Prostate Flushing & More

True — at least according to the results of one research group. In July 2003, the Australian Cancer Council Victoria polled the sexual habits of two groups of men, one healthy and the other prostate cancer patients. The results indicated that the more frequently a man ejaculates between the ages of 20 and 50, the less likely he is to develop prostate cancer. Why? Their theory was that ejaculation prevents the build up of carcinogens in the prostate gland.

This conclusion contradicted that of an earlier study, which suggested that heightened sexual activity can increase the risk of prostate cancer by as much as 40%. The Cancer Council group accounted for their divergent results in pointing out that their study was restricted to the effects of masturbation, whereas the preceding one incorporated intercourse, which carries with it the risk of potentially carcinogenic infection. So what can we conclude from these two studies? Perhaps only that we should take the results of both, and other published findings, with a grain of salt.

Courtesy: Donald Zimmer - http://www.askmen.com