A steamy sex session is not the same as an intense workout at the gym, says a "health expert".
"You're not going to get the same [physical health] benefit as going out for a 2-mile jog," Jamie Feldman, associate professor at the University of Minnesota Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, told ABC News. "Sexual activity provides some degree of modest exercise. But it's not the same as getting moderate exercise for 30 minutes a day."
Sex, however, can lower the blood pressure over time, says Israel Helfand, sex therapist and marriage counselor, reports The New York Daily News.
"But for this to happen, it must be done vigorously," he adds lol.
Sex also increases the body's "happy" hormones such as dopamine and cortisol, Helfand says.
"And it counteracts depression, improves energy and improves people's mood," he adds.
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