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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.
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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
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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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