Masturbation is good for you…

Well, it might be if you’re a man over 50... according to a University of Nottingham survey extrapolated in the Independent.

That’s because it may protect against prostate cancer ‘because it helps remove toxins that have built up over a lifetime’.

The bad news, sorry, the ‘other’ news is that too much masturbation in your teens, 20s and 30s can increase the risk of prostate cancer. Lots of people out there are no doubt thinking: ‘Sod it. Bit late to find that out.’

Says the Indy: ‘The findings showed that those who had been most sexually active in their twenties – having sexual intercourse or masturbating more than 20 times a month – were more likely to have the cancer. Frequent masturbation, but not sexual intercourse, in the twenties and thirties was significantly linked with the later development of prostate cancer.’

(20 times a month...)

Polyxeni Dimitripolou, who led the study published in the British Journal of Urology International, said: ‘One theory is that during the early years the prostate gland is more susceptible to hormonal changes and is still developing. As men age and accumulate toxins from the diet or through their lungs , sexual activity may help release them. Studies have found toxins in the semen and the fluid produced in the prostate. As you age it is more important to flush them out.’