Coffee, Sex, and Other Weird Ways to Not Get Sick

By Laurel House, Planet Green

You know about antioxidants and you’ve been religious about your daily dose of Vitamin C, but what else can you do to keep that tickle from creeping up the back of your throat or waking up in sweat-wet sheets and a chill shivering along your spine? Here are some of the weirder, but still efficient ways to keep those sick bugs at bay:

1. Kiss (and while you’re at it, have Sex)!

Yes, kissing can help you fight off colds and flu! By exchanging bacteria back and forth, you are actually enhancing your body’s natural defenses and boosting your immune system. But that’s not to say you should go out and give a big smooch to any sicky around you…

Up the ante and have sex! Performed once a week, sex has been shown to increase immunoglobulin A (IgA) production, an immune-boosting protein that helps keep pathogens at bay.

Related: 5 Reasons to Have Sex Today!

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Kerry S.

8:11PM PDT on Apr 18, 2012

nice read, thank you for posting

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Pam A.

11:40AM PDT on Apr 11, 2012

Interesting information. Thanks!

mary t.

9:42AM PDT on Apr 10, 2012

What?! I call bs! I live in the mild and moist Bay Area, I drink a lot of coffee, have a lot of sex, and don't have a car so I walk EVERYWHERE, and I get sick for WEEKS at a time...
Maybe I just need to up my daily dose of jazz....

federico b.

9:24AM PDT on Apr 10, 2012

Greazie per i suggerimenti.

Many F.

6:54AM PDT on Apr 10, 2012

i'll have a coffee after sex lol...

Laurie P.

6:09AM PDT on Apr 10, 2012

Good stuff :)

Franco D.

5:31AM PDT on Apr 10, 2012

What about sex by yourself......does this help? LOL