RSS Feed (xml)A new study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine details the link between alcohol consumption and ED. Kew-Kim Chew, an epidemiologist at the University of West Australia in Nedlands, and his team conducted an anonymous postal survey of 1770 West Australian men.
Their results? Moderate drinking actually protects against impotence in the long term. There is good evidence that excessive drinking can hinder sexual performance, a phenomenon sometimes called "brewer's droop."
"[Drink] provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance," Shakespeare reminds us in Macbeth.
So-called "low-risk drinkers", those who have four drinks a day for up to five days a week, fared best. Worst were former drinkers who had given up the booze, along with smokers and victims of heart disease. Weekend drinkers, high-risk drinkers and those who exceeded alcohol intake guidelines had lower rates of erectile dysfunction than those who drank one day a week or less.
The study concludes that if a moderate drinker suffers from such problems, there is no justification in advising him to stop or reduce his intake.
medical disclaimer: the aforementioned study is not meant to imply that 4 drinks a day is okay, only that more than 4 puts you in the high risk group - and this only applies to men since women don't get ED; the maximum number of drinks is significantly lower in women.
ReplyDeletesome studies suggest one drink a day (up to 2 for men) might be protective against cardiovascular disease. however, alcohol consumption is not definitely known to have positive health effects. alcohol has been shown to cause alcoholic liver disease, cancer, damage to the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system, increased risk of developing alcoholism, and birth defects.
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