Men’s Sexual Health And Longevity – Myths, Prejudices And Facts

Today, men are increasingly attentive to their sexual activity and, rightly, in the face of a decrease in erection quality, even if only occasional and episodic, they seek medical attention of the family doctor and the urologist-andrologist specialist. It is a positive trend that is linked to appearance and promotion of such drugs as tadalafil and its analogs, because they increase public awareness about the disease and remove the stigma. Hence the importance of prevention that must be addressed to healthy men from a young age in perfect condition, to defend their "sexual health".

In this perspective, both diet and lifestyle (smoking, sleep, physical activity, etc.) play a strategic role. One can schematically outline the 10 golden rules that are highly recommended and extremely useful for preventing sexual deficit and impotence:

  1. Remove and treat vascular and neurological risk factors: cholesterol and excess blood triglycerides, high blood pressure, diabetes, etc.
  2. Quitting smoking
  3. Maintain healthy weight
  4. Receive timely treatment for "hormonal" pathologies or endocrinopathies (thyroid, adrenal, pituitary, etc.).
  5. Qualitatively and quantitatively balanced diet, rich in fruit and vegetables, with a reduction in the percentage of animal fats, is a good way to start caring for your sexual longevity. In particular, normocaloric and normoenergetic diets are recommended in relation obviously to the specific patient and therefore depending on your age and activity: these diets must be low in saturated fatty acids and rich in unsaturated fatty acids. Specialists recommend:
    • legumes, rich in proteins (soy, beans, peas, chickpeas, lentils)
    • cereals (wheat, rice, corn, buckwheat)
    • tomatoes (rich in lycopene)
    • green tea (not fermented with respect to dark tea)
    • vitamins A, C, E
    • microelements (selenium and zinc)
    • all fruit and vegetables, the foods that nature offers us with the most vibrant colors, because they are rich in antioxidants (tomatoes, aubergines, apricots, radishes, carrots, blueberries, berries, persimmons, carrots).
    The consumption of fish, rich in essential unsaturated fatty acids from the omega-3 series (tuna, salmon, sea bream, sole, bream and trout) is recommended. Fish is also recommended for animal protein intake, while "red" and fatty meats should be reduced. Avoid using margarine, bacon, bacon, butter and prefer extra virgin olive oil and seed oils (corn, sunflower, peanut) because they are richer in monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids (good supply of linoleic acid and reduced cholesterol intake).
  6. Reduce the consumption of alcohol, especially hard drinks. In moderate quantities, however, the wine, better red, because it contains flavonoids, isoflavonoids and revastrol, with antioxidant action.
  7. Make sure you get regular and restful sleep, appropriate to the patient's age, with respect for the sleep / wake rhythm, that is, qualitatively valid.
  8. Maintain suitable and constant physical activity.
  9. Absolute prohibition, even if only occasional, goes for the use of all recreational drugs, including so-called "light" ones.
  10. Periodic andrological visits are recommended, such as "coupons" in important periods of the patient's sexual development.

These andrological checks are highly helpful around 18-20 years (phimosis, short frenulum, premature ejaculation...) as well as in your forties (early diagnosis of initial fibrosis of the corpora cavernosa, difficult conditions for good penile rigidity, loss of stiffness of the penis, occasional and episodic sexual defaillances). These "control checks" are mainly used for the so-called "secondary" prevention, that is, in practice for the "early diagnosis" of andrological diseases that perhaps have not yet manifested themselves clinically. It is well known to everyone how early diagnosis allows the best total healing results. Always avoid "do it yourself" remedies, but contact your family doctor and the uro-andrologist specialist.