Too much sex is bad???

[idunno]

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/dp5/bernard.htm

hi is this study outdated? Too much sex affects our prostate, creativity and mind negatively?
I would agree but i havent spent enough time on celibacy to know.

[casebro]

Purity Of Essence, anybody?

That book is dated 1957. Practically the Victorian era. Did he say anything about blindness?

Last I heard was that more sex was GOOD for the prostate.

[idunno]

Purity Of Essence, anybody?

That book is dated 1957. Practically the Victorian era. Did he say anything about blindness?

Last I heard was that more sex was GOOD for the prostate.

thats not my experience. I had prostatitis symptoms which stopped after a few days celibacy

[idunno]

The eminent physiologist, Prof. Eugen Steinach has performed experiments which definitely showed that the internal secretions of the sex glands, after being resorbed into the circulation, pass principally to the brain and spinal cord, wherein they are stored. . . .
[I]t is interesting to note that in contrast with the lasciviousness of idiots and the insane, which, according to Dr. Spitzka, is largely responsible for their arrested brain nutrition and development, most of the greatest mental geniuses in history led strictly continent lives (which should result in superior brain nutrition from the conservation of lecithin and other brain-nourishing seminal constituents). Thus among philosophers we have Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle, Porphyry, Proclus, Leibniz, Berkeley, Locke, Spinoza, Kant and Spencer; among artists, Leonardo da Vinci, Michael Angelo, Raphael and Fra Angelico; among composers, Handel and Beethoven; and among scientists Newton. . . .
The fluids elaborated by the testes, the prostate gland and the accessory sex glands are very rich in phosphorus, as are the spermatozoa themselves. The loss of semen must therefore lower the phosphorus content of the blood, for it is from here that these glands derive the phosphorus for the manufacture of their secretions. This must deprive the nervous system of an element so necessary for its nutrition and normal well-being. This explains the neurasthenic effects of masturbation and sexual excess, which are due to loss of phosphorus through seminal emissions. The same occurs in prostatitis, where considerable phosphorus is lost through the expelled prostatic fluid. Lorand points out the beneficial influence of phosphorus when administered in many brain disorders, which are accompanied by a diminution of the phosphorus content of the brain, as Marie found in idiocy and dementia praecox. In the brain phosphorus is present chiefly in the form of lecithin, a phosphorized fat. . . .
Evans states that during thinking and mental exertion phosphates are increased in the excreta; and he therefore concludes that thinking involves an oxidation of phosphorus compounds in the brain (under the catalytic influence of the iodine of the thyroid hormone). . . . It is thus clear that phosphorus, oxygen and sufficient thyroid hormone (iodine) are all necessary for the normal generation of brain electricity, and that in the absence of either of these three elements, there will be deficient brain action. For it is well known that the brain is richer in phosphorus than any other part of the body, and also uses up oxygen three times as rapidly as other tissues; also without the catalytic influence of the thyroid hormone, it cannot function normally -- or without iodine on which element the thyroid depends for the manufacture of its secretion.
According to this point of view, neurasthenia may be considered as representing a condition of phosphorus deficiency, or rather lecithin deficiency -- for lecithin is the form in which phosphorus

[Rocko]

The BBC carried a report in 2003 that masturbation might cut the risk of prostate cancer. Alas, I've not posted enough to do links yet, but a google on

Masturbation 'cuts cancer risk'

gives it as the top hit.

[idunno]

The BBC carried a report in 2003 that masturbation might cut the risk of prostate cancer. Alas, I've not posted enough to do links yet, but a google on

Masturbation 'cuts cancer risk'

gives it as the top hit.
i saw that article on BBC online and it looks like a joke.
I think sex everyday is bad for the brain and creativity as it takes Lecitin away. Im proof of that :boggled::boggled::boggled::boggled::boggled::bogg led::boggled::boggled::boggled::boggled::boggled:

[The Atheist]

I think sex everyday is bad for the brain and creativity...

Two words:

Salvador Dali.

QED

[idunno]

Two words:

Salvador Dali.

QED
did he have it off everydays??

[Mark A. Siefert]

I'd rather have too much sex than none at all.

[Ivor the Engineer]

WTF is TA's Avatar?!

I know what it looks like to me (I obviously have too much sex on the brain;)), but I'm struggling to imagine the innocent object(s).

[The Atheist]

did he have it off everydays??

Dali was so consumed by his sexuality that he found it necessary to have sex and masturbate daily.

There's a very famous quote of him asking visitors to return later as he had to masturbate. If I get the time, I'll try to find it.

WTF is TA's Avatar?!

I know what it looks like to me (I obviously have too much sex on the brain;)), but I'm struggling to imagine the innocent object(s).

It's a coco de mer.

