Health Tips

There are many good reasons to lose weight; for the happiness of both you and your partner, the possibility of eliminating impotence is surely one of them! Given the amount of social and media attention focusing on obesity nowadays,

it’s common knowledge that this condition carries significant risks to health and longevity. On the bright side though, we can find numerous people who have turned their lives (including their sex lives!) around by combining positive thinking and sensible weight loss programs.

Obesity is most commonly defined as having +25% body fat for men and +32% for women. It is unquestionably one of the biggest problems facing a growing number of countries, led by the US, where more than 55% of the population is overweight or obese.

Categorized as a chronic condition related to both genetic and environmental factors, obesity seems to occur for varying reasons among those it afflicts. However, social, cultural, behavioral, psychological and metabolic factors are certainly involved. The base equation is that if your energy intake exceeds your energy output, you will gain weight.

So how does obesity put a person at risk for impotence? The relationship is both physical and psychological in nature. From a physical standpoint, obesity indirectly causes impotence through its serious complications, including: diabetes (a very high percentage of diabetics suffer from both obesity and erectile dysfunction); gallbladder disease; gout; arthritis; cancer (for men, colon and prostate; for women, breast and uterine); snoring and sleep apnea; hypertension (the most common obesity-related disease); and heart disease (many medications used to treat this and hypertension can contribute to impotence).

Psychologically, obesity is directly linked to impotence given the nearly universal emotional stress it causes in sufferers. Whether this stress is related to problems with personal relationships, social stigma or low self-esteem, and whether it’s justified or not, the fact remains that this emotional baggage easily affects a person’s sexual performance. This is not to say that overweight people can’t love themselves or enjoy sex (indeed for more than a few people, fat equals sexy!) but the reality is that especially for men, medical studies consistently prove obesity is a major factor in sexual dysfunction.

So, if you are suffering from obesity and impotence, or at risk for either, the time to make changes in your life is NOW! Only you can decide that enough is enough and that you WILL lose weight. Of course, we are inundated on an almost daily basis with products and programs that claim to shed pounds. As you probably know from experience, some of these work to a degree and many don’t at all.

However, with advances in medical knowledge, a number of drugs, including Phentermine and Xenical, have come to the forefront in the fight against obesity. These medications have been helpful for a number of people, but never forget the importance of proper dieting and good old-fashioned exercise as the basis for any effective weight management program. Why not start TODAY?