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MEN who ejaculate at least 21 times a month can lower their prostate cancer risk by a third, doctors have found.
A study revealed that aside from boosting your mood and giving some much needed relief, masturbating or having sex can help ‘prevent cancer’.
Around one in eight men in the UK will get prostate cancer in their lifetime.
It’s the most common cancer in men and 47,500 men are diagnosed with it each year.
Recently, Luton Town legend Mick Harford revealed he was battling prostate cancer and that he would be having radiotherapy.
Friends star James Michael Tyler also revealed he has stage four prostate cancer and is paralysed from the waist down.
Cancer will strike anyone, but doctors think men who ejaculated more are less likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Therefore ejaculating more often could actually help you look after your health.
The study was published in European Urology, with experts saying its worth taking note of the other benefits of frequent ejaculation.
The US scientists looked at data from 31,925 men who logged their monthly ejaculation.
They said: “We found that men reporting higher compared to lower ejaculatory frequency in adulthood were less likely to be subsequently diagnosed with prostate cancer.
“These findings provide additional evidence of a beneficial role of more frequent ejaculation throughout adult life in the aetiology of PC [prostate cancer], particularly for low-risk disease.”
For those participating in the study, the average monthly ejaculation frequency was assessed at three time points: age 20–29 years, age 40–49 years, and the year before questionnaire distribution in 2015.
Ejaculating can also help relieve pain and lower feelings of stress and anxiety.
Dr Jennifer Landa, a specialist in hormone therapy, suggests that indulging in some self-love might be able to strengthen your body’s natural defence forces.
She said: “Masturbation can produce the right environment for a strengthened immune system.”
Another study published in 2004 – over ten years before the ejaculation paper, showed masturbation caused a temporary spike in immune cells, including killer cells that fight viruses.
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