Normal Weight Obesity, Erectile Function and Heart Health

Is the term Normal Weight Obesity an oxymoron?

When I first saw the phrase some time ago, I dismissed it as another full-court press to get people to buy some product, some service, or some load of crap. Now, I’m on board with the label, though not with the context in which I originally saw it... to buy some product, some service, and some load of crap.

NWO which can occur in both men and women, is characterized by having a normal weight on the “outside,” while having the metabolism, heart, lung and muscle health of someone that is morbidly obese. Morbid obesity is commonly defined as being either 50% above one’s optimum weight, or 100 pounds or more overweight. I’d like to take the “morbid” out of the definition of NWO and suffice it to say, you’re slim, but a fat man could out-run, out-ride, and out-fuck you.

Just because you’re in your 40s, 50s or older, and you can still fit into the sky blue, polyester leisure suit you wore on your (first) honeymoon, doesn’t mean you’re in shape, or even sane – after all, you still have that suit in your closet.

Slim people get erectile dysfunction, too. They also get heart attacks, strokes, gall and bladder stones, and ripped off on the finance charges when they buy a new car, just like everyone else.

Some time ago, I met a man with whom I was going to work on a project. My employer had brought us together for the job and he was to be my supervisor. We got along well from the very start and I afforded him the added respect, above and beyond that of supervisor, that I would to any man that was, perhaps 10 years my senior. He was taller than I, but quite trim. Trim enough, in fact, that some months later he wore his military attire – the same he had worn some decades earlier while still in the service – to an affair that I also attended.

In conversation during our first meeting, he made a “well, when you get to my age” comment. For some reason I felt comfortable enough to ask him how old he was. Turns out, he’s a year younger than I. Wow. His skin tone, texture and color were that of a man of 70.

Here I get to brag a bit – I do look younger than my chronology. Not a lot, but I’ve got a full head of mostly black hair and a good complexion. When people – okay, women – play the guessing-ages game, then often take a stab at 50 or 52 for me. I’ll accept that they’re being kind and they’re thinking 55, but still, I don’t look 60, and I don’t intend to, ever.

However, the point is, even HE thought he was older than I – enough older to “when you get to my age” on me. That’s because he FEELS older. As slim as he might be, internally he was an old man. I say “was” because in the time I worked with him he did start on a fitness program. With some time and determination, he can rejuvenate his skin, his heart, his lungs, his muscles, and his... well... we never discussed that, but his wife, the same age as he, is kinda hot and I hope he’s not letting her go “unappreciated.”

Rejuvenation is not just a matter of exercise. Physical activity in the absence of proper nutrition can do more harm than good. Restoring tone to skin, flexibility to blood vessels, and elasticity to heart muscle and other organs all require the proper balance of protein, carbohydrates, fats – yes, some are necessary – and the all important phytonutrients that are derived from a daily dose of vegetables.

All this has to be provided in a body environment that is functioning optimally. Your liver and endocrine systems have to be performing well within operational parameters, that is, not overtaxed by the assault of toxins or overloaded by fats, alcohol, and drugs.

In most cases, being fat is unhealthy. In some cases, being slim isn’t necessary any better, especially if you live a life of sedentary dysfunction. You may be able to eat what you want because you just happen to have the kind of metabolism that prevents you from gaining weight. That doesn't mean that you're healthy. Thinking so may be dangerous.

In short, what promotes heart health, and defeats and prevents erectile dysfunction, will also make you look younger, fell younger, and extend your life in and out of the bedroom. 

I've compiled the most doable protocol for rejuvenation of your body and all the most important parts. It's a cafeteria plan. Select those things you can start right away, add a couple of others that might take some self control. Watch your weight stabilize, the strength return to your body, and approach the stamina of your youth.

HARD! Maintaining Potency, Eliminating Erectile Dysfunction, and Enjoying Healthy Sex for Life is not just for those with ED, but for all men who want to keep functioning throughout their life. A concise and powerful men’s health guide, HARD! provides a protocol for how to do everything right. 

Available at BN.com/Nook, Apple, and Amazon/Kindle.

Also available in all eBook formats for immediate download: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/65109.

Erectile Dysfunction, Orgasms, and Ejaculation: Part I

After reading some interesting perspectives by men suffering from erectile dysfunction, I thought it important to discuss the relationships and non-interdependence of the three quite separate man functions of ED, orgasm and ejaculation.

Ejaculation is an essential part of male sexual satisfaction. We men are in awe at a woman’s ability to achieve multiple orgasms; we wonder what that would be like to have even three in a row... or just two. But women can’t imagine that special sensation when a full prostate lets it rip and the physical sensation of ejaculation accompanies a well stimulated orgasm. That’s why the first one of the day is always the best.

But not all men can ejaculate, and that’s where we’ll start.

Most men believe that orgasm and ejaculation are part of the same process. That is, most men excepting those who suffer from a condition known as anejaculation. This term describes a condition in which ejaculation will not occur. There are two types of anejaculation: situational and total. 

Like ED itself, situational is a failure to ejaculate sometimes and under some circumstances and can have a large psychological component. Total anejaculation is the inability to ever achieve ejaculation.

Further, these can be broken down into orgasmic anejaculation and anorgasmic anejaculation. Yep, you figured it out, failure to ejaculate while still experiencing an orgasm, and failure to achieve orgasm and failure to ejaculate. Just to complicate the matrix, it is possible to have an ejaculation with no orgasm.

Because the prostate gland produces the majority of the fluid – semen – that is responsible for the volume of ejaculation, radical prostatectomy – the complete surgical remove of the prostate, usually due to disease – always causes anejaculation. It has more recently been reported that radiation therapy performed on the prostate as an alternative to surgical removal, also causes anejaculation in a majority of men receiving that treatment. Some men recover and begin to achieve ejaculation over time following the treatments, but never return to their pretreatment volume or sexual satisfaction.

Causes of anejaculation are varied and include, but are not limited to, damage to the spine or nerves involved in ejaculation, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, a condition called retrograde ejaculation in which the seminal fluid and sperm are pushed back into the bladder instead of out the urethra through the penis, or a blockage in the ducts that carry semen due to damage or infection.

Anejaculation can be more than an inconvenience or simply reduce your level of sexual satisfaction. It may be a symptom of something more profound occurring in your body, so you should seek medical counsel at its onset. Not just as a one-off (or not-off), but see a doctor if you find your failure to ejaculate becomes a regular occurrence.

In all the cases just described, orgasm is achieved, ejaculation is not. Ejaculation without orgasm has been reported as a result of taking certain anti-anxiety drugs. Serotonin re-uptake inhibitors – SRIs – such as Paxil, Zoloft, and Lexapro, have been associated with this condition.

Anorgasmic anejaculation is the inability to achieve either orgasm or ejaculation while awake. Often the sufferer can achieve both during a dream state. This is most commonly associated with psychological issues or extreme physiological states. That is, you’re too tensed, too drunk, or you just don’t want to be with the person you’re with. However...

...anorgasmy, the inability to have an orgasm which will almost always deny ejaculation, can also be due to a drastic reduction in the sensitivity of your penis. Too much masturbation or just too much sex can cause this problem. This leads to ED... Erectile Depletion. Just leave the freaking house for a few hours and take a rest. Penile sensitivity – and the snake-oil remedies available on the Internet – will be discussed in a future posting.

Finally, let’s bring erectile dysfunction back into the conversation. Just because one cannot achieve an erection does not preclude being able to achieve both orgasm and ejