It seems bizarre that making love could help your heart but Dr Lawrence Cunningham for Help & Advice tells Metro: ‘Sex is a form of exercise that can increase heart rate and improve circulation, similar to moderate-intensity workouts.
‘It can also help reduce stress levels, which is crucial for heart health, as chronic stress is a known risk factor for heart disease.
You don’t need a reason to strip off and have some mind-blowing sex, but if you want to feel even more satisfied at the finish line, you can get off on knowing you just reduced your risk of heart disease.
Men need to have sex HOW many times a year to prevent heart disease?
According to scientists, you’ll need to do the deed a whopping 103 times a year to see the greatest ‘protective effect’ for heart health.