7 Benefits Of Being Intimate

A blog repost, turned into men's perspective,

of the original article done by Meagan Morris for Cosmopolitan, published at Yahoo.ph. 

Click here for the original article.

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Okay, we know sex is all about maxing out pleasure. But it turns out it's good for your health, too. Jennifer Landa, MD, chief medical officer of BodyLogicMD and author of The Sex Drive Solution for Women gives us the low-down on the health benefits of sex.

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1. It Boosts Your Brain

Sex increases your body's dopamine levels-the hormone that improves your memory and motivation. So basically climaxing is the gift that keeps on giving.

2. It Burns Calories

Don't feel like hitting the gym? Grab your gal and head to the bedroom. A 30-minute romp in the sheets can burn upwards of 150 calories. That's like running a mile on the treadmill!

3. It Destresses You

We're all stressed to the max-and all that worry releases the stress hormone cortisol. The problem with cortisol? Having too much of it in your blood stream can lead to everything from high blood sugar to weight gain. When you get your freak on, it helps you relax, lowering the stress levels in your body.

4. It Keeps You Healthy

Regular sex with your partner can actually prevent colds, thanks to the hormone prolactin. This hormone has an important role in strengthening the immune system by increasing the production of T and B lymphocytes (aka immune cells). We'll take that over chicken soup any day.

5. It Helps You Sleep

When you have sex, the cuddle hormone oxytocin is released. That increases your bond with your partner, but it also helps you sleep. How cool is that?

6. It Makes You Bendy

Think of sex like a good strength training session: You use a ton of muscle groups during a good ahhhhs. And it's a lot more fun than doing squats at the gym for an hour.

7. It's Good for Your Heart

The hormone testosterone is good for the heart. Sex helps increase the release of the hormone, which in turn improves your energy levels and strengthens vital body parts, like your muscles, bones, and heart.

It’s a RICH MAN’S WORLD

People might get a wrong impression if I say I am certain that the very title of this post is indeed a fact. It‘s a rich man’s world. Money makes our daily lives turn. It’s a fact. It’s real.

But don’t put me on the materialistic, ego centered dudes category. I am just trying to raise a point, that in this world, the heftier your cash is, the higher the chances for a happier life. It’s a tough world and most of the time, the thicker your wallet is, the better off you are.

Think about this. Successful (err rich) people tend to be around the best places, get to eat prime commodities, have access to top notch heath care services and pretty much are able to follow their heart’s desires. Should you have been politically affiliated too, you would know that money equates to power, and power to access to information. Whoever keeps information has the aces, take poker for example. So given the attributes of these two, anyone who posseses both pretty much has a good hold of his world, especially the society he is in. Nature has it that only the fittest survive. It’s a natural law. And in the modern times, money is an extension of one’s ability to support oneself. Coupled with man’s political tendencies; money, power and prime information creates an equation that equates fitness. It does not promise survival, but it augments the chances.

Let’s be more specific. 

Ateneo taught me, for one, that the world is unfair. That we have to follow our political nature (man’s natural tendency to get (and work for) what (or whom) we want. Others do it badly, though. Thus is the birth of schemes and evil plots. But in reality, it can actually be done. It can be done fairly or at least with the least possible complications. One has to ‘fight’ his way to life. Of all the sperms that our dads gave out that very moment we were made, we outwit all the rest, thus giving life to us. That’s one. As kids, we got to be educated in institutions and those who performed well made it to good colleges. We fought with others to get a better chance, didn’t we? That’s another. Following the logic; anyone with a good bank lock has a greater chance.

So enough with the colonial mentality that those who aspire for money aspire more than what they deserve. Sometimes, they, I mean, US, who aspire for financial independence simply aspires for a simpler, happier life.

As for my final note. Take me for one; I have got a medical condition that requires me to spend thousands a month for medications. With my medication (and money), I get to afford a longer life. Thus, does that put me on an evil, scheming guy category? Or is my innate thrust for financial independence an innate struggle to survive?

It’s a rich man’s world. Thus, watch me as I move my way to the top.    

Men who want to be THE MAN they OUGHT TO BE, are aware that money makes life easier. It’s a tool. And money should be used by man. Just don’t reverse the equation though.

THE OSCARS 2013

HOLLYWOOD held yet again one of the world's most watched awards night.

The 85th Academy Awards Night was held last Sunday, February 24, 2013 (February, 25// Manila Time) at the Dolby Theather, Hollywood, California.

Listed here are the winners.

_{ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained}

_{BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM: Paperman - John Kahrs}

_{BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: Brave}

_{BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Life of Pi - Claudio Miranda}

_{BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Life of Pi - Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer, and Donald R. Elliott}

_{BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Anna Karenina - Jacqueline Durran}

_{BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLE: Les Misérables - Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell}

_{BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT: Curfew - Shawn Christensen}

_{BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT: Inocente - Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine}

_{BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Searching for Sugar Man}

_{BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Amour}

_{BEST SOUND MIXING: Les Misérables - Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, and Simon Hayes}

_{BEST SOUND EDITING: Zero Dark Thirty - Paul N.J. Ottosson; Skyfall - Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers}

_{BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables}

_{BEST FILM EDITING: Argo - William Goldenberg}

_{BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Lincoln - Rick Carter (Production Design); Jim Erickson (Set Decoration)}

_{BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Life of Pi - Mychael Danna}

_{BEST ORIGINAL SONG: Skyfall - Skyfall, Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth}

_{BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (WRITING): Chris Terrio - Argo}

_{BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (WRITING): Django Unchained - Quentin Tarantino}

_{BEST DIRECTOR: Ang Lee - Life of Pi}

_{BEST ACTRESS: Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook}

_{BEST ACTOR: Daniel Day Lewis - Lincoln}

_{BEST PICTURE: Argo}

For a complete list of the nominees, click OSCARS/nominees.