Diet During Puberty Affects Sex Hormone Levels
Incidences of men suffering from erectile dysfunction are more widespread than you ever thought. While official figures confirm the figure to be around 40%, reality could be higher since a lot of men prefer privacy in such matters. The causes could be varied form certain emotional factors like stress and depression to physical factors like age and decline in testosterone. However some recreational activities like smoking, drinking and drugs could also be contributing factors.
Anything that impedes blood flow to the penile region can adversely affect erections. To get a rock hard erection, it is imperative that there is normal flow of blood to the penile area.
Smoking is one of the major causes that have lead to a substantial drop in the number of erections that take place while you are asleep. This decrease in erections at night is a clear indication that some thing is amiss and that the blood flow is not good enough for you to get erections. The Lahey Hitchcock Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts confirms that this is due to smoking going overboard. It has also been noticed that when one stops smoking even for a day, it can bring back involuntary nightly erections.
Additionally the semen quality of teenagers who indulge in heavy smoking would deteriorate. Additionally the sperm quality gets further diluted. This comes in the way of their becoming a father in future and could also be responsible for giving birth to children born with genetic disorders caused by defective DNA bestowed on them by either parent.
Men who drink regularly and heavily are more likely to get affected with sexual problems than men who drink not that often and this is according to studies done on this topic. This is due to the fact that alcohol has an overall inhibitive action and definitely acts on the libido which makes erection improbable.
To make the most out of your sex life, follow a healthy way of living. If you adopt a balanced diet plan with moderate exercising, you could see a dramatic change in your sex drive and overall improvement in health. There are effective herbal therapies available for the treatment of erectile dysfunction which acts as an aphrodisiac and pumps in more blood to the penis advantage.





