Better erections if you lose fat and exercise more, says Italian study

Main Category: Erectile Dysfunction / Premature Ejaculation
Article Date: 23 Jun 2004 - 14:00 PST


If you are very overweight and do virtually no exercise, you could have better erections if you lose fat and exercise more, say Italian researchers. The researchers monitored 110 obese men who participated in a weight loss program. Half of the men underwent an intensive program with exercise.

Those who exercised more and lost the most weight had better erections two years later than those who exercised less (or not at all) and lost less weight (or no weight).

The authors said that 30% of the men in the program who had erectile function problems had good erections after the program.

The study was carried out at the Center for Obesity Management, Second University, Naples, Italy. The lead researcher was Katherine Esposito.

Katherine said the men recovered their erectile function as a result of better blood circulation and improved cardiovascular health.

You can read about this study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The other 50% of the men, those who were not in the intensive program, just received general advice on food and exercise. By the end of the two years their erectile dysfunction problems were no better.

About 12% of men under 59 have erectile dysfunction problems (30% of over 69s).

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