Anne Truong MDMen's Sexual Health Doctor

Why You Need to Get Your Vitamin D Levels Checked for Erectile Dysfunction? #vitamind #shorts

14 Jul 2023 · 1 min

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A short YouTube video by Anne Truong MD advising clinicians/patients to check vitamin D (25-hydroxy vitamin D, referred to as vitamin D3) when evaluating erectile dysfunction (ED). The speaker states vitamin D is important for hormone function, reports most of her patients are low in vitamin D, and recommends dietary sources (oysters, vegetables), sunlight exposure, and supplementation as ways to raise levels.

Questions this video answers

25-hydroxy vitamin D (referred to as vitamin D3).

"Almost 99% of people that I look at are low in vitamin D."

Oysters.

Chapters

Then you want to check vitamin D. Now, very important, you want to do vitamin D25 hydroxy. That's the vitamin D3 that is in your blood. And vitamin D3, it's almost considered as a hormone itself. It's an essential vitamin, but it is essential in all hormone function. And almost 99% of people that I look at are low in vitamin D. So am I. I'm low in vitamin D because the only way you can take vitamin D is through taking at least five portions of vegetables a day. Eat tons of oysters as well, because oysters have vitamin D. But the thing, most of the time, we also need the sun to convert your body to have vitamin D. But the good part, you can supplement the vitamin D. However, I measure that for evaluation of ed, because low vitamin D can contribute to ED as well, because the hormone needs that to function.