A Lively Intimate Life Is The Best Way For A Man To Keep Looking Young

Strict diets and expensive skin care products have their place in helping men stay looking young. But the best way for a man to maintain his youthful appearance is to have an active love life (which is more than just sex). There is even a solid scientific explanation for the reasons this works.

Dr. David Weeks, the chief of gerontology at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital in the UK, interviewed over 3,500 people aged 18 to 102 to identify the factors that determine how young, or old, a person appears. Dr. Weeks found that about 25% of the variation in appearance depends on genetic factors, and about 75% of the variation of appearance, that is, who looks young and who looks old for their age, depends on lifestyle choices.

 Spending too much effort in having sex, or not having sex at all, have a detrimental effect on apperance.  The "right" about of sex releases endorphins that improve mood, help control appetite, and even relieve joint pain. Another study of 1,000 men in Caerphilly, Wales, found that men who have orgasms at least once or twice a week were only half as likely to die prematurely compared to men who had orgasms only once a month.

Sex, however, is not the only determinant of looking good. Weeks also found that the most youthful of his respondents got about 40 minutes of aerobic exercise a day. This could be something as simple as walking to work instead of driving or catching the bus. Or it could be 40 minutes of aerobic exercise at the gym. There are many benefits of resistance exercise and weightlifting, especially for diabetics, but while resistance exercise has more benefits for weight control, aerobic exercise brings out the best skin color and tone.

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Men who are fathers will not be surprised that Dr. Weeks found that the youngest looking men did not have children, or if they do have children, they just have one or two. Younger looking men tend to read more and watch television less. They travel more often than men who don't "age well." They have higher incomes. And among the men Weeks identified as the "superyoung," non-smokers outnumbered smokers by about 20 to 1.

But if you can't boost your income and you already have reared a house full of children, try being a romantic. Men in relationships live longer and look better, and they usually have more satisfying lives. It's never too late to enjoy your life, and look great while you do.