The Australian study, which involved 31 patients found that dropping just 5 to 10 percent of body weight over a two-month time frame improved erectile function and increased sexual desire.
Weight not a serious concern for men, say doctors
Doctors say it’s difficult to get men to take their weight problems seriously. Obesity can lead to other problems including heart trouble and diabetes, but doctors say most men don’t take those potential risks seriously.
“You talk all the prevention you want,” says Kevin Billups, M.D., an associate professor of urology at the University of Minnesota, in Minneapolis tells CNN. “When I talk about restoring penile health, I have their attention.”
When a patient comes to see Billups, he has the patient stand up and look down. “If you can’t see your penis,” he says, “that’s a problem.”
How weight affects your love life
Billups says obesity effects blood vessels. Without healthy vessels, blood flow is interrupted and leads to problems getting or sustaining an erection.
“An erection is basically a cardiovascular event,” says Robert A. Kloner, M.D., a cardiologist and professor of medicine at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine, in Los Angeles. “If blood flow cannot increase because the blood vessels can’t dilate normally, then there’s a decrease in erection function.”
In the study, men who lost weight saw improvement in the health of their blood vessels. In turn, their sex lives improved.
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