Erectile dysfunction is a sexual impotency that petrifies most men. Although with the invention of erectile dysfunction prescription drugs, the medicines if taken regularly can be expensive and they come along with quite a few adverse side effects.
So the best way to cure erectile dysfunction is to do it by natural means. To many men who can't get their sex tool up and hard, their problem can be eradicated by making some lifestyle changes unless they have some other medical conditions such as penile injuries, cardiovascular diseases or are diabetic, just to name a few conditions which can affect their penile health.
If you are a smoker, then your erectile dysfunction may be reversed if you quit smoking. Smoking can cause plaque build up in the arteries known as atherosclerosis. This build up of plaque obstructs smooth blood flow in the circulatory system and can cause many health problems including erectile dysfunction. It is found that men who smoke 20 cigarettes or more a day has 60% more chances of becoming an erectile dysfunction victim compared to a non-smoker.
Although alcohol when consumed in moderate amounts can release sexual inhibitions and even intensify your sex drive, it is also a known cause for causing male impotency. Long term alcohol consumption can affect your nervous system and disrupts the impulses between the brain's pituitary gland and the genitals. Numerous studies have concluded that prolonged alcohol use causes irreversible damage to the nerves in the penis, which results in erectile dysfunction. Excessive alcohol consumption also lowers your male sexual hormones, testosterone thus exacerbating your erection and libido problems.
Are you overweight? If you are, do you know that obesity is also linked to erectile dysfunction? In addition to atherosclerosis, the hormonal imbalances in the body that accompany obesity include lower testosterone levels thus increasing the risks of erectile dysfunction. Studies have shown that weight loss and increased physical activity such as in a healthy exercise program can improve your penile health. So if you are overweight, then lose the excess weight preferably with a good diet and regular exercise.
What you eat can also help you to get harder erections. Here are some foods which can give you better and healthier erections.
Fish oil
The omega-3 fatty acids found in oily cold water fish make your blood less sticky thus enhancing blood flow to your penile area. So eat fishes like salmon, mackerel, trout and tuna more often to keep your arteries well-oiled and running efficiently. If necessary, take omega-3 supplements as well.
Bananas
Bananas are rich in potassium, which is great for your heart and blood circulation. Potassium in bananas helps keep your sodium levels down which in turn protects your blood pressure from getting too high. High blood pressure is a known cause for erectile dysfunction and so are the side effects of some of the medications that treat the disease.
Oysters
We all heard that oysters are great aphrodisiacs, but do you know why? This is because this shellfish is rich in zinc and vitamin B6, both of which are essential for raising your testosterone level and testosterone is not called the male sex hormone for nothing!
Natural herbal cure
There are also many traditional natural herbs that can improve your blood circulation to your manhood. To make it more efficient, many health supplement companies have blended these herbs into convenient pills and can be easily bought at your neighborhood drugstore or pharmacies without prescription at affordable prices.
Best of all, unlike prescriptive erectile dysfunction drugs, since these pills are made from natural herbs, they have very little or even have no side effects except giving you hard erections and better blood circulation. That is why you do not need any doctor's prescription to get them.
So if you want to get harder erections the natural way, simply modify your lifestyle and the food you eat and you may eradicate your erectile dysfunction problem once and for all without any drugs.
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