Male Libido – Vitamins, Minerals and Herbs to Increase Libido and Sexual Desire
Posted by in Sexual Health on October 5, 2011
You are what you eat and in terms of sexual health it’s crucial to have the right fuel, especially as you get older. It’s a fact that simple diet changes can boost low libido and here we will look at some essentials that your diet needs to contain, from the point of increasing male libido.
Before we start looking at some potent herbs to increase libido, let’s look at some deficiencies which many men have due to diet that have an adverse affect on sex drive. Here they are:
Selenium
Selenium levels in many peoples diets has dropped as we move to more refined diets but it’s critical for overall sexual health.
Selenium is believed to be good for sperm motility and mobility; nearly 50% of the selenium in a man is in the testes and seminal ducts; men lose selenium in their semen.
Zinc
Zinc is required for the production of the key male hormone – testosterone. The zinc content of the prostate gland and sperm is higher than in any of the other body tissues. A deficiency of zinc is associated with numerous general health and sexual problems, including sperm abnormalities and prostate cancer.
Zinc helps to maintain strong semen volume and keeps levels of testosterone of testosterone topped up; maintaining sex drive and keeping sperm healthy.
Magnesium
Magnesium is a trace mineral that is important for the production of sex hormones, such as androgen and estrogen and neurotransmitters that modulate the sex drive such as dopamine and norepinephrine. Read the rest of this entry »
Annual Chlamydia Testing The Key To Great Sexual Health
Posted by in Sexual Health on October 5, 2011
Some things like to lurk. They like to just sit there all comfortably and then-without any warning at all-they spring up and bite you on the butt! Things that do this quite often are hairy spiders, scorpions, some types of snakes, rabid monkeys, perhaps-and definitely chlamydia.
One of twenty-five different diseases that qualify as an STD, chlamydia is also a lurker. It is an STD that can sit and wait for years before it bites you (really takes a chunk out of you, especially if you are a woman who would like to have a child). If you are sexually active, testing for such an STD is a great first step in taking control of your overall health.
Annual testing is highly recommended by certified STD clinics-and it’s not because they want repeat business-but it is precisely because of the lurking factor that chlamydia possesses. In the United States of America Chlamydia infects over three million people a year; a hefty sum, by any standard. Up to seventy five percent of chlamydia cases in women, and up to twenty five percent of cases in men, are completely symptomless. That’s seventy five percent of all women infected showing no signs of their status at all. If this isn’t an awesome case for testing, nothing is.
Whoa, let’s take it back a bit and discuss what it is we’re talking about here. What exactly is chlamydia? Well, chlamydia is a bacterial infection that grows-and wreaks havoc-in the urinary and reproductive organs. The fact that it is a bacterial infection is actually good news. A bacterial infection can be cured, while a viral infection cannot. Without treatment, chlamydia can lead to Non-Gonoccal-Urethritis (NGU) in the men who are infected, and Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID in the women who are infected. Again, testing is a great way to guide your health care in a positive manner.
Anyway you cut it, chlamydia is an awful scourge. NGU can lead to inflammation-and even arthritis-of the testicles, in men. In women, PID can lead to sterility, that is, to not be able to have any children at all. For many women and families, this is devastating news. And it can all be avoided by receiving annual testing at a certified STD clinic
What to be on the lookout for? As previously mentioned, many cases of chlamydia do not show symptoms, therefore testing is imperative. For those cases where symptoms are present be on the lookout in men for, painful urination, whitish discharge from the penis and/or testicular pain. In women, itching & burning of the genitals, and a greenish (!) vaginal discharge. Do not become paralyzed with fear if these symptoms occur to you, instead insist on testing. Read the rest of this entry »