Everyone knows that smoking and drinking too much alcohol is bad for health in general and can cause potentially fatal diseases. However, most people unfortunately do not know that indulging in these two substances can cause malfunctions in male sexuality such as the onset of erectile dysfunction and horror of horrors, penis shrinkage amongst other male sexual health issues.
Do you know that many male smokers have low sperm count as this habit affect your sperm's health. Smoking is one of the culprits for male infertility. Smoking also subdues hard and strong erections because it restricts blood flow to the penis. Furthermore, it damages the penis's valve mechanism that stores blood in the erectile tissues. So when this mechanism is damaged, the victims become impotent.
Many researches have shown a direct connection between healthy blood flow and a satisfying sexual life for men. While regular exercise, good dietary habits and good mental health can improve male sexual performances in the form of good libido, healthy sperm production, harder erections and better orgasms, they do not ensure good results for men who smoke and drink regularly. If smoking can do so much harm to male sexuality, what do you think other recreational drugs like heroine, cocaine and ecstasy can do?
However, do not despair if you are a smoker because research has also shown that abstaining from cigarettes for as little as 24 hours can see improvements in some men's erection quality.
For whatever reason known only to themselves, if given the choice, most men would like to have a larger penis. For some reasons, many men think that their penises are below average in both girth and length although it is not true in most of the cases. So if smoking can cause your penis to shrink in size, could this be a compelling reason for most men to quit the habit?
This alarming finding is a result from a research done at the Boston University School of Medicine. Two hundred male test subjects submitted their penises to the scrutiny of the researchers and it was found that smokers do indeed have smaller penis sizes.
In another study performed by University of California, researchers confirmed that smoker's penis sizes are up to an inch smaller than non-smokers. Gosh, that was certainly a very startling discovery! Now to most men, that is an affliction worse than death.
What about alcohol? How does alcohol have a negative impact on male sexuality? Well, a research done by the Department of Psychiatry at the University Medical School of Lubeck in Germany conclusively showed that alcoholics experience erectile dysfunction much more often than people who only drink occasionally.
Many people think that drinking alcohol causes a pleasant state of relaxation and so can have a good influence on a man's libido. Do you know something? This is a big delusion. The fact is that alcohol is a suppressant and has very powerful negative effects on male sexuality as it reduces the capability to achieve hard erections and keeping your penis erect.
So if you are a smoker and a drinker, do consider to cut down your indulgences so as to have a better and more satisfying sex life.