Someone may call it karma, but scientists have decided that men who cheat on their wives seriously risk their health. Those who continue to have loving feelings for their wife are at greater risk.
Men who die during intercourse from a heart attack more often do it in bed not with their wife, but with their mistress. The relationship between infidelity and cardiovascular disease was discovered by Italian researchers (1). After reviewing the available medical data and literature on the keywords “infidelity” and “fornication”, they analyzed the frequency and conditions under which men had a heart attack. It turned out that acute heart problems occurred in men more often when they were in bed with their mistress.
This statistic is explained by the stress of hiding the connection and satisfying the usually younger and more resilient mistress. Men who have feelings for their wives are at greater risk because they are more likely to experience infidelity.
In addition to stress and increased physical exertion, other factors can lead to a sad outcome for health: “Extramarital sex often occurs simultaneously with the use of alcohol and exotic food, which can affect the cardiovascular system during physical exertion,” notes one of the researchers. , Alessandra Fisher. “An unusual setting during a meeting with a mistress can also significantly increase blood pressure and heart rate.” (2) The conclusion suggests itself: having no connections on the side, a man has a better chance of maintaining both a family and health.
1. A. Fisher et al. «Sexual and Cardiovascular Correlates of Male Unfaithfulness», The Journal of Sexual Medicine, June 2012.
2. «Cheating men more likely to have heart attacks», The Telegraph, May 2012.