“How many orgasms a month, doctor?” At least 20 is the right number for good male health

“How many times, Doctor, should I have an ejaculation?” Rhetorical question, according to men the answer could be “as often as possible”. How to blame them? Orgasm is not just pleasure, but in man ejaculation also has a health promoting functionfavoring the sperm replacement.

«It is one of the most frequent questions that patients ask me, second only to those on fertility – explains Professor Salvatore Sansalonespecialist in Andrology and Urology, based in Rome – Although there is obviously no scientifically defined ideal number of times a day, a week or a month, what we do know is that frequent ejaculation is good for fertility and the prostate, a lot from decrease the risk of developing cancer. To give a rough indication, we can say that a correct ‘replacement’ of the cells is obtained with an ejaculation every two days, but that 20 a month is even better, as established in a research recently presented at the European Congress of Urology ».

So is a good frequency enough to avert the oncological risk? “Like all prevention strategies, the answer is no. Decreasing the risk does not mean eliminating it entirely. However, regular sexual intercourse and masturbation are a practice that, in addition to pleasure, is good for health. Some researchers conducted interviews on the sexual behaviors of a group of 32,000 males which were then compared with the incidence of prostate cancer in the following years (between 1992 and 2010), in order to define an indicative number, established in about twenty a month ».

Whether orgasm is achieved in sexual intercourse or withself-eroticism it does not change, so even those who do not have a permanent partner and do not want to have casual intercourse need not fear. The benefits are not limited to the prostate, but extend to making fertility available “fresher” seed and therefore less damaged for a possible pregnancy without jeopardizing the number: a healthy adult male produces about 1500 spermatozoa per second for an average quantity of 5 million for each ejaculation.

There chastity not to worry: the spermatozoa of men who do not have ejaculations are periodically eliminated to make room for new gametes. And beware, the frequency it would have no direct relationship to circulating testosterone levels or cravings: more often doesn’t mean better, at least not in that sense, and less doesn’t mean you don’t need it anymore.

«To explain the ‘timing’ of production we can say that when one is prescribed spermiogrampreparation for harvesting in the laboratory is done 3 days later the last sexual intercourse or masturbation, but not later because the examination would be distorted by aged and ‘tired’ spermatozoa ».

In addition to pleasure and protection from the risk of a tumor, sexual activity and frequent ejaculations have numerous benefits: release of dopamine, the gratification hormone in the hours following pleasure leads to greater motivation and productivity in daily life. The wave of oxytocin, on the other hand, favors both attachment with the partner and social bonds in general. It also improves sleep and relieves stress for the state of deep relaxation it generates throughout the body.

«Like all things, this too must not become an obsession: sex and pleasure are enemies of programming and impositions. When in doubt, the advice, rather than from a specialist, from man to man, is listen to your body and your desire. Even the most virile male can have moments of stress or physical fatigue that interfere with desire and the pursuit of pleasure: always listening to oneself is necessary, but listening to oneself especially when one is not in shape is more than correct “.

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