Keep your libido healthy
Shigeo Tokuda lives in Japan. He is 74 years old with grey, thinning hair, and he’s an adult film star who has been in more than 100 “elder porn” flicks. You can spot Tokuda in the film making out and licking the feet of lady in her 70s. While it’s creepy to visualize — and infinitely creepier to watch — to Tokuda, flexing his libido has helped add years to his life. “Sex is a method of rejuvenation,” he explains.
The dude’s got a point. A healthy sex life boosts testosterone levels, which in turn helps strengthen bones and muscles. Sex is also a form of exercise that increases heart rate and blood pressure, burns calories, and releases bodily chemicals like oxytocin, prolactin, gamma amino butyric acid (GABA) that lead to better sleep. Also, according to researchers at the National Cancer Institute, frequent sex can lessen the risk of prostate cancer.
