If you want to live a happy and healthy life, experts say you need to have sex more often than you think

A lot of sex can do a body good — both mentally and physically.Experts are advising people to keep having regular sex if they want to be happy — although it seems like not enough people are choosing that route.A survey conducted by sex toy company The Handy shared that nearly one in five people over the age of 18 are not doing the deed at all.Those statistics need to change because refraining from having sex for too long can actually cause depression and anxiety, experts say.“Suppressing sexual urges without alternative stress-relieving outlets can build up frustration and also aggravate anxiety or irritability,” Dr.

Sham Singh, a sexual health specialist and psychiatrist, explained to the Daily Mail In addition, the social shame — if you disclose your lack of sex life to your friends — is enough to cause a person to feel anxious, warned Singh.Sex is known to improve heart health, lower stress levels through the release of endorphins and boost sleep quality.So avoiding it completely could have the opposite effect.Singh explained that celibacy for both men and women can cause restlessness or tension — which can then potentially cause muscle tightness, trouble concentrating or hypersensitivity to touch.It doesn’t stop there.Sexually inactive people can also have lower energy levels and lack of appetite, explained Singh.To make matters even more alarming, a 2023 study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine found that women between 20 and 59 years of age who were getting frisky less than once a week had a much higher risk of early death.That might sound exaggerated, but the increased risk was due to elevated levels of a protein found in the studied women, which is linked to inflammation and, as a result, damages healthy tissues and organs.None of this is good news for Americans who are barely getting laid.

A recent study from NapLab revealed that the U.S.is getting it on as little as one time per month.To get even more nitty-gritty with stats, a...