Frequent Sex Fights Dementia – Sex Increases Cognitive Abilities

Frequent sex fights dementia

A team of researchers from Coventry University, Britain, revealed that people who are more than 50 years old but still having frequent sex have a better cognitive function.  That means they are sharper, remember more, and remember more details about past memories.

For those of you in your 50s, before you book that appointment with your doctor because of early dementia signs, you should try some adventurous sex tonight (don’t postpone it! you may forget) to enjoy a healthy life without those annoying lapses.  You won’t know if it doesn’t work – but you will be happier, and that is part of the goal.

A team of researchers from Coventry University, Britain, revealed that people who are more than 50 years old but still have frequent sex have a better cognitive function. The team of experts surveyed roughly seven thousand (7,000) people across England between the ages of fifty (50) and eighty-nine (89).

The feel good hormones of oxytocin and dopamine

The study results revealed that this cognition improvement is as a result of oxytocin and dopamine (both hormones) during lovemaking. These hormones are connected to feelings of reward which promotes learning and memory.

According to the researchers, the study results are beneficial in healthcare settings for sexual counselling and maintaining your healthy sex life in old age will be pivotal in cognitive function improvement.

This was stated in a published paper in the Age and Ageing journal.  The study entailed playing out ten words to the participants and then asking them to recount the words immediately and again after five minutes. The participants were also tested with numbers; a sequence of numbers was handed to them with one missing number and they were required to complete the pattern.

The study result was clear. The men who had frequent sex scored twenty-three (23) % higher on word tests and three 3% higher on the number sequence pattern. The sexually active women also scored higher by fourteen 14% on word tests and two 2% higher on the number sequence tests. The gap increases when other factors are taken into consideration — factors like age, physical activity and wealth, etc.

We need more sex – not less

The corollary is true by default — less sex is not good for us.

The report stated that having frequent sex is very vital as humans, it doesn’t matter whether you are a young adult or already advanced in age. Frequent sex has benefits and is not necessarily negative.

Generally, sex improves one’s outlook on life. It also improves appetite to eat well. It also releases us for other important activities like workouts, line-dancing or Pilates.

So next time you catch yourself having those annoying lapses, don’t call the doctor, your salvation is under the sheets – Just ask your partner for more frequent sex and all will be better!