Celery is practically 95% water and this is the reason why it is considered one of the most hydrating foods for the body.

Celery helps in equalizing the PH level of the body because of the fact that it is high in its alkaline content and at the same time it is also extremely nutritious for the body.

This food is filled with a variety of B vitamins and it is also high in its vitamin A content. Celery is widely used in the weight-loss industry and is used is some special diets.

Health Benefits Of Celery

There are several health benefits of celery for men and they have been enumerated below:

Increases Sexual Capacity in Men

Celery helps in increasing male sexual ability by providing some of the most important minerals required for maintaining the function of prostate gland and for seminal fluid. It also helps in improving erections in men.

It Serves as a Natural Drink or Bar

Celery delivers water is large quantities per serving along with the important nutrients and minerals required for rebuilding the entire body post a strenuous workout session or sexual intercourse. This way celery serves as a natural drink or bar for men.

Enhances the Synthesis of Steroid Androstenone

The synthesis of steroid androstenone is enhanced in men by the intake of celery. This steroid androstenone gets released in the form of apheromone in perspiration and might possibly work as a sexual attractant.

Improves Blood Circulation

One of the important health benefits of Celery is that it improves blood circulation. Celery comes filled with an organic chemical known as phthalide possessing the ability of opening or dilating the blood vessels by soothing the muscles that line the walls of the blood vessels.

Men who take celery on a regular basis boast of improvised blood circulation which further improves the ability of maintaining or having an erection.

Promotes the Quality and Production of Seminal Fluid and Sperm

Since celery is very rich in its content of minerals and vitamins, it helps in promoting the quality and the production of seminal fluid and sperm in men. It also helps in maintaining fertility.

Smoking and alcohol are the major risk factors for developing ED symptoms. ED or erectile dysfunction is a condition in which men are unable to achieve or maintain erection suitable for sexual intercourse. Usually this condition occurs in men during their 50s, but nowadays it is also affecting in young men during their 30s.

There are various risk factors that can in developing ED symptoms in young men, such as:

Smoking

As we all know that smoking can lead to various sexual problems along with other dangerous health diseases. Nicotine, tar and other carcinogens in cigarettes when inhaled, all are accumulated in lungs and thus leading to arterial sclerosis or even hardening of arteries.

When this condition happens, your heart needs to work harder to pump the required blood to the major organs of the body for proper functioning. It finally leaves very less energy in the body to supply the blood for the three chambers of the penis thus making erection more difficult.

Obesity

Obesity is one of the major causes of various sexual problems. Erectile dysfunction is the most common one among those. Irrespective of the age, ED symptoms are most common in men who are obese.

Obese men have excessive fat accumulated around the heart and various other organs and thus making it hard to pump the sufficient blood flow to the sex organs and leading to erection problems.

Heart disease

Heart problems are also among the leading causes of male impotence and cause ED symptoms during their 30s.

There are some genetic factors that can trigger this condition, such as: hereditary high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or problems with poor diet, diet high in fat content, high triglycerides, lack of physical activity, high sugar and cholesterol levels.

Diabetes

Diabetes causes a person’s body to unable to regulate the sugar levels in blood, which again causes hardening of the arteries. This causes it difficult for the flow of blood in the body and for all the major sexual organs.

Alcohol

Alcohol acts as depressant on central nervous system. When this happens, a person may feel more relaxed and become sexually excited. When a person’s brain is under the effect of alcohol, the brain does not function properly in sending the signals for male libido.

Also, the neurons that send signals to the brain for proper blood supply to the penis in order to achieve erection.

Narcotic drugs

These drugs act as depressant on the brain, hormones, central nervous system and various other body parts, which can lead to ED symptoms. Narcotics can stay in your blood and in the nervous system for almost 48 hours.

A new study on the effects of marijuana on sexual health has suggested that men could be courting sexual dysfunction from smoking it.

Study researcher Rany Shamloul, a physician with appointments at the University of Ottawa and Queen’s University in Canada as well as the University of Cairo, conducted the study.

According to LiveScience, Shamloul said that even though research on the topic is contradictory, a recent study, including the finding that the penis contains receptors for marijuana’s active ingredient, should make young men think of the long-term effects before rolling a joint.

“It’s a strong message to our younger generations and younger men,” Fox News quoted Shamloul as saying.

