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Hello there, Modern Man. Ever wonder why does alcohol affect

your erection? Well, let's dive into it today and stay until the

end, and you will find out something that you didn't know

that alcohol affects. So let's dive into it. I'm Dr Anne

Truong. I'm a medical doctor specialized in sexual medicine.

We know that alcohol kind of relaxes you. You take one drink,

relaxes you. That's great. It may even make you be relaxed.

That's probably why it helps you in the mood for sex and your

libido. But do you know that there are short term effects of

alcohol that really affect your erection? Number one, you're

going to notice that when you drink alcohol that is too much,

you're going to get something called Whiskey Dick because

alcohol lowers your blood pressure and it interferes with

signal between the brain and the penis that's needed for

erection. And sometimes it also dull your sensation, your

sensitivity as well. Number two, it reduces your sensitivity, and

therefore it kind of makes sexual activity less pleasurable

or even effective, and that's what lead to number three,

alcohol affect delay and inhibited orgasm, because

drinking makes it harder to reach orgasm, and also can

affect delay ejaculation. Number four, the most important part is

that alcohol creates a weaker erection. Even if you can

achieve an erection, it may not be as firm due to impaired blood

flow.

Now, long term effects, meaning if you drink more than three

drinks a day, been doing it for years. Long term is that you

will have erectile dysfunction, meaning there are damage to the

blood vessels and nerve which a condition called alcoholic

neuropathy, that lead to long term ED. And then alcohol, long

term, can also lower your libido, because it reduces

testosterone level and therefore decrease sexual desire. Number

three, it also shrink your sexual organ. Yes, prolonged

alcohol abuse can lead to testicle shrinkage and reduced

penis size due to lower hormone imbalances. Number four, chronic

alcohol use can make your testicle and your penis smaller

due to hormone imbalances. So that's something very, very

important, isn't it? You don't want your manhood to be smaller,

but long term alcohol will affect that. You can also

experience issues like premature ejaculation or even delay

orgasm, along with ED as well too.

Let's talk about how much is too much well, like I've always said

two drinks a day is probably good, and you can actually do

okay. If you do two drinks a day, that's about 14 drinks a

week. So two drinks a day may not affect your erectile

function. However, three or more drinks a day, or 12 grams of

ethanol, can significantly increase your risk of ED. So

what is considered a typical standard drink? A standard drink

is defined as 12 ounce of regular beer, which is 5%

alcohol, 5 ounce of wine which is 12% alcohol, and 1.5 ounce of

distilled spirit which usually contains about 40% alcohol. And

so that's one standard drink. So you're allowed two beers a day,

or three ounces of spirit, or 10 ounces of wine a day. So I'm

just kind of doubling the ounces in beer, wine, and spirit. So

that's kind of like your allotment. You go more than

that, you know you're going to experience whiskey dick. So I

wanted to kind of do a video, kind of explain to you how

alcohol can affect your erection, and in the beginning,

maybe the first one, help you relax, help you be more social.

And then more than that is going to affect your performance that

night. So just be aware of it. And that alcohol can also affect

the absorption of ED medication as well. It will make it even

less effective because it numbs the nerve and it also decreased

the blood flow. You don't want that. If you want to get an

erection, you gotta have increased blood flow.

So there you go. You got some allowances for alcohol for the

night, and just know that imbibing too much will probably

affect your performance as well. I hope you find this helpful.

Click the subscribe button and also like and share this with

someone you know that may benefit from this as well. I'm

much appreciative if you can do that. And just know that you do

not have to live with ED. There are other alternative to ED and

that you do not have to take medication or even do surgery.

So check out our modern man club. It's a space where I will

coach you out of ED to sexual confidence, and you are in with

a group of other men supporting you that's grown to the same

issues with ED as you are right now. So just know there is a

space for you to get out of ED to sexual confidence. So check

it out at noedman.com and I will see you in there. Also check out

some of the resources down below. For the Good Morning Wood

Smoothie, which increases your testosterone, and also it's an

antioxidant, and therefore increasing blood flow. And also

check out the Mediterranean diet, which is a diet that will

help with increasing blood flow. So check out the resources

there. I love to hear what you think about this episode. So

having said that, thank you for tuning in, and I will see you in

the next episode, Modern Man.

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