Ten Health Myths That Will Destroy Your Sex Life

1) A carb is a carb and sugar is a carb.  This myth is one of the most dangerous to your sex life.  Sugar Lowers Testosterone, decreases Nitric Oxide and accelerates Advanced Glycation End Products.  Fructose, which is about one half of corn syrup and exactly one half of table sugar, not only lowers Nitric Oxide but messes with the liver, making us more insulin resistant.  All of these provide needless calories with few nutrients or vitamins, leaving us fatter and none the wiser.  Other than slamming down a six pack, which will drench your tissues in estrogen, or eating a biggie fry loaded with LDL-raising, HDL-lowering trans fats, I can't think of a worse single ingredient for you than table sugar. In fact, I think a great name for table sugar is Anti-Viagra.

2) Olive Oil is Good For You.  Recent evidence has turned this belief on its head.  Yes, it is pro-testosterone, but, unfortunately, it is also pro-arteriosclerosis and that's very bad for your penis.  Read about The Rise and Fall of Olive Oil. 

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3) Sex is Bad For You. Okay, we admit that a jealous boyfriend or an woman spited can very detrimental to your health.  But the health benefits for sex are clearly there for even semi-healthy, semi-happy couples.  Read here about How Sex Is Good For You.

4) Food is not powerful enough to help my sex life.  Food, the right kinds of course, and exercise are really the ONLY thing that will help most guys long term with their sex life.  If you want strong erections for the most number of years possible, you have to carefully pay attention to what you eat.  Plus, few guys know that Many Foods and Drinks Boost Nitric Oxide, the same stuff that Viagra works on.

5)  Saturated Fat is Good For You. Right now the Atkins/Paleolithic/Low Carb Diets have the biggest fan base in the web-o-sphere.  Unfortunately, all the Saturated Fat that comes with these diets is an erection killer.  Read this link for more details about The Dangers of the Atkins/Paleolithic/Low Carb Diets.

6) Building Mass Quickly is Good For You.  Actually, this can be good for you if it is done right.  But that's the key:  it is very easy, especially for us overzealous type A's out there, to injure ourselves.  In addition, the extra protein required for bodybuilding can also get a guy in trouble and quickly lead to the Land of Heart Disease and Erectile Dysfunction.  I document all these in my link called Muscle Madness.

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7) Intense Workouts Are Good For You.  Of course, a good, hard workout can be just what the doctor ordered, but most of us guys have a simple philosophy:  "If some is good, then more must be better." We apply this to sex, eating and sometimes exercise.  Unfortunately, this little pithy saying will not get your very far when it comes to hitting the gym or the road.  Intense workouts, if done incorrectly or too frequently, can lead to Overtraining and overtraining can lead to days of lowered testosterone and impaired immunity.  And, no, neither of those are good for your penis.  So leave the killer workouts to the Navy Seals and guys on steroids.

8) Supplements Are Good For You.  Actually, there are a few vitamins and supplements that are excellent for your long term health.  However, here's what your local health food store or bodybuilding magazine won't tell you:  most supplements, vitamins and minerals have been a) found to be dangerous to your health, b) have a tight therapeutic range or c) have little to no benefit.  Remember that supplements are no more natural than drugs.  Read here about the Dangers of Supplements.  My advice:  rely almost entirely on food. See my link on a Mediterranean Diet or a Low Fat Diet.

9) MSG is harmless and just causes allergies in overly sensitive individuals.  A little sneezing and blowing is the least of your worrries if you consume monosodium glutamate (MSG).  Glutamate is one of the body's neurotransmitters and MSG consumed in food has a back door to your gonads:  the hypothalamus.  Read about The Grossly Misunderstood Dangers of Excitoxins.

10) Blood Pressure of 129/89 is normal and healthy.  It may be okay to have 40 psi in your 35 psi tires.  But that's because you don't have the same set of tires for 20 or 30 years, eh?  Well, blood pressure in the 120's and 80's was a grey area that has now been shown to lead to many problems including erectile dysfunction.  Read this link about High Blood Pressure for more details.

Well, there you have it - ten common beliefs that can be downright dangerous.  We could add one more:  Your Mama Would Never Hurt You.  She may love you and, yes, she probably meant well, but the truth is that she probably fed you a typical western diet of cheap carbs and saturated fat.  So tell her you love her, send her flowers and then read this page on How to Repair Your Erectile Strength.