Four Sexy Ideas for Celebrating Valentine's Day (And They Are All Good for Your Health)

Valentine's Day is almost here, and love is in the air-or is it stress? Sometimes this amorous holiday can create overwhelming pressure for couples to achieve the best sex ever-especially aging couples. But there's no need to fret! "The key to a healthy sex life lies 99 percent between the ears and only 1 percent between the legs," says Dr. Danoff, urologist and author of The Ultimate Guide to Male Sexual Health.

Here's the secret: If you feel healthy, capable, and frisky, there's no reason sex can't go on indefinitely throughout your life, on Valentine's Day or any other day of the year. The brain has everything to do with performance. As you age, you will notice changes in your stamina, flexibility, and responsiveness, but staying positive and keeping a sense of humor about these changes paves the way to enjoying your body at every age.

In fact, sexual experiences can even be enhanced with aging. As the years go by, men become better able to understand their mate's preferences. When a man knows how to please his mate, he benefits as well-having sex can be fantastic for a man's health. Dr. Danoff reminds us, "You do not stop having sex because you get old; you get old because you stop having sex."

Dudley Seth Danoff, MD, FACS, is an author and requested guest on national radio and television shows and a graduate of Princeton University and Yale University Medical School. He has taught on the clinical faculty of the UCLA School of Medicine for more than twenty-five years and is the founder and president of the prestigious Cedars-Sinai Tower Urology Medical Group in Los Angeles. Urologist to many Hollywood stars and the recipient of national and international honors, Dr. Danoff is also senior attending urologist at the Saban Los Angeles Free Clinic.

If you need an expert on men's health issues-or tips for having a healthy, active sex life at any age-Dr. Danoff is available for radio and television interviews and has numerous articles available for your immediate use on a variety of topics, including:

1. How to Have a Healthy Valentine's Day: Have Sex!
Sex is not only one of life's great pleasures-it also provides excellent health benefits. Sex is good for your cardiovascular health, your mood, and your psychological well-being. It is a natural tranquilizer with no bad side effects, and it benefits circulation, stimulates the nervous system and the prostate gland, and clears up mental cobwebs by invigorating the whole body.

2. Don't Let Performance Anxiety Ruin Your Valentine's Day
Since the month of February brings us Valentine's Day and expectations of love, romance, and sex, now is a good time to discuss performance anxiety-and how to avoid it. Most men measure themselves against standards built on fantasy, not reality, but to avoid performance anxiety you must remember that there is enormous variety among men with respect to sex drive, capacity, preferences, and standards of satisfaction.

3. Valentine's Day: Not Just for the Young
An ageless love life begins with a confident approach toward sex. Celebrate Valentine's Day by exploring the possibilities-don't let your age stop you. Adjust your sexual activities as your body changes, just as you adjust other activities, and as you age, learn to use your mind and imagination to make up for in creativity what you may lack in physical strength.

4. The Best Aphrodisiac Might Not Be What You Expect
Nearly every culture in every period of history has a record of substances alleged to stimulate sexual desire and improve virility. Medical science has found no evidence that these aphrodisiacs work. From his clinical experience, Dr. Danoff long ago concluded that the greatest aphrodisiac ever invented is love itself. This Valentine's Day, follow the doctor's advice and keep the love and affection alive, and you won't need any mythical concoctions.

With humor and anecdotal stories, the colorful doctor offers all men and women the power and confidence to achieve the pleasure they deserve.