All is explained here:

http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=103569

[plumjam]

Dali was so consumed by his sexuality that he found it necessary to have sex and masturbate daily.

There's a very famous quote of him asking visitors to return later as he had to masturbate. If I get the time, I'll try to find it.

and I thought he was the one with the droopy clock.

[tsg]

Too much sex might be bad if there were such a thing.


"Too much sex"? I know what all those words mean, but together they make no sense.

[Nogbad]

The eminent physiologist, Prof. Eugen Steinach has performed experiments which definitely showed that the internal secretions of the sex glands, after being resorbed into the circulation, pass principally to the brain and spinal cord, wherein they are stored. . . .
[I]t is interesting to note that in contrast with the lasciviousness of idiots and the insane, which, according to Dr. Spitzka, is largely responsible for their arrested brain nutrition and development, most of the greatest mental geniuses in history led strictly continent lives (which should result in superior brain nutrition from the conservation of lecithin and other brain-nourishing seminal constituents). Thus among philosophers we have Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle, Porphyry, Proclus, Leibniz, Berkeley, Locke, Spinoza, Kant and Spencer; among artists, Leonardo da Vinci, Michael Angelo, Raphael and Fra Angelico; among composers, Handel and Beethoven; and among scientists Newton. . . .
The fluids elaborated by the testes, the prostate gland and the accessory sex glands are very rich in phosphorus, as are the spermatozoa themselves. The loss of semen must therefore lower the phosphorus content of the blood, for it is from here that these glands derive the phosphorus for the manufacture of their secretions. This must deprive the nervous system of an element so necessary for its nutrition and normal well-being. This explains the neurasthenic effects of masturbation and sexual excess, which are due to loss of phosphorus through seminal emissions. The same occurs in prostatitis, where considerable phosphorus is lost through the expelled prostatic fluid. Lorand points out the beneficial influence of phosphorus when administered in many brain disorders, which are accompanied by a diminution of the phosphorus content of the brain, as Marie found in idiocy and dementia praecox. In the brain phosphorus is present chiefly in the form of lecithin, a phosphorized fat. . . .
Evans states that during thinking and mental exertion phosphates are increased in the excreta; and he therefore concludes that thinking involves an oxidation of phosphorus compounds in the brain (under the catalytic influence of the iodine of the thyroid hormone). . . . It is thus clear that phosphorus, oxygen and sufficient thyroid hormone (iodine) are all necessary for the normal generation of brain electricity, and that in the absence of either of these three elements, there will be deficient brain action. For it is well known that the brain is richer in phosphorus than any other part of the body, and also uses up oxygen three times as rapidly as other tissues; also without the catalytic influence of the thyroid hormone, it cannot function normally -- or without iodine on which element the thyroid depends for the manufacture of its secretion.
According to this point of view, neurasthenia may be considered as representing a condition of phosphorus deficiency, or rather lecithin deficiency -- for lecithin is the form in which phosphorus

Leeches, there must be something about leeches in amongst this lot.

[Ivor the Engineer]

How much is the "correct" amount of sex? Have reliable studies been done to work out an average and standard deviation?

<insert joke about sexual deviation here>

There's a interesting programme on BBC Radio 4 called "Am I Normal?", where physiological and behavioural attributes are discussed with respect to the summary statistics for them, and the (often arbitrary) limits decided by groups of experts.

[Tressa]

Too much sex can be harmful? I can think of worse things to die from.

[negativ]

"'Too much' is always better than 'not enough'... but it's almost as bad." -- J.R. "Bob" Dobbs

[XBoxWarrior]

WTF is TA's Avatar?!

Pretty sure that's my Ex-wife's backside........God, if she would have only lost that 30 lbs.......

What was the OP topic?

Eta: Oh, yeah......the Prostrate......I am a "Firm" believer in letting loose the tension......don't really care what the doctors say!

[tsg]

How much is the "correct" amount of sex? Have reliable studies been done to work out an average and standard deviation?

When I get there I'll let you know. I'm planning on conducting extensive research which will study this in detail.

Speaking of which, I have an opening for a research assistant. if anyone is interested.

[bruto]

Last I heard was that more sex was GOOD for the prostate.I hope so. I'm wbanking on that!

[Ron_Tomkins]

I honestly don´t know (from my experience) if too much sex is bad.

I can honestly tell you (from my experience), not enough sex SUCKS.

[Dancing David]

Prof. Eugen Steinach what modern tools did he have to demonstrate his theories of the endocrine systems?

[RenaissanceBiker]

Too much sex is bad in that it distracts from more productive tasks. I actually got into that situation quite a few years ago. Fortunately the demands of living in the real world caught up with me. I think I have a nice balance of that now. Of course in my youth I suffered mightly from not enough. That gives one a healthy appreciation of ... you know.