How To Increase Nitric Oxide for Stronger Erections
11 Nov 2025 · 0 min
Podcast episode (hosted by Dr. Anne Truong, MD) explaining the role of nitric oxide (NO) in erectile function and overall vascular health, and giving practical, non-pharmacologic ways to boost NO. Covers what NO is, health consequences of low NO, dietary nitrate-rich foods (leafy greens, beets, garlic, pomegranate, dark chocolate), exercise (weight training, HIIT), breathing, sunlight exposure, avoiding fluoride mouthwash/antacids, use of NO supplements and measurement strips, and promotes Dr. Truong’s Get Wood Now program and related 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.
Hello there, modern man. What if I tell you this tiny gas molecule that your body make can dictate your ability to get and maintain an erection? Sounds wild, right? But the science is clear. Nitric oxide is critical for your erection and that you don't have enough of it. It will contribute to Ed. I'm Dr. Anne Tro. I'm a sexual health specialist. I've treated over 7,000 men with ED. And in today's episode we're going to go over what is nitric oxide and what does it do and how you can increase it. So nitric oxide, or no, is really a colorless, odorless gas composed of one nitrogen and one oxygen. It's actually classified as a free radical due to its unpaired electron. However, due to its high reactivity, it can actually be involved in very critical function of the body. So in the human body, it serves as a crucial signaling molecule with wide ranging roles. So number one, it causes open blood vessels or vasodilation. So it causes you to have more blood flow everywhere, not just down below. So it's essential for cardiovascular health. Number two, it has facilitated communication between nerve and also muscle, so therefore is involved in memory and learning. It's also involved in increasing immunity as well too. It actually improves the immunity cells to respond to pathogen or infection. And also it will help with inflammation. Other things it can do, it help with respiratory digestion and also the kidney by influencing the smooth muscle function and increasing blood flow to these organs. So when you have low nitric oxide, it can cause conditions such as high blood pressure, inflammation of the blood vessel called endothelial dysfunction, ed and also cognitive decline or memory loss and impair wound healing as well. So naturally your body make nitric oxide, but as you get older, around 40 years old, you make less nitric oxide. Around 40 years old, you make a 50% less nitric oxide than you would normally would be. So you said, okay, well I can't do anything about my age, but you can do something to actually increase your nitric oxide. Well, you can start with number one, eating Nitrate rich fruit. So these foods, when you eat it, it is nitrate, N I, T R, a T E and in your mouth and then in your stomach it will turn into nitric oxide. Well, these foods are leafy greens such as spinach, arugula, kale, Swiss chard, lettuce, bok choy, mustard greens, all my favorite. You can also eat beets and beetroot juice. Other vegetables are celery, carrots, radishes, cabbage, broccoli and parsley. These foods are high in dietary nitrate, so your body can convert it to nitric oxide. And it will also help in lowering your blood pressure as well too. Other foods are garlic, I love garlic. So garlic will increase nitric oxide. Watermelon, cucumber, nuts and seeds such as sunflower seed, pumpkin seed and almond, all precursors of nitric oxide. This is one of my favorite. Pomegranate and citrus fruit and dark chocolate all contain antioxidant and these help protect the nitric oxide production as well. Now, lean meat such as chicken and fish, like salmon and mackerel, are high in omega 3 fatty acids which will increase nitric oxide synthesis. Okay, modern man, you are not alone and you don't have to suffer anymore. Ed can feel isolating, frustrating, and even defeating. The endless guessing, the quiet shame, the weight of not feeling like yourself. It's exhausting. Exhausting. But here's the truth. You are not broken. You are not alone. You don't have to figure this out alone anymore. The Get Wood now boost program is your step by step path to sexual confidence and restoration. No more suffering in silence. No more trial and error. Just real solution, real result and the confidence that you deserve. It's time to take back your power on your term. Let's get this journey started together. Check out the course@getwoodnow.com I'll see you there. Now, believe it or not, regular exercise such as weight training or high intensity interval training called hiit. HIIT can stimulate more nitric oxide. I know exercise sometimes can be a little hard, but it will increase your nitric oxide and therefore help with your erection. And the key is consistency. In my last episode I talked about fluoride mouthwash and fluoride toothpaste. And antacid can decrease the nitric oxide, so you want to make sure you don't use those. And you can always take nitric oxide supplement to increase your nitric oxide. Check out the link right here. Other things that you can do is deep breathing. Deep breathing that I talked about in my other episode. Five minutes of deep Breathing will actually enhance your nitric oxide production. And another thing children you will love is sunlight exposure. When you're out in the sunlight, it will actually help you release more nitric oxide. And you know that you can measure your nitric oxide. Well, you can measure it by using a strip, right? These are the strips right here. You just put it top of your tongue like that and in a few minutes it comes out. So I did that for today's episode and guess what? I'm a little bit definition in nitric oxide because it's not bright pink. And so if you go to the link down below here and we're going to put the link down below so you can actually measure your nitric oxide, you can go to our store at Ed no more to buy the nitric oxide strip. And then if you go to this link down below, it tells you how to read your nitric oxide content. And if you bright pink, you have optimal nitric oxide. If you are low pink or white, you're depleted and right now depleted. So I am going to take some nitric oxide. In fact I just did today, I just did like five minutes ago before I recorded this session. So the reason why mine is low is that I take antacid omeprazole for my gastric ulcer. So it's decreasing that. But I will work towards like you eating more nitrate rich food as well as measuring my nitric oxide content. You do this, you measure about, I would say once a week and you will see an improvement in your nitric oxide content. And you can also take this two capsules every day, nitric oxide, which is made from arugula extract, which is the best low oxalate content for nitric oxide. Check it out. We're getting more of this at our store@ednomore.com okay, so having said that, I know this episode is full of information, it is a lot. So watch it again, read the transcript and I hope that this information is helpful for you all and that I would appreciate it if you push the like button comment and subscribe to the channel. A lot of our viewers are non subscribers. So please subscribe and show me some love and then let me know what your thoughts are. How are you doing to increase your nitric oxide? So having said that, we have a good morning wood smoothie recipe down below which increases your nitric oxide that you can do naturally every day. And also check out our get Wood course down below as well and strategies for ED breakthrough. So having said that, a modern man, you do not have to suffer with ED alone. There is hope. There are alternative beside medication and surgery. You are not broken. You do not have to suffer in silence. We are here to support you all the way. So I will see you in the next episode. Okay modern men, you are not alone and you don't have to suffer anymore. ED can feel isolating, frustrating and even defeating. The endless guessing, the quiet shame, the weight of not feeling like yourself. It's exhausting. But here's the truth. You are not broken. You are not alone. You don't have to figure this out alone anymore. The Get Wood Now Boost program is your step by step path to sexual confidence and restoration. No more suffering in silence. No more trial and error. Just real solution, real result and the confidence you deserve. It's time to take back your power on your term. Let's get this journey started together. Check out the course@getwoodnow.com I'll see you there.
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