Losing Weight Erectile Dysfunction: Can It Improve Your Health?

Introduction

Does weight loss help erectile dysfunction? If you are pondering this question, then you are not alone. Several people want to know if weight and erectile dysfunction have something in common. In this article, we will explain the connection between weight and erectile dysfunction, discuss how weight loss can help you cure erectile dysfunction, provide useful tips on how you can lose weight to enhance your sexual performance and arm you with other useful information.

How Weight Impacts Erectile Dysfunction

Erectile dysfunction often results from physical and psychological issues such as alcohol abuse, some medications, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, excessive stress, increased cholesterol levels, hormonal imbalance, physical injuries, and so on. Being overweight or obese predisposes you to have most of the conditions or complications that can lead to erectile dysfunction. 

Excessive weight or obesity causes an increase in the activities of your sympathetic nervous system. Such an increase will elevate the blood pressure. This high blood pressure damages the internal linings of blood vessels (endothelium), including the ones that supply the penis. It is essential to know that erection is achieved and sustained by adequate blood supply to the penis. The absence of this quality blood supply because the blood vessels are damaged from high blood pressure, leads to poor erection or erectile dysfunction. Side effects of some drugs can also cause erectile dysfunction. For example, some medications used in the treatment of high blood pressure (methyldopa) have erectile dysfunctions as one of its side effects.

Being overweight or obese causes hormonal imbalance. The hormonal imbalance of concern with regard to erectile dysfunction is male hypogonadism. Excessive weight causes a decrease in the levels of testosterone in males. Testosterone is an essential hormone in males that regulates smooth muscles and endothelial cells mostly present on the penis. Low levels of this hormone in your body can cause erectile dysfunction. Some studies found an inverse relationship between testosterone levels and erectile dysfunction. That means the higher your testosterone levels, the lower the erectile dysfunction. Also, the lower the testosterone levels, the higher the erectile dysfunction. 

Weight gain and obesity have also been linked to insulin resistance which causes type 2 diabetes. Also, cholesterol levels become high as your weight increases. These high levels of cholesterol and type 2 diabetes are among the major causes of erectile dysfunction.

Can Weight Loss Improve Erectile Dysfunction?

Can losing weight help with erectile dysfunction? Will losing weight help erectile dysfunction? If you have these worries or concerns, then you are at the right place. At Zappy Health, we always explain how excessive weight affects your blood vessels, circulation, hormonal levels, and overall health. As already explained earlier, you have seen the impact that weight has on several systems in your body to cause erectile dysfunction. 

Losing weight will help you decrease the activities of your sympathetic nervous system. The resultant effect is that your blood pressure decreases and the erection becomes stronger and sustained. When you lose weight and your blood pressure declines and the inner linings of your blood vessels heal.

Weight loss will regulate your hormonal levels. It will stimulate your system to produce and release more testosterone. This increased supply of testosterone will strengthen and sustain better erections. 

Also, weight loss will reduce your total cholesterol levels and improve blood circulation to all your organs. You can recall that blood flow is very vital if you want to achieve and sustain quality erections. This adequate blood supply to the penis, through weight loss, will help improve your erection. After losing weight erectile dysfunction may reduce.

Effective Ways to Lose Weight for Better Sexual Health

There are several ways to lose weight. However, not all of them are effective enough to help you achieve better sexual performance. Some weight loss approaches will help you achieve weight loss, but the erectile dysfunction persists or worsens. That is because such methods cause loss of essential nutrients, energy and stamina necessary to achieve quality erections. 

For that reason, we will only be discussing the effective methods you can use to achieve two things at the same time: weight loss and better sexual performance. These methods include:

1. Healthy Diets

   
   Several vitamins and minerals from your daily diet will help you have a quality erection. If you engage in extreme diets, you will lose weight and also lose these vitamins and minerals. That is why we at Zappy Health always advise our clients to eat balanced diets during their weight loss journey. These balanced diets will provide you with essential and adequate nutrients that support weight loss and improve sexual performance at the same time. 

2. Adequate Physical Activity

   Physical activity applies various pathways to treat erectile dysfunction. When you increase your physical activity, you will achieve weight loss. But it doesn’t end there. These physical activities have numerous benefits. It increases blood flow in your body. This in turn supplies the penis with adequate blood needed to maintain an erection. Physical activity also helps your body to be more sensitive to insulin. Doing so reduces your blood sugar and helps fight type 2 diabetes – one of the major causes of erectile dysfunction. From this mechanism of action, physical activity improves erection. 

   Some muscles (especially the ones on the pelvic floor) are very vital when trying to achieve quality erection. Activities such as the kegel’s exercises have been found to strengthen the muscles of the pelvic floor to help boost and sustain quality erections. 

3. Managing Stress

   Studies have shown that stress is one of the major causes of erectile dysfunction. Managing stress will help you improve your erection. First, identify your stressors and avoid them. Perform activities that will help you reduce stress. Such activities include: Yoga, stretching, meditation, exercising, brisk walking, deep breathing, swimming, gratitude, etc.

Medical Treatment and Lifestyle Changes

To achieve better results, it is advisable that you discuss erectile concerns with a doctor. The doctor will take a full medical history, examine you, run some investigations and make a diagnosis. During this process, possible causes of this specific erectile dysfunction will be identified. The doctor will now make prescriptions or recommendations based on these results. At Zappy, we advise that you combine these erectile dysfunction drugs with other weight management strategies such as balanced diets, exercise, stress management, and quality rest. Doing so will help you achieve better results.

Conclusion

Does weight loss help erectile dysfunction? Can losing weight cure erectile dysfunction? It is not a guarantee that once you lose weight, the erectile dysfunction will be cured. That is because they may be another cause of erectile dysfunction which you need to identify and remove. We always advise that you book a consultation with a physician who can help you identify and remove other hidden causes. While weight loss is not a cure, it can play a vital role in helping you manage your erectile dysfunction and boost your quality of life. See an expert today for personalized advice.  

Frequently Asked Questions

1. How To Mentally Stop Erectile Dysfunction

   You can recall that we earlier explained how erectile dysfunction is caused by psychological and physical factors. If yours was from psychological causes, then you can mentally stop it. You may approach it by seeing a doctor to help you identify the cause. If necessary, the doctor may recommend getting psychotherapy, drugs, seeing a relationship counselor, managing stress, or using lifestyle approaches such as exercise and balanced diets.

2. How to make a penis strong and healthy?

   If you want to make your penis healthy and strong, there are things you do yourself and others you need a physician. See a doctor for the following: treat any medical issues that may affect your penis, a routine medical examination of your penis. On your own, always keep the penis clean, reduce sexual partners, stop tobacco products and cigarette smoking, reduce alcohol intake, and protect your penis during sports.