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So, it’s happened; you’ve developed erectile dysfunction. You can’t seem to get your little guy to sit up and pay attention when it’s time to get down to business in the sheets, no matter how hard you try. Your friends suggested a couple “sure-fire” techniques that were supposed to help your erection spring back to life, but they all failed. Face it; you’ve got erectile dysfunction.

But don’t spend your time kicking yourself and cursing your luck. Erectile dysfunction is not an absolute death knell for your precious erection. If approached correctly, erectile dysfunction can be overcome and defeated, and your erection should return to its former glory in no time.

If you want to save your little guy, it’s time to get serious about living well.

This means a diet focusing on fruits, veggies, and whole grains, with as little unhealthy sugar and fatty foods as humanly possible. While we’re on the topic of what you need to put in your body to beat your ED, it would also be wise to cut out cigarettes and overdrinking. A glass of wine every now and again isn’t going to undo all your hard work, but drinking to excess isn’t going to do your erection any favors.

Once you’ve started eating better, it’s time to get active. If you live a sedentary lifestyle, your erection is eventually going to pay the price. If you’re lazy and eat poorly, your waistline will grow, your arteries will narrow, and blood flow to the penis will be a difficult endeavor. Whatever you have to do to get up and get active, do it. Run a mile every day, create a workout regiment, lift weights, do leg lifts at work; if it gets you sweating, it’s good for your erection.

After some time, your positive lifestyle change should exponentially help your erection. As you slim down and eat better, blood flow will improve, which will make it easier for blood to reach the penis and cause an erection. Plus, this is a win/win; you’ll slim down, feel better about yourself, and regain your erection.

If you find yourself struggling to get out of bed in the morning, you find yourself not enjoying activities you typically love, and you prefer to be alone, you might begin to wonder if you’re saddled with depression. When you’re depressed, it can feel as though a big cloud is hanging over your head, affecting everything you do and controlling how you feel.

Depression can begin to leak into every aspect of your life, and could eventually find it’s way into the bedroom. In fact, depression and sexual issues are commonly linked, with a whopping 47 percent of men diagnosed as being clinically depressed reporting having problems with their sex life.

You may wonder how your current mood can play a part in the very physical act of achieving an erection, but the connection is very real. This is because your erection depends on signals from the brain that let it know it’s time to get to work. When you’re depressed, these signals can get lost amid the out-of-balance chemicals, and your brain suddenly can’t communicate to your body that an erection is needed.

The problem with depression and erectile dysfunction is that it can begin to feel like a vicious circle. When you’re depressed and you suddenly find yourself unable to perform in bed, this can lead to feelings of inadequacy and just makes both problems all the worse.

If you’ve been depressed and you’re now struggling to achieve an erection, don’t wait for your situation to get better. Seek help for your depression, and work to get to the bottom of the problem. Over time, you should be able to kick your depression to the curb, and your erection should return soon after.

When you have diabetes, it may feel like a perpetual race to find the perfect balance for your blood sugar. If it’s too high, you’ll get dizzy. If it’s too low, you’ll get dizzy. But if you can get it just right, you’ll be okay until your blood sugar inevitably begins to dip again and you’re right back to where you started.

But if you’re afflicted with diabetes, it is imperative to keep a close eye on your blood sugar levels, annoying as it may be. If not taken care of, your blood sugar can lead to health complications, such as high blood pressure and coronary artery disease.

If you don’t practice blood sugar control, you could even see your erection pay the price.

This is due to the fact that poor long-term blood sugar control can lead to major damage for blood vessels and nerves. When your blood vessels are damaged, your body will struggle to supply blood to your lower extremities, such as your penis. If your nerves are damaged, your body may struggle to pass pleasurable feelings from your penis to your brain, which leads to missed erections.

Erectile dysfunction among men with diabetes is incredibly prevalent. Studies have found that men with diabetes above the age of 50 are 60% more likely to develop erectile dysfunction. Above age 70, that likelihood jumps up to a staggering 95%.

