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More olives? Med diet cuts men’s risk of impotence
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From The Times
London, UK
30 August, 2018
More olives? Med diet cuts men’s risk of impotence
If anything is going to persuade middle-aged men to eat better it is this: a study has found that a Mediterranean diet cuts the risk of impotence by 40 per cent.
Eating plenty of fish, nuts and fruit offers a longer lasting boost to men’s sex life than Viagra through its benefits to the heart, researchers say.
Numerous studies have shown that heart health is improved by a diet rich in vegetables and wholegrains with limited amounts of meat and wine.
Now researchers at the University of Athens have found that inhabitants of the Aegean island of Ikaria, already known to live ten years longer than the western European average, also stay sexually active thanks to their diet.
Supple arteries help to maintain the blood flow essential to male sexual function while staying thinner helps to avoid the dampening effect that fat has on testosterone, they believe.
Only one in five of a sample of 667 men with an average age of 67 had erectile dysfunction, less than half of that expected in men of their age.
Those who consumed the most olive oil, about nine tablespoons a week, and stuck closest to the Mediterranean diet had highest testosterone and the best scores on a sexual dysfunction questionnaire.
Christina Crysohoou, who presented the study at the European Society of Cardiology congress in Munich, said that eating better was “a drug-free solution that allows men to keep their sexual function” in the long term.
She advised: “Add some olive oil instead of butter. Have some nuts, fruit, vegetables, or some beans.”
Mike Wyllie, one of the scientists who developed Viagra for Pfizer in the 1990s, said: “The message that you can affect your sexual function by modifying lifestyle and diet is a valid one.”
Professor Wyllie, who now works for a small sexual health company, Plethora Solutions, added: “Unfortunately we are in a society where people want to take a pill. They can’t be bothered to change their lifestyle.”
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