Great sex is not only fun, but also it could save your life. Kerry McCloskey, whose book, "The Ultimate Sex Diet: The Secret Formula for a Slimmer, Healthier, More Passionate Life," maintains that sex will make you skinny and healthy--a win-win for everyone.

Top 10 health benefits of sex:

1. Sex helps you to live longer.

2. It strengthens your heart. Do it right and sex can be a cardio workout.

3. Sex helps to reduce stress and depression thanks to certain stress-busting chemicals your body produces during intercourse.

4. Sex strengthens your bones and muscles.

5. It improves your memory and helps keep your mind sharp.

6. Frequent sex helps you to look younger. A 1999 study by Scotland's Royal Edinburgh Hospital found that an active sex life can make you look up to seven years younger.

7. Sex improves your sense of smell.

8. It provides pain relief.

9. Sex may even reduce the risk of prostate cancer. "The more you play, the healthier you'll stay!"

10. It boosts the immune system.
Source: "The Ultimate Sex Diet: The Secret Formula for a Slimmer, Healthier, More Passionate Life," by Kerry McCloskey

Frequent sex can also help you lose weight. McCloskey goes so far as to say that the key to controlling weight is simple: Just have more sex. "A steamy sex life could be the best diet you've ever tried," she told Fox News. Weight-loss experts aren't convinced, but McCloskey stands by her claim as long as the love-making sessions are frequent and intense. But if you want to lose weight, you need to have a lot more sex than the average couple.

--From the Editors at Netscape