It’s impossible to keep your blood sugar perfectly balanced all the time. But if you eat right, don’t let your blood sugar levels run wild, and live healthy, you should be able to stave off erectile dysfunction.

It feels like erectile dysfunction is an inevitability; lurking just around the corner to strike and take away your ability to get down to business between the sheets. No man wants to lose the ability to be sexually active, so age-induced erectile dysfunction can be downright scary.

But rest assured that your erection isn’t going to simply wither and die the moment you hit 60. Erectile dysfunction is caused by a variety of internal factors, such as blood flow and cardiovascular health. While it’s true that your body will one day lose the ability to supply a steady stream of blood to your penis, that doesn’t mean you can’t push this inevitability back.

The key to avoiding erectile dysfunction is by being healthy, plain and simple. Eat heart healthy meals, be active, avoid vices such as cigarettes, and practice moderation when it comes to alcohol consumption.

While this might sound like an obvious answer, living poorly greatly increases your chances of erectile dysfunction. The longer you eat poorly and live a sedentary lifestyle, the greater your chances of developing erectile dysfunction.

If you’ve decided to try and save your erection by changing your lifestyle, it might be too late. A lifetime of living poorly could have erectile dysfunction set in stone for you, but making positive lifestyle changes could always improve your chances of prolonging the inevitable.

If you’re looking to avoid erectile dysfunction for as long as possible, it’s important to live healthy. If you practice healthy living, you won’t have to worry about erectile dysfunction for many years.

Have you been trading out the whole grain for fried chicken lately? Instead of fruits and vegetables, do you find yourself reaching for candy? If so, you might find yourself a little bigger than you used to be. Sure, food that is bad for you is almost universally delicious, but if you opt to go with sugary, fatty foods, your erection may end up paying the price.

Yes, while what you eat and your erection don’t seem like they would be related whatsoever, the truth is that your diet can play a vital part in your erectile health.

This is because your diet greatly affects your cardiovascular health, which your erection is dependent upon to work properly. If you eat poorly, you will begin to gain weight. As you gain weight, your heart will have to work a little harder to keep up with the new demands of the body. When the heart is working overtime to keep up, blood flow will slow. When your blood flow slows down, your body will have to work harder to get blood to your lower extremities, such as your penis. When your penis can’t be quickly provided with blood, this leads to missed erections, which could then snowball into full blown erectile dysfunction.

As you gain weight, your cardiovascular system will have to work even harder to accommodate for this newfound weight, and your chances of erectile dysfunction will grow. If you’re looking to avoid developing a gut and losing your erection, stick to healthy foods and an active lifestyle. The occasional ice cream cone never hurt anybody, but if enjoyed in excess, you could be running into erectile problems down the line.

Drugs such as Viagra, Levitra, and Staxyn are just like all other medications, wherein they work best when taken properly. Sure, you could always just pop that little blue pill the moment you need it, but you’ll most likely find yourself playing the waiting game and cursing yourself for not thinking ahead.

If you’re new to the world of erectile health medication, you may find yourself wondering just what you need to do to get the best bang for your buck from your medication. Unlike some medication, erectile health medication isn’t to be taken the exact moment it’s needed. Instead, it should be taken at the right time, under the right circumstances.

When relying upon erectile health medication, it’s all about planning. It’s advised that the medication should be taken 30 minutes to an hour before you engage in intercourse.

But just because you popped it in time doesn’t mean your erection is suddenly going to spring to life at the magic hour mark. No, erectile health medication will help to wake your erection up, but an erection still needs to be coaxed out the old fashioned way. Sexual stimulation, be it through foreplay or other, will get your body excited, and will ensure your erection is ready when it’s time to get down to business.

It’s also wise to watch what you eat when taking erectile health medication. If taken on a full stomach, the wait time for erectile health medication can jump from an hour to two hours. That’s a lot of waiting for results. It’s best to take your erection health medication on a relatively empty stomach.

While it may seem complicated, achieving an erection on erectile health medication really boils down to planning ahead. If you plan ahead, your erection will be ready and raring to go when it’s time to get down to business.

