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Hello there, Modern Man. In this episode, we're going to talk

about why your erection leave you when you have no trouble

getting an erection initially. I hear this a lot, where "I don't

have any problem getting an erection, but I have a hard

problem maintaining the erection to finish, or maintaining

firmness." We're going to go into the top seven reason why

you have problem maintaining your erection and your erection

leave you. I'm Dr. Anne Truong, stay tuned. You'll be surprised

what number seven is.

So number one is smoking. Why smoking is bad? That's including

vaping as well too. The reason why smoking is bad because it's

inflammatory. It affects your blood flow, because what it does

is that it decreases blood flow down below in order for it to

get a firm erection. That's number one.

Number two is alcohol. Drinking more than about 14 drinks a

week. Because alcohol, again, is inflammatory. Your body consider

that as foreign. So what it does is that it decreases blood flow

to where you need it the most, when you need it the most.

Number three is what you eat. That is probably the number one

factor affecting your erection, is what you put in here. So I

always tell my patient, follow the Mediterranean diet. What

that is, it's eating the food that Mother Earth gave you. Eat

what the earth grow for you. Lean meat, chicken, fish. You

can do red meat, but probably not every day. Maybe twice a

week or three times a week. But eat what the earth gave you.

Don't eat anything in a bag or box or a can. Focus more on

whole food. Focus more on vegetables and fruit. What the

bad stuff is that donut baked goods, fried food and sweets,

and anything that has a lot of sugar and fat at the same time,

the worst. So a Mediterranean diet, check out the link right

here. I give you information on what to eat for the

Mediterranean diet, it laid out what to eat every day.

Number four is lack of exercise. You know when I mean exercise?

I'm not telling you run a marathon or try to do hard

exercise. Even just walking 30 minutes a day is exercise or

even walking up and down the stairs is exercise. Even doing

housework is exercise. And your wife's gonna like this, doing

yard work is also exercise as well too. As long as you're

moving it is exercise. We should do that around 30 minutes, about

three to four times a week is optimal. And you want to get

your heart rate up to a point that is hard for you to count to

10 easily. So moderate level of exercise. But you can do biking.

You can do swimming, walking, even weight training. The prefer

exercise is high intensity interval exercise, or HIIT

exercise, where you do a fast exercise for like a minute, and

then rest a minute and do fast exercise for a minute, and you

do it for about 20 to 30 minutes. But that's not for

everybody. I get it. The best form of exercise is walking.

It's outside. You enjoy the fresh air. It relaxes you as

well.

Number five is common medication that you take actually will

decrease your erection. Such as your blood pressure medication,

can affect your erection. Your antidepressant medication, as

well as your diuretics that you take. Again, diuretics are the

water pill that you take for your blood pressure medicine.

Now I'm not saying stop your medication at all. I'm just

saying these medications can counteract the erection and that

you should talk with your doctor about your medication. So do not

stop your medication. However, you can counteract that by

exercising, by changing what you eat, by stopping smoking and

limiting your alcohol. So that way you can take the medication

but it will not affect your erection.

Okay, Modern Man, you are not alone and you don't have to

suffer anymore. ED can feel isolating, frustrating, and even

defeating. The endless guessing, the quiet shame, the weight of

not feeling like yourself is exhausting. But here's the

truth, you are not broken. You are not alone. You don't have to

figure this out alone anymore. The Get Wood Now Boost Program

is your step by step, path to sexual confidence and

restoration. No more suffering in silence, no more trial and

error, just real solution, real result and the confidence you

deserve. It's time to take back your power on your term. Let's

get this journey started together. Check out the course

at getwoodnow.com. I'll see you there.

Number six is sleep. Getting inadequate sleep. You should

sleep seven hours at nighttime is most optimal and good sleep.

You want to have sleep that put your rapid eye movement or REM

sleep. Because when you have REM sleep, it's when your

testosterone are being made, and when you have REM sleep is when

your mind and body are truly relaxed. REM sleep is when you

dream. It's when you dream you know that you have good REM

sleep. So get adequate sleep because that's how you heal, and

that's how you make more testosterone, and that's how

your mind is more relaxed. And in fact, when you have REM

sleep, you also have a morning wood or nighttime wood, because

that happens during REM sleep. Because your REM sleep is when

your testosterone is made, and that's why, in the morning,

between five to seven, your testosterone level is at its

highest, and that when it coincide with you having morning

wood.

So that lead us to number seven, porn. If you're watching porn,

porn is more easily accessible now than ever, so when you're

watching porn, it messes up with how arousal is processed in your

brain. It messes up with how you release dopamine, dopamine is

the feel me good hormone that gets released when you get

aroused. That's when you get released when you have an orgasm

and ejaculation, and that gets messed up, therefore the

processing of arousal is disrupted. That's how porn

affect your erection, where you can get an erection watching

porn, but you can sometimes struggle with getting erection

with a partner.

So those are the top seven reasons why your erection leave

you when you need it the most. And if you just make a little

tweak, maybe one out of seven, maybe moderate your alcohol and

drinking less, or maybe thinking about eating less processed

food, less sugary food, and less fatty food, that will also help.

I'm not saying do all seven at the same time, but maybe start

with one for a few months, and then get your blood work

checked, because if you change your diet, you can definitely

see if your blood sugar is improved. You can see if your

cholesterol is improved. And if you sleep better, you will

notice more frequent morning wood, more peaceful. You know,

when you wake up in the morning and porn is either yes or no.

It's like you can't just watch a little bit of porn and be okay.

You've got to stop. It's no in between there as well. So

imagine you do all seven at the same time, it will accumulate,

and you'll be surprised what a difference it will make for your

erection. I would do all this first and get your blood work

done and check your testosterone level before you take an ED

medication, because you will be surprised that making one trick

will create a great erection.

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see you next episode.

Okay, Modern Man, you are not alone and you don't have to

suffer anymore. ED can feel isolating, frustrating, and even

defeating. The endless guessing, the quiet shame, the weight of

not feeling like yourself is exhausting. But here's the

truth, you are not broken. You are not alone. You don't have to

figure this out alone anymore. The Get Wood Now Boost Program

is your step by step, path to sexual confidence and

restoration. No more suffering in silence, no more trial and

error, just real solution, real result and the confidence you

deserve. It's time to take back your power on your term. Let's

get this journey started together. Check out the course

at getwoodnow.com. I'll see you there.

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