Fast Food - Testosterone and Erectile Dysfunction
I wish I had a dollar for every burger and fry that I've eaten at a fast food
place. Actually, what I really wish is that I could wind back the clock
and never step foot in another fast food place - I know I would be a very
different person. I can remember as a kid - and I grew up when fast food
was just forming - being so excited to go to McDonald's. It was a whole
family event.
Now a lot of us eat at fast food regularly, especially younger males who feel
indestructable. Well, nothing could be further than the truth: we
are destructible and I will show you why fast food will do just that.
In fact, I will go a step further and show you six key ways that fast food will
take out your sex life, erectile strength and libido in short order. I think you
will surprised at just how nasty the whole industry really is:
1) Trans Fats. Most of you already know about this. If you eat
anything like a fry or nugget that is fried, you are getting a monster dose of
trans fats. Trans fats are not complicated: they are simply regular
vegetable oils that have been burned and heated for so long that they have
become tangled, mangled, elongated lipids that are a physiological nightmare:
they lower HDL (good cholesterol), raise LDL (bad cholesterol) and increase
blood pressure. And all good Peak Testosterone readers know that those
three will eventually take out your sex life.
2) Saturated Fats. If you don't get a boat load of trans fats when
you eat fast food, you'll more than likely get a nice dose of saturated fat.
Saturated fat temporarily hardens your arteries decreasing blood flow to the
penis. As you age, you'll find that you get increasingly sensitive to this
effect. After a good dose of saturated fat, you can feel the difference
downstairs if you know what I mean. Saturated fat is also highly
associated with increased cholesterol and arteriosclerosis, both of which will
eventually limpify your penis.
3) Excitotoxins. Fast food is loaded with excitotoxins, particularly
glutamates. Glutamates head straight for your hypothalamus and wreak havoc
therein. As your hypothalamus is slowly damaged, the thyroid and gonads
are often affected as well.
Excitotoxins are particularly common in
anything "prepared", such as Veggie Burgers, nuggets, breadings, etc.
Do you know the foods and drinks that increase erection-boosting
Nitric Oxide? Check out the
Peak Erectile Strength Diet where I show
you how to dramatically and naturally improve your erectile strength.
4) Hetercyclic Amines. Fast food grills are extremely high heat and
create that nice black residue on the meat that we all so enjoy.
Unfortunately, that nice black residue is packed with HCA's (Heterocyclic
Amines) that travel through the blood stream straight to your precious
prostate
and lead to prostate cancer. NOTE: Please read about How to Protect Yourself from Prostate Cancer .
5) Chicken. Some of you try to be good and get chicken when you go to
fast food. Well, this is a disaster as chicken is generally packed with
excitotoxins. Kentucky Fried Chicken is known for being probably the worst
offender and Burger King's Tender Grill is stuffed with Autolyzed Yeast Extract
and even glazed with it! And if your privates survive the MSG, chicken is
intrinsically loaded with inflammatory messengers that will slowly lead to heart
disease and erectile dysfunction.
6) Blood Pressure. Just one fast food meal can increase blood pressure
[1] and,
again, if you've hung around Peak Testosterone for long, you know that high
blood pressure is a huge risk factor for erectile dysfunction and cardiovascular
disease. NOTE: Please read about
How
Blood Pressure Affects the Penis.
Well, did you notice? Fast food looks as if it is almost designed to short
circuit your sex life. It attacks the testes (glutmates), prostate
(hetercyclic amines) and blood flow to the penis (saturated, trans fats and
inflammation). I don't think Ray Kroc, Dave Thomas and his colleagues sat around
asking, "How can we neuter America?" back in the 50's and 60's,
but it remarkable what a gonad-killing menu they came up with, eh?
Bottom line: Don't eat fast food. Not one meal. Your gonads will
not escape alive...
1) Jakulj F, Zernicke K, Bacon SL, et al. A high-fat meal increases
cardiovascular reactivity to psychological stress in healthy young adults. J
Nutr. 2007 Apr;137(4):935-9