How To Get Your Morning Erections Back Naturally
13 Jan 2026 · 0 min
A single-episode podcast by Dr. Anne Truong (intimate health MD and author) explaining why men experience nocturnal/morning erections (REM-related parasympathetic physiologic events tied to nighttime testosterone production) and how lifestyle factors (poor sleep, stress, sedentary behavior, hypertension, high cholesterol, inflammation, smoking, caffeine, late-night screens, poor diet) reduce these erections. Dr. Truong gives practical, natural recommendations—improve sleep (7 hours, stop caffeine by 6pm, stop screens 2 hours before bed), adopt a Mediterranean-style diet, exercise regularly, stop smoking—and promotes a ‘Good Morning Wood Smoothie’, a Get Wood Now Boost program, and coaching resources.
This podcast is for you. The modern man. I'm Dr. Anne Truong, your host. I'm an intimate health medical doctor and best selling author of the book Erectile Dysfunction Fix. I'll do a deep dive into sexual health and performance and how it affects men of all ages and backgrounds. So let's get started and be sure to visit my website@sexualhealthformenpodcast.com for more information and resources from the show. See you on the inside.
Hi there modern Man. Do you know that Mother Nature is helping you get an erection? Yes, I am not kidding. I'm Dr. Anne Trung. I've treated over 7,000 men with ED over 20 years now. What I've learned from working with thousands of men, even over 7,000, is that mother Nature has a way to help you get an erection. And Mother nature has been doing it since you've been an adolescent. And that is called morning erection or even nighttime erection. Do you know that your body wants to have an erection so that way it can keep you healthy? A good erection is a sign that you're actually healthy and, and Mother Nature wants you to pass your DNA, wants you to have an erection. So let's talk about morning erection, but it should really be nighttime erection. Do you know that every man should have between three to six erection every night, every time he sleeps? And each erection can last from 15 minutes to even 30 minutes each. And that you don't know that because you're asleep. Because erection happen when you're in dreaming state or you're in rapid eye movement or REM sleep. Now REM sleep is when you're dreaming, your eyes are moving rapidly and your brain is in total relaxation mode. There is no stress going on. So your brain is in a parasympathetic mode. Parasympathetic mode, mean erection, mean relaxation. So that's what is kind of stimulating the environment for you to have morning erection. It's called morning erection because men notices it more in the morning after cumulative multiple erection at night. So your body heals at nighttime from 10pm to 6am and when it heals, it start to make more hormones. So testosterone is being made at night in the testicles. And as you sleep through the night, the testosterone level increases and it peaks at 7am that's why when you go to bed, your body start to make testosterone. And in the morning when you get up and go to bathroom, you notice, oh, I got a morning erection here. Again, morning erection is really more nighttime erection. It's cumulative and that it happens when you're in rapid eye movement, when you're dreaming state. But it's also an indication that your mind need to rest as well. So you only can have erection when your mind is in a restful, peaceful state. So that's what sleep is. If you want to have an erection, you need to be in the parasympathetic mode, which is relaxation mode. Men struggling to stay hard. Most of the time it comes down to poor blood flow. That's why I put together the Good Morning Wood Smoothie, a nutrient packed blend designed to restore blood flow naturally. My patient often noticed improvement in just a few weeks when they take this part of their daily routine. Click the link below to get the recipe and start boosting your blood flow and firmness today. Or go to good morningwoodsmoothie.com so let's get back to Mother Nature. Mother Nature exercises your penis three to six times throughout the night. So that way when you're sleeping there is hormone being released, there's nerve being activated that there's blood rushing down there that is helping you get an erection three to six times because that's what mother Nature wants you to be. Mother Nature wants you to have a fit penis. That's what you're made of and you come with that package already. Now, as you get older, you will notice you have less morning erection or nighttime erection. It's because you're not sleeping well, you're not in rapid eye movement. It's also because you're distracted, you're stressed out. And also your lifestyle put you at risk for having lower testosterone such as sedentary lifestyle, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, inflammation and smoking. All that contribute to a lower testosterone level which then contribute to to nighttime erection. So it's not so much as you get older, this is what you're going to get. It's all the things that you get when you get older that predispose you to get less nighttime erection. Now you will get less, but you shouldn't have zero nighttime erection. So that is something you need to keep in mind at this point. Is that a good nighttime erection or morning erection is a good indicator of good blood flow in the penis. And if you're getting nighttime erection but you're not getting an erection with a partner, then it's more of psychological stress or relationship that is causing the erectile dysfunction. Now know that you only get nighttime erection when you're in rapid eye movement, which switches, but you're not in that throughout the whole night. Rapid eye movements is about switching from 80 minutes on and then 80 minutes off. That's why there's fluctuation in nighttime and morning erection. Okay, modern man. If you're struggling with weak erection, low energy, the food you eat could be the big part of the problem. One of the best research back way to boost circulation, support healthy testosterone and improve sexual performance is the Mediterranean diet is packed with food that open up your blood vessel, lower inflammation and fuel your hormone naturally. I've seen men notice real improvement in both energy and direction within weeks when they shift to this style of eating. So check out the Mediterranean diet link right here below and get that as soon as you can. Stronger testosterone and better erection. So the bottom line is get a good night's sleep, stop the caffeine at least by 6pm so it doesn't interfere with your sleep. Stop the screen at least two hours before going to bed and get a good night's sleep of seven hours at night. Because when you're doing that, you're going to really promote more rapid eye movement, sleep, more relaxation and therefore more nighttime erection, eventual even morning erection. It's just good for your mind and your body overall and for your erection as well. Let mother nature do its work to help you get erection. The whole point I'm trying to tell you is that your body is made to get erection. Your body is optimized to get erection and therefore help it, don't hinder it. And if you do have morning erection, good for you, keep doing it. All right? And if you're noticing less morning erection, then start to notice, how are you sleeping? You're sleeping seven hours at night. Are you following Mediterranean diet? Are you exercising 30 minutes for four to five times a week? Are you smoking? You are, you need to stop. And what's your stress level? Because remember, when you're stressed, when you're distracted, it's going to impair nerve mechanism in your brain to have an erection. So oftentimes men feel, well, I'm not getting erection, I'm just going to pop in the Viagra. What's the last thing you need to do? Oftentimes it may just be your sleep. Oftentimes notice if you're getting morning erection. You get morning erection. You don't need to take Viagra, you get morning erection. There are things that you can do to fix your not so good erection. Sometimes as simple as getting a peaceful night's sleep, stopping the caffeine early, stopping the scrolling on your phone before bed, and just get a good night's sleep and get your body to heal itself because you take care of your body, it will take care of you, it will take care of your erection. And just know that you are born with having an erection. What you do, what your lifestyle set you up to have less erection. So you can have erection when you're 80 or even 90. You need to take care of it. You just need to know that there are things that you can do to keep it going and going. Okay? So I hope you find this helpful. Let me know what you think and in the next episode we're going to talk about different types of erection that you have. You know that you have four different type of erection. Well, stay tuned. 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