When you suddenly find yourself grappling with the possibility that you can no longer consistently achieve an erection, it can be difficult to decide what you should do next. You may wonder if you’re making a mountain out of a molehill; after all, every man misses the occasional erection, so this must not be anything to worry about. You may deny you have a problem, reasoning that a missed erection or two isn’t anything serious. You might even own up to the fact that you have an erectile issue, but opt to do nothing about it, figuring that the problem will work itself out in time.

While erectile dysfunction can be a difficult problem to deal with, the simple fact is that it’s an issue that needs to be addressed. If you find yourself struggling to achieve an erection, it’s not a problem that is going to go away on it’s own accord. You need to get proactive about overcoming the problem.

The best way to do this is by speaking to a doctor about your erectile dysfunction. Due to the somewhat embarrassing nature of ED, most men simply opt to skip the doctor. A recent US survey found that 71% of men diagnosed with erectile dysfunction never spoke with a doctor about their issue. On top of this, due to not speaking with a doctor, a whopping 76% thought there was no medical treatment available for them.

While embarrassing, erectile dysfunction is not a problem that will go away on it’s own. Speak with a doctor, determine what is causing the issue, and work together to figure out the best way to overcome the problem.

When the weather starts to warm up and you swap your snow boots for flip-flops, that means it’s time for a cook out. Any good cook out is going to need a good mix of food, and it seems someone inevitably brings watermelon slices for everyone to nosh on. While chowing down on watermelon, you hear the table next to yours talking about the fruit’s apparent “restorative” properties. Watermelon, they say, can affect your body like Viagra, and can produce rock-solid erections. You mark this talk down as idle gossip, but you begin to wonder if there’s any truth to this idea. Can a slice of watermelon really assist you in getting an erection?

The answer is “yes, theoretically.”

You see, watermelon is chock full of an amino acid called citrulline. When consumed, citrulline is converted into the amino acid arginine, which relaxes and dilates the blood vessels, which facilitates better blood flow. Erectile dysfunction drugs such as Viagra work in the same way, opening up the blood vessels so blood can reach the penis and achieve an erection.

So, since the arginine in watermelon works the same way as Viagra, surely you can eat enough watermelon and overcome erectile dysfunction, right? Well, that’s where the “theoretically” part comes into play.

Despite extensive research, erectile health experts have not been able to figure out how much watermelon it takes to achieve an erection. A 4-ounce serving of watermelon contains about 150 milligrams of citrulline, but that’s not nearly enough to open the blood vessels enough to overcome ED.

So, if you’re thinking about ditching your Viagra and investing in a watermelon garden, think again. You might need to eat a whole watermelon or two before your erection springs back to life, and by that point you’ll be so full that sex will be the last thing on your mind. Stick with the surefire thing and use your ED medication when it’s time to hop between the sheets.

You and your erection have been through a lot together. Whether it’s hiding it behind a book when called to the front of the class, or trying to get it to simmer down when you see your partner naked for the first time, you’ve been there for each other. Which is why it can be downright scary to think that one day your erection isn’t going to be as strong as it used to be.

Yes, as men grow older, their erection will begin to falter. While you used to deal with erections day in and day out, you’ll find it increasingly difficult to get it up as you age.

But when can you expect this dreaded erection killer to strike? In your 40’s? In your 50’s? You know it’s coming, but when?

Extensive research has been done on the median age for erectile dysfunction, and the general consensus seems to be that erectile health and sexual function begin to falter after age 50.

But that’s not to say that your erection is going to kick the bucket as soon as you hit 51. Research has found that most age-associated erectile dysfunction is due to underlying physical factors. Whether it’s a lifetime of smoking, eating poorly, avoiding physical exercise, or just generally living poorly, it can all lead to ED.

If you’re looking to avoid ED for quite some time, it’s time to make some positive lifestyle changes. Eat better, get active, quit smoking, drink in moderation; just live a good, healthy life, and you shouldn’t have to worry about erectile dysfunction for many years.