Scientists first began to study marijuana and sex in the 1970s, and some researchers found that cannabis seemed to have the effect of a love drug.

In one 1982 study published in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 75 percent of male pot smokers said the drug enhanced their sex lives.

Meanwhile, another study published in the same journal the same year found that erectile dysfunction was twice as common in marijuana.

Other research suggests a dose effect, in which small amounts of marijuana have little impact on sexual dysfunction, but more marijuana makes for fewer erections.

Source:: MedIndia

A study in the Jan issue of the journal Sleep shows that erectile dysfunction was more common in older men with restless leg syndrome (RLS) than in those without RLS, and the magnitude of this association increased with a higher frequency of RLS symptoms.

Results show that erectile dysfunction was 16 percent more likely in men with RLS symptoms that occur five to 14 times per month (odds ratio of 1.16) and 78 percent more likely in men whose RLS symptoms occur 15 or more times a month (OR=1.78). The associations were independent of age, body mass index, use of antidepressants, anxiety and other possible risk factors for RLS. Fifty-three percent of RLS patients and 40 percent of participants without RLS reported having erectile dysfunction, which was defined as a poor or very poor ability to have and maintain an erection sufficient for intercourse.

The results suggest it is likely that the two disorders share common mechanisms, said lead author Xiang Gao, MD, PhD, instructor at Harvard Medical School, associate epidemiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and research scientist at the Harvard School of public health in Boston, Mass.

“The mechanisms underlying the association between RLS and erectile dysfunction could be caused by hypofunctioning of dopamine in the central nervous system, which is associated with both conditions,” said Gao.

Data were collected from 23,119 men who participated in the Health Professionals Follow-up study, a large ongoing U.S. cohort of male dentists, optometrists, osteopaths, podiatrists, pharmacists and veterinarians. Participants were between the ages of 56 and 91 years, with a mean age of 69 years. To reduce possible misclassification of RLS, participants with diabetes and arthritis were excluded.

Participants were questioned in 2002 about RLS diagnosis and severity based on the International RLS study group criteria. RLS was defined as having unpleasant leg sensations combined with restlessness and an urge to move; with symptoms appearing only at rest, improving with movement, worsening in the evening or at night compared with the morning, and occurring five or more times per month.

About four percent of participants had RLS (944 of 23,119 men), and about 41 percent (9,433 men) had erectile dysfunction. Men with RLS were older and were more likely to be Caucasian. The prevalence of erectile dysfunction also increased with age.

The authors noted that the association between RLS and erectile dysfunction also could be related in part to other sleep disorders that co-occur with RLS. For example, obstructive sleep apnea and sleep deprivation may decrease circulating testosterone levels.

They also pointed out that the cross-sectional design of the study did not allow for a determination of causality. Further epidemiological studies are needed to clarify the relationship between the RLS and erectile dysfunction and to explore the biological mechanisms underlying the association.

Source: Kelly Wagner, American Academy of Sleep Medicine

Men in the general population use the drug responsibly, study finds…

Men worried that taking Viagra will lead to sexually risky behavior can relax: A new study suggests that drugs for erectile dysfunction don’t make men more likely to engage in potentially unhealthy sex.

“For this study we took the perspective of a doctor who may worry that prescribing erectile-dysfunction drugs to patients could contribute to the spread of HIV. The findings from this study should provide some reassurance to health-care providers that erectile-dysfunction drugs appear to be prescribed responsibly and used responsibly,” Dr. Robert Cook, an associate professor at the University of Florida and lead researcher of the new study, said in a news release.

Cook noted that this study is unique because, unlike previous studies, it didn’t focus on men who obtained the medication without a prescription, had sex with men or had substance abuse problems.

“In this study we looked at erectile-dysfunction drugs and sexual behavior in the context of routine health care for a group of men who are more representative of the general population,” Cook said.

By the study’s definition, risky sexual behavior is unprotected sex with someone whose HIV status is opposite — positive if you’re negative or the reverse — or not known.

The researchers examined data from 2,787 men, average age 52, who were taking part in a study about aging veterans. About half were HIV-positive.

According to the study findings, 28 percent of the men used erectile-dysfunction drugs over a one-year period. About 10 percent of the men in two groups — those who did use the drugs and those who didn’t — reported behavior defined as sexually risky.

The study is published in the February issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine.