Orgasms are key to a healthy brain

Like anyone needs an excuse, it turns out orgasms are better for your brain than Sudoku or a challenging crossword.
"Mental exercises increase brain activity but only in relatively localised regions," Professor Barry Komisaruk, a neuroscientist from Rutgers University told The Times. "Orgasm activates the whole."
If warding off a bedraggled mind is not enough impetus to kick the crossword and engage in a little carnal ecstasy, orgasms may also be an elixir for youth.
At least, they have been for Komisaruk, 72, who has been studying orgasms since the 60s.

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"I guess the orgasms keep me young," he said. "At orgasm we see a tremendous increase in the blood flow (to the brain). So my belief is it can't be bad. It brings all the nutrients and oxygenation to the brain."

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