What a pleasant shock! Men with bulging bellies last longer in bed

Do not be ashamed of your bulging belly any more during sex. A fascinating research shows that men with larger bellies perform much longer between the sheets!

Do not be ashamed of your bulging belly any more during sex. A fascinating research shows that men with larger bellies perform much longer between the sheets.

According to Turkish researchers, more fat around the stomach area means a man has more estradiol.

Estradiol is a female sex hormone which helps to inhibit orgasms for males.

For the study, researchers from Erciyes University in Kayseri, Turkey, analysed 200 men.

They compared their body mass index (BMI) with their sexual performance.

They found that overweight men with bigger bellies and a higher BMI lasted 7.3 minutes on average in bed.

As for fit men, the act lasted two minutes on average, with a significant number suffering from premature ejaculation, the Huffington Post reported.

"As the BMI increased, the number of patients decreased in the premature ejaculation group," researchers concluded.