Obesity and smoking are risk your libido!

The erectile dysfunction, you do not know? And well that it lasts, be sure to ban smoking and the extra pounds! Indeed, smoking and obesity significantly increases the risk of widening your sexual health.

Researchers at Harvard University have found that obesity and smoking greatly increase the likelihood of suffering from erectile dysfunction. Conversely, regular physical activity reduces this risk. These are the main results of the first follow-up study on a large scale to identify enemies of the erection.

The size of the study has also ...
The team Constance Bacon and Eric Rimm of the School of Public Health at Harvard University followed more than 22 000 men aged 4A to 75 years who brought you all a very good sexual health and the absence of chronic disease before 1986 . Among them, 17.7% (nearly 4 000) reported the occurrence of erectile dysfunction between 1986 and 2000. The objective of this monitoring over several years is to highlight the influence factors of health: smoking, obesity, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity. The researchers adjusted the results taking into account the victims of prostate cancer, treatment (radiation, surgery ...) can have direct consequences on the erection.

Smoking and overweight are addressing your libido!
The results show that the Smoking and obesity significantly increase the likelihood of suffering from erectile dysfunction. Conversely, regular physical activity reduces this risk. The researchers found that obese men and practicing little exercise were 2.5 times greater risk of erectile dysfunction than those who do not suffer from overweight and practice at least 30 minutes of physical activity per day. If we consider that men under age 55, then the risk is multiplied by 4! Alcohol does not appear to increase the risk of sexual dysfunction.

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If your sexual health is important to you ...
These results suggest that erectile dysfunction and cardiovascular disease share common risk factors. Eric Rimm said that such results should encourage men to adopt a healthier lifestyle. Then gentlemen to stay young, know now lace up your sneakers and throw your cigarette! Finally, if you are affected by erectile dysfunction, remember that now there are solutions. So go ahead and consult your doctor if you have problems!

 

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