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Have sex to prevent hypertension

Updated on: 27 April,2010 08:56 AM IST  | 
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Brazilian Health Minister Jose Gomes Temporao Monday recommended that Brazilians have sex up to five times a week as a way to prevent chronic health problems such as hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular trouble

Have sex to prevent hypertension

Brazilian Health Minister Jose Gomes Temporao Monday recommended that Brazilians have sex up to five times a week as a way to prevent chronic health problems such as hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular trouble.

"Dance, have sex, keep a stable weight, do physical exercise, and above all measure your blood pressure," Gomes Temporao said in Brasilia, as he launched a hypertension prevention campaign.



According to Brazilian authorities, the problem of high blood pressure is growing among Brazilians. A study by the Health Ministry that conducted telephone interviews of 54,000 people, showed the proportion of Brazilians who say their blood pressure is 140/90 or above rose from 21.5 percent in 2006 to 24.4 percent now.


At a press conference, Gomes Temporao called upon Brazilians to eat more fruit, vegetables and legumes and to get exercise, including sex.

"It's not a joke, I'm serious. Getting physical exercise regularly also means having sex, obviously protected sex," the minister said, while safeguarding the ministry's insistence on safe sex to prevent the spread of HIV.

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