Stress and Sex

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This paper evaluates the correlation between stress and the role of sexual activity in the reduction of stress. It looks at how stress that is experienced in daily life has an adverse affect on people and that sex is a form of physical activity and can be beneficial to reducing it. It describes the physical effect of stress on the body and shows how the relationship between physical activity and sex helps for relaxation, relieves stress and produces endorphins, the body's natural pain relievers.

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"Researchers at Ohio State University (Heart Disease Weekly, 2002) tested how fast that triglycerides would clear out of the bloodstream of volunteers during a stress-inducing test compared with a session in which the volunteers rested. This study found evidence that short periods of psychological stress can cause the body to take longer to clear heart-damaging fats from the bloodstream. The results showed that stress caused triglycerides to stay in the bloodstream longer and suggest one reason why stress has been linked to heart disease."

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