THE VIRILITY-ENHANCEMENT DIET: TWO TO AVOID: ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO
Adding all of these foods to your diet will help your penile health. There are two substances, however, that will hurt it: alcohol and tobacco. If you consume more than two alcoholic drinks per day consider cutting back. If you don’t, you run the very real risk of giving yourself ED, or worsening an existing condition.
Steady drinking can inhibit both erection and orgasm. It does so by affecting the production of nitric oxide, which, in turn, makes it difficult for the tissue of the corpora cavernosa to relax enough to allow blood to flow in the penis. If drinking continues over time and alcoholism develops, there is even more damage. The peripheral nervous system is often injured, permanently affecting the ability to have an erection.
Excessive alcohol also has a negative effect on blood pressure levels as well. Estimates suggest that in about 7 percent of those with blood pressures of 150/95 or higher, the elevated hypertension is related to the consumption of three or more alcoholic drinks a day. A bottle of 4.5 percent beer, a 4 ounce glass of 12 percent alcohol wine, and 1.5 ounces of 80 proof spirits are each considered one drink. Studies have shown that a reduction in alcohol intake significantly lowers systolic and diastolic pressures in both hypertensive and normotensive men.
If you do drink, do so in moderation.
Many men who drink also smoke. You probably already know the ill effects of this habit, to which ED is another entry on a long list of health-sapping conditions. Smoking causes blood vessels throughout the body to be clogged. And once blood flow is restricted, the ability to have an erection is impaired. A 1994 study of 4,400 Vietnam veterans found that smokers were more likely to admit to ED than nonsmokers and men who had quit the habit. This translated to a whopping 68 percent higher overall risk of ED for smokers. Even ruling out the associated ED risks such as alcoholism, depression, and the use of a number of medications, the smokers still had 50 percent higher chance of developing ED than the others in the study.
The good news is this: if you give up smoking, erections can return within a few months. Your blood pressure will be lower, your blood flow will be better, your heart and lungs will function better, and you will have given yourself more years to actively enjoy a fulfilling sex life.
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