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Many summer foods help to promote robust erectile health, keeping the threat of impotence at bay. Here are several such foods to add to your summertime menus.
Introduction
Summer is a time of plenty for locally grown fruits and vegetables that promote robust erectile function but are also beneficial for your overall health.
The produce section at your neighborhood supermarket is overflowing with healthy food harvested nearby, and an afternoon drive will bring you past roadside farm stands that offer a colorful selection of fruits and vegetables grown a stone’s throw away.
While almost all of these locally grown foods have nutritional benefits of one type or another, some of them are particularly supportive of erection health. And if you’ve got space at your home for a garden, you may be able to grow some of these foods on your own.
This blog post looks closely at some of the summer foods that are especially erection-friendly and identifies the nutrients in those foods that make them healthy choices for men concerned about erection health.
What Makes Superfoods Super?
Merriam-Webster defines superfoods as foods that are “rich in compounds (such as antioxidants, fiber, or fatty acids) considered beneficial to a person’s health.” It goes on to add that such foods “increase energy and vitality, regulate cholesterol and blood pressure, and may help to prevent or fight cancer and other diseases.”
Among the superfood compounds that are particularly helpful for erection health are amino acids, antioxidants, and omega-3 fatty acids. A comprehensive exploration of the benefits those compounds deliver can be found in an earlier eDrugstore blog posting entitled “3 Compounds That Make ‘Superfoods’ Good for Men with Erectile Dysfunction.”
The Wide, Wide World of Nutrients
Most of you know from health lessons in school that the nutrients in food are the core ingredients that confer health benefits on those who consume those foods. For most of us, our knowledge of nutrients is confined largely to vitamins and minerals.
However, there are still other important nutrients, many of them especially supportive of erection health. Many of them are derived from plant-based foods and are known as phytonutrients.
Many of the phytonutrients found in popular plant-based foods serve dual purposes. According to WebMD.com, they help to protect plants from bacteria, fungi, insects, and other threats. They also offer certain important health benefits for humans who consume these foods.
Unlike certain vitamins and minerals, phytonutrients aren’t essential to human survival, but they may “may help prevent disease and keep your body working properly,” according to WebMD.
Here is a list of summer foods that offer special benefits for men who are concerned about preserving erectile function for as long as possible.
1. Tomatoes
One of the many threats to lifelong erection health is prostate cancer. Many of the treatments for this widespread male cancer temporarily interfere with erectile function and in some cases may end it forever. Men who eat at least 10 servings of tomatoes each week reduce their risk of developing prostate cancer by 18 percent, according to an article posted at BestLifeOnline.com.
Tomatoes are rich in lycopene, a phytonutrient known as a carotenoid. Lycopene gives tomatoes their signature red color, but it’s also a powerful antioxidant that helps to fight off the ravages of free radicals, which are implicated in the cellular damage associated with aging and disease.
According to Healthline.com, tomatoes are also supportive of male reproductive health, optimizing sperm concentration, movement, and shape, all important factors in male fertility.
2. Watermelon
The key to watermelon’s erection-friendly health benefits is its high levels of citrulline, an amino acid that is converted in the body to arginine. And arginine is a precursor to nitric oxide, a key player in the increase of blood flow necessary to facilitate and sustain an erection.
3. Chili Peppers
Chili peppers and their byproducts, such as spicy hot sauces, are loaded with capsaicin, a plant-based compound that protects the pepper plants from pests and also confers health benefits on those who eat the peppers. Among the many health benefits of capsaicin, perhaps the most important for erectile function is its ability to lower blood pressure, which improves blood flow throughout the body, including to the penis.
4. Blueberries and Strawberries
These fruits contain high levels of flavonoids — phytonutrients that give the fruits their distinctive colors and also offer a wide array of health benefits. Their benefit in the realm of male sexual health comes primarily from the phytonutrients’ cardioprotective properties. And anything that’s good for the heart is usually good for the penis, because both depend on robust blood flow to support normal function.
5. Spinach
Popeye’s love of this leafy green vegetable might well account for the sailor man’s popularity with Olive Oyl, the cartoon character’s girlfriend. Spinach is rich in folate and magnesium, both of which are supportive of erectile function. Folate (folic acid in supplement form) and magnesium improve blood flow, and magnesium also helps to keep testosterone levels high.
6. Cherries
For optimal artery health, which is essential for erectile function, eat plenty of foods rich in anthocyanins, which give cherries their color and also help to prevent the buildup of fatty plaques on artery walls. If cherries aren’t your thing, other anthocyanin-rich summer foods include blackberries, purple grapes, red and purple cabbage, eggplant, and purple potatoes.
7. Garlic and Onions
These pungent foods help to spice up your meals and can also spice up your love life. Both garlic and onions contain high levels of allicin, an organosulfur compound and antioxidant that helps to fight inflammation. And inflammation of the blood vessels can lead to diminished blood flow, which in turn increases the risk of erectile dysfunction and cardiovascular disease.
These are just a few examples of summer foods that can help you to avoid erection problems or to reduce those that you may already be experiencing. Don’t forget to take advantage of these seasonal foods. And if you can’t eat them all in season, freeze or otherwise preserve them for off-season consumption.
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