Healthy Living

Incidences of men suffering from erectile dysfunction are more widespread than you ever thought. One has to take into account the many men who did not respond to the study, which confirms the figure to be around 40% and thus the final figure would be higher. There could be several reasons for this including emotional factors like stress and depression to factors like advancing age accompanied by reduction of testosterone levels. There is some lifestyle factors like smoking, drinking or the intake of recreational drugs could also be factors responsible.

Anything which bars blood flow to the penis can mean lack of erections. Physiologically speaking the penile region needs blood to flow smoothly for making erection a possibility.

Smoking causes the number of erections to come down in a big way while the man is sleeping. This decrement of nighttime erections gives us a clear indication that not all is well and that the penile region is not getting the amount of blood it needs for an erection. A study conducted by the Section of Endocrinology of the Lahey Hitchcock Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts indicates that this could happen due to excessive smoking. It has also been noticed that when one stops smoking even for a day, it can bring back involuntary nightly erections.

Teenagers who are heavy smokers are likely victims of poor quality semen. Additionally the sperm quality gets further diluted. This drastically reduces their chance of becoming a father as well as increases the chance of having offspring with genetic disorders due to faulty DNA imbibed from either parent.

Like this, studies done on the subject have shown that heavy drinkers have more likelihood of suffering from erectile dysfunction than men who drink some times. This is due to the fact that alcohol has an overall inhibitive action and definitely acts on the libido which makes erection improbable.

It is this clear that a moderate lifestyle can lend a good support to your sex life. Balanced diet and regular exercise keeps your sexual energy flowing and health glowing. Today there are good herbal aphrodisiacs available which boosts your sex energy by increasing blood flow to the penile area and treats erectile dysfunction.