Booze may prevent erectile dysfunction
New evidence suggests that moderate alcohol use might somehow lower the risk of erectile dysfunction. The causal relationship isn't entirely clear. From New Scientist:
After accounting for differences due to age, smoking and heart disease – all risk factors for ED – (University of West Australia epidemiologist Kew-Kim) Chew and colleagues found that drinkers experienced rates of impotence 25% to 30% below those of teetotallers..."Alcohol stops men being a flop in bed"
The study did not examine how alcohol seems to protect against ED, but he thinks antioxidants in some kinds of alcohol play a role. Other studies suggest that both red and white wine protect against heart disease via a similar mechanism.
One theory holds that ED and heart disease are both manifestations of the same disease. Indeed, Chew found that men who suffer from ED are more likely to go onto develop heart disease.
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or, at least it makes us FEEL that way...
My experience has been rather the opposite.
"OK Doc. . . how much I gotta pour on it to make it get hard?"
the article was awful. it's not the alcohol that is magic, the benefits are usually from something else in the drink.
"perhaps for the same reason a glass or two of wine a day cuts the odds of suffering from heart disease."
i thought they decided that was because wine contains concentrated amounts of resveratrol, beer and spirits don't. beer is often brewed with hops which contain some powerful phytoestrogens and are often used in herbal medicine to treat low estrogen in menopausal women. maybe not the best for ED.
Phytoestrogens: I think it is these that women don't take to, hence to be avoided if you are in their company or wish to be in their company.
But I could be making this up.
ZuZu.. really thinking hard about whether I want to click that link, in this context.
No fair, its like you've boobytrapped my learnin'
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ7pgElCPXE&feature=related
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How about the fact that many men find it hard (hem hem) to get up with a few too many, so perhaps after a lifetime of needing to try a little harder, they're just better at getting it up in difficult circumstances?
Yet another reason "straight edge" kids always seem so frustrated?
@ #4: You may be right in your overall point, but I should point out that resveratrol is present only in red wine, not white, since it comes from the skins of the grapes. It is also present in such small amounts that it probably has only the most miniscule effect on incidence of heart disease. (Unless you're drinking ~30 bottles a day, but that might cause problems of its own.)
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um, it's called less stress, perhaps?
Guh. Such a fine line between the positive effects and whiskey dick.
lessens performance anxiety, maybe?
Is that why they call it hard liquor?
Maybe that's why they call it a "stiff drink". Any new word on masturbation causing blindness?
Yeah, Frankieboy:
An alcoholic, chronic masturbator = a blind drunk?
first Obama then this, how much more good news can we take this month?
Chris Onstad knew this months ago
http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=07252007
@6 Arkizzle
Keep thinking hard! :pyeah, it's called beer goggles. then again too much and it's called whiskey dick.
Did anybody say "I'll drink to that" yet? If not, then I'll drink to that.
My first thought was that the Dead Kennedy's would disagree.
That's why we keep trying, dammit! FOR SCIENCE!
@Arkizzle: I always preferred the Nouvelle Vague cover.
As with most other things, moderation is the answer. I was moderately functional for decades being moderately drunk.
I haven't noticed much difference with moderate alcohol consumption. Vicodin, on the other hand, makes it extremely difficult to close the deal.
More than one drink usually causes me problems. If I'm going to be having sex in an altered state, I'll choose cannabis over anything else.
Not something I have the opportunity to do frequently (it has been a few years) but last time I combined the two, I had multiples... four right in a row. And I'm a guy.
I wonder if the researchers controlled for religiosity, given the number of religions that forbid or stigmatize alcohol, and the general weird attitude many religions have about sex. Maybe the effect is just the intersection of observant Mormons and people who think sex is wrong.
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More, apparently. http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/27/1354225
Maybe the effect is just the intersection of observant Mormons and people who think sex is wrong.
Isn't there a 'family planning' clinic at that address?
how much powdered Viagra to safely cut one bottle of communion wine?
Next they'll discover in clinical trials that rye helps you start fights.