Contents:
- Medical Video: 🍌 Can Eating This Cure Your Erectile Dysfunction? - by Dr Sam Robbins
- What is impotence?
- Can sweet foods and drinks be the cause of impotence?
- How to prevent impotence?
Medical Video: 🍌 Can Eating This Cure Your Erectile Dysfunction? - by Dr Sam Robbins
You know that cigarettes can cause impotence. Usually these warnings are listed on cigarette packs. Well, the cause of impotence is not just from smoking. According to research, sweet foods or drinks that are consumed too much can also be a cause of impotence. How so, huh? To be clearer, consider the following review.
What is impotence?
Impotence or erectile dysfunction is the failure of the penis to achieve a normal erection during sex. Erection itself is characterized by stiffening the penis when getting sexual stimulation such as kissing, hugging, touching, and when fantasizing or seeing something that can increase lust.
When a man feels aroused, the muscles in the penis will relax so that the blood flow through the penile arteries will increase. The blood fills the penis space called corpova cavernosa so that the penis will rise, tighten, and become bigger. Erection will end when the muscles that contract and blood collected can flow out through the penile vein.
Impotent men will usually find it difficult to achieve an erection or maintain an erection when having sex or masturbating. In addition to age, there are many things that cause impotence, both due to emotional and physical disorders, such as:
- Hypertension (high blood pressure)
- Hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol and triglyceride levels)
- Injury
- Obesity
- Depression
- Smoking habit
- Use of certain drugs and alcohol
- Heart disease
- Type 2 diabetes
Can sweet foods and drinks be the cause of impotence?
Reporting from the Cleveland Clinic, a urologist from the United States, Dr. Edmund Sabanegh explained that an unhealthy lifestyle, especially a poor diet can cause various health problems, including impotence in men.
Eating too much sweet foods or drinks without exercise can cause obesity and increase the risk of type 2 diabetes. These two conditions are associated with impotence in men, although not directly. In some men, impotence is a symptom of type 2 diabetes. Why is that?
As explained by Dr. Mark Hyman, sugar can affect a person's sex drive and sexual function. Well, most sugars can reduce testosterone levels in the body so that muscle mass decreases and fat in the stomach accumulates. In addition, reduced testosterone becomes unbalanced so that estrogen levels are higher. This condition has the potential to cause a decrease in sexual arousal and difficulty in erecting.
When erect, there will be release of nitric oxide (NO) in the penis. But in diabetic patients, blood sugar levels in patients inhibit enzyme production and release of NO. This condition causes the penis to be unable to erect longer and stronger.
How to prevent impotence?
Actually it's fine if you like sweet foods; provided you know the limits. Similarly, fatty foods. Excessive fat and sugar in the body can make you gain weight, especially if you are lazy to exercise. If you are used to a lifestyle like this, the risk of obesity, heart disease, or diabetes becomes greater and your potential to experience impotence is also greater.
