Dr. Anne Truong presents a podcast on how diet and lifestyle influence erectile dysfunction (ED). She highlights three primary, actionable points: follow a Mediterranean-style diet (less red meat, more fish/chicken, fruits, vegetables, whole grains, optionally one glass of red wine/day) which is associated with lower ED incidence in one cited long-term study of men aged ~40–60 over 24 years; avoid diets high in saturated fats (found in fatty meats, full-fat dairy, coconut/palm oil, fried/baked foods); and prevent/reverse obesity (defined here as BMI >30) through weight loss including HIIT to improve testosterone and erectile function. She also advises limiting alcohol (~7 drinks/week), critiques long-term reliance on PDE5 inhibitors (Viagra/Cialis) as "band-aids," and promotes a paid "Modern Man Club" community for men with ED.
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Well, can a diet prevent erectile dysfunction or maintain your erectile capacity? Yes. Stay tuned in the episode where I will discuss more about what you need to eat to maintain your function.
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 affect men of all ages and backgrounds. So let's get started and be sure to visit my website@sexualhealthfulmenpodcast.com for more information and resources from the show. See you on the inside.
Diet and lifestyle factors can play a role in contributing to you developing ED or not or maintaining your erection. And I'm going to discuss about three things that you can do and what to avoid eating so that way you can maintain your erectile function at this time. Number one, you need to eat a consistent diet that is healthy for your function. The reason why is because the penis muscle organ has the highest blood vessel content when it is erect. So compare a flaccid penis to an erected penis. There is an increase of 40 times more blood vessels in the penis when it is erect compared to when it's flaccid, more than any organ in the body. So having said that, because it has more blood vessels in, the organ is very sensitive to what you eat because what's in the blood, what's in the blood is what you eat, right? So when you eat something, it goes to your stomach, your stomach, digest it, and then it goes to your liver to process it and then it go to your bloodstream. What's in your bloodstream is what nutrient you get, what you feed your cells in your body to function. So because the penis had 40 times more blood flow in it when it's erect, it is very sensitive to what you eat. So men listen to this. What you eat will affect your erection more so than a woman. So what type of diet is very helpful to maintain your performance function is actually a Mediterranean diet. Research studies have looked at men over 24 years from the age of 40 to 60, and what they find was that men that consistently followed the Mediterranean diet were associated with lower incidence of ED compared to men that were not eating the Mediterranean diet. So what is the Mediterranean diet? It's a diet that is less red meat and more of lean meat like fish and chicken without the skin, more fruits and vegetable, more and more whole grain as well. It actually allows you to have a glass of red wine a day so and find out more. If you want to know more about the Mediterranean diet, I'll put a link in my show notes as well and I'll also discuss it as well in the Modern Man Number two, a diet that is high in saturated fat is bad. And what is saturated fat? Saturated fat is found in meat and in dairy product or a fat that is animal based like beef, pork, poultry, full fat, dairy and eggs. And food is high in saturated fat is linked to heart disease, diabetes, stroke, high blood pressure and other vascular problem. Now what are some of the bad saturated food? It's like beef, lamb, pork, poultry, especially with the skin. So I recommend that you eat poultry without the skin, beef fat or tallow, lard and cream, butter, cheese, ice cream. I know, I like ice cream too but that's not good for you guys. Coconut and palm oil and baked and fried food. So you want to choose whole grain, you want to choose lean and plant based protein and lots, lots of fruits and vegetables. Limit your salt, sugar content, processed food and also limit your alcohol content to about probably about seven drinks a week. Number three, Obesity is a risk factor for ED because obesity can lead to conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and of course ed. So what is obesity defined as? It's defined as a bmi of over 30 because studies have shown that if your BMI is over 30, your testosterone is also decreased and therefore contributing to higher incidence of ed.
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Club now while there is no way to prevent ED by eating certain food but it consistently, if you eat it consistently from you know, the age of, you know, 20 to 60 and limiting the bad food which is the saturated fat and maintaining a healthy body weight which below BMI of 30 this has all shown to support erectile function over a course of a lifetime. So that way you can continue to enjoy intimacy really to the day you die. So it is possible men to eat a diet that will help with your erectile function. And also if you have ED is to switch to digital diet recommendation that I talk about which is the Mediterranean diet, stop the saturated fat, do high intensity interval exercises to lose weight and to keep your BMI under 30. Making these small changes goes a long way and it's not about taking Viagra or Cialis because when you take Viagra or Cialis it actually hijacks your erection and will actually in the long run make your erection worse. Because if you just change your diet by making these small increment you will notice that your erection will be firmer, your testosterone level will increase with more high hiit exercises and it's as simple as that. I know it does take some work and some commitment, but the long term is that you're able to perform and prevent worsening ed. And guys, if you are stop taking Viagra and Cialis because it's only a band aid, it doesn't treat the root.
Cause of your problem.
The root cause of ED is poor blood flow and you need to do everything you can to prevent it from poor blood flow, from getting worse and restore more blood flow. Again, I equate taking ED medication like taking pain medication when you have back pain because it's only a band aid, it's going to get you into a black hole. So go to the Show Note and click the link to join my Modern Man Club where I coach you on what you need to do to prevent ED or to restore your function again and I hope to see you in there until the next episode.
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