Top 5 Erectile Dysfunction Myths Debunked

You know, there are five common ED myths that you believe is true and is not true.

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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.

Today I'm going to talk about five common ED myth that is supposedly you thought it was true, but it's really not true. So let's break it down. Myth number one, ED only affect older men. While it's somewhat true that the older you are, there's more prevalence of men having ED because as you get older, you tend to have high blood pressure, high cholesterol or diabetes and obesity. And it affects you over time. As you get older, it's kind of like an older car. The more you drive it, the more chance it's going to break down, right? Well, the same thing. But it doesn't necessarily mean that ED affects you when you get older. It's just that you have more predisposing medical disease that contribute to ed. Now, ED is a symptom. It is not a disease. The disease is high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes. That's the disease that contribute to ED or like low testosterone or hypogonadism. So in a sense, it doesn't mean that young men cannot have ed. You can still have ED because of lifestyle factors such as smoking, excessive alcohol or obesity and also psychological factors such as stress, anxiety, depression and PTSD. In fact, 50% of men between the age of 40 to 70 have ED. And under 40 it ranges from about between 5 up to 15%. And now we're seeing men in their 20s with ED and it's mainly due to lifestyle factors such as porn, smoking, vaping and also recreational drugs. So stay tuned. I'll be talking a few next episode about porn and ed. So that's number one. Myth number two, ED is just a normal part of aging. While it's true that the prevalence of ED increases with age, but it's not an inevitable part of aging of getting older. Because as you get older, like I talked about before, you tend to have more disease such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high diabetes, you gain more weight, you don't exercise as much because you may have arthritis in your knee or your hips and the weight keep adding on and that you have more things that takes up your time versus when you were younger. However, if you get older and you just change your diet or your exercise regimen and change your lifestyle, you can definitely not have to have ED as you get older. So it is modifiable. Myth number three is that ED is solely a physical issue. While 90% of the cause of ED is physical or due to medical issues, about 10% is due to psychological roots such as anxiety, stress, depression, relationship issues that contribute to the existing physical causes. So when you're treating ed, you're treating both the psychological and the physical issue of ed, and they both interrelate because when you have the psychological component, it may contribute to the physical component and then the physical can contribute to the psychological as well. Myth number four, only medication can treat ed. While medication like Viagra Cialis are commonly prescribed, they are not the only option. Because we know that ED is a complex process that starts from the brain that goes to your emotion, goes to your hormone, to your nerve, to your blood vessels and to the penis muscle. So it goes from here down to your sexual organ is not just the sexual organs alone. When you take Viagra, Viagra only relaxes the muscles of the penis by a mechanism called cyclic GMP because it makes that chemical more available and therefore the smooth muscle of the penis relaxes. And therefore when it relaxes, more blood flow flows into the penis. But Viagra does not help with sexual arousal or libido. You still need to stimulate the brain, the emotions, the hormones, the nerve and the blood vessels as well. But by just changing your diet to a Mediterranean diet and exercise 30 minutes a day, or three hours in a week, even just involve walking, stopping smoking, sleeping better, as well as moderating the quantity of alcohol, you, you can actually help reset the brain, the emotion, the hormone, then the blood vessels as well, and the nerve by just changing your diet and your exercise routine and sleeping better, not being stressed, because all those lifestyle factors that contribute to insult to the brain, the emotion, the nerve, the hormones and the blood vessel. That's why treating ED has to be a multifaceted approach, like my get heart system approach, which addresses the whole six system of the sexual response and not just one. Because when you're taking Viagra, you're just addressing the penis muscle relaxation. That's why it's not effective in all men. It's effective in about 60 to 70% of men using it. And it's almost like A crutch. So ed, it involved from your head all the way down to your sexual organ. And. And you cannot ignore the organ of the brain and the nerve and the emotions as well as the blood vessel. Myth number five, ED is not treatable. This is significant misconception that can lead to hopelessness and frustration. I can't tell you how many men I see in groups in quorum that essentially said I'm hopeless. I'm just going to have to live with this. I have to live with an ED life. I feel hopeless. I can't live with this. Well, the truth is that many causes of ED are actually treatable and oftentimes something just tweaking your diet and sleeping a little bit better and just doing a little bit of exercise and doing intermittent fasting will go a long way. I've seen patients, all they do is just decrease their carbohydrate content. They sleep a little bit better, add a little bit of intermittent fasting, meaning you stop eating at 8pm and start eating around 11am the next day. I've seen their testosterone level increase. They now starting to get morning erection. So just little tweaks like that will go a long way. Sometimes you almost think, oh my God. Something as complex as ED and something important as ED can really be changed with just a simple diet change. Sometimes the basic thing, the things that we take granted and sometimes that are free are actually more effective than the complex process and treatment that have to pay a lot of money for. Yes, because I've seen patient changing, just those little tweaks and they actually notice an improvement in their morning erection. Like for instance, I have a patient in my modern man club where I coach men with ED twice a month and men are supported in a supportive environment. What other men with ED will share their stories and share their successes. And I've noticed a guy in their name is Carl and he has prostate cancer. When he was like 44 years old, had the surgery done and he had ED as one of the complications. He took Viagra and Cialis. None of it worked. His doctor said live with it or get a penile implant. Well, he found us the modern man club and he been in coaching and was really an eye opener for him because he realized that he does not have to live with Ed and he's only in his 40s now. So he started intermittent fasting. He started using the morning wood smoothie, a recipe. And those of you that are interested in the morning wood smoothie, I can put the link to the morning wood smoothie. In my show note as well. And then he just started eating less carbohydrates, started kind of instituting the Mediterranean diet in his daily routine. And he's now waking up with morning Wood. And he noticed also lost about 20 pounds. His attitude is a lot better, he has more energy. And as he's instituting a better diet and just adding a little bit of exercise to his daily regimen, he's now.

Able to have sex with his girlfriend.

Where a few months ago, let's say like four or five months ago, that was an impossibility. And this is on person that have prostate cancer. The worst case of ED you can get. And he's able to get reversal with just a simple diet change. Intermittent fasting, and a good morning Wood smoothie is just a formula with fruits and vegetables, antioxidant that really help increasing blood flow and just a little bit of exercise. So it really doesn't take a lot of complex things you have to do to get your sex life back again. But it takes time and it takes effort from you. I know sometimes it could be easy just to pop in a pill and just say, okay, you know, I'm going.

To get my erection back.

But sometime a pill becomes a crutch, it becomes a band aid. And you're really not addressing the cause or the disease that's causing you to have ED in the first place. Remember, ED is a symptom of something going on. And when a man has ed, it should be a warning sign. It should be the red light in your car. Because you really need to take a step back and realize, okay, what's going on that's causing this ed? And the earlier you start, the easier that you can reverse ed. So I hope you find this useful. I will be so much appreciative if you like, subscribe, comment, let me know if you have any question. And just remember, men, you are the modern man. You can live more, love more, and be happy. I'll see you in the next episode.

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