Excuse me?

Caller: I made a ham and cheese sandwich and left it on the kitchen table and when I came back from the bathroom, someone had taken a bite out of it.

Dispatcher: Was anything else taken?

Caller: No, but this has happened to me before and I'm sick and tired of it!



Situation 3

Dispatcher: 911

Caller: Yeah, I'm having trouble breathing. I'm all out of breath. Darn....I think I'm going to pass out.

Dispatcher: Sir, where are you calling from?

Caller: I'm at a pay phone. North and Foster.

Dispatcher: ! Sir, an ambulance is on the way. Are you an asthmatic?

Caller: No

Dispatcher: What were you doing before you started having trouble breathing?

Caller: Running from the Police.



Situation 4

Dispatcher: 911 What is the nature of your emergency?

Caller: I'm trying to reach nine eleven but my phone doesn't have an eleven on it.

Dispatcher: This is nine eleven.

Caller: I thought you just said it was nine-one-one

Dispatcher: Yes, ma'am nine-one-one and nine-eleven are the same thing.

Caller: Honey, I may be old, but I'm not stupid.



Situation 5

Dispatcher: 911 What's the nature of your emergency?

Caller: My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart

Dispatcher: Is this her first child?

Caller: No, you idiot! This is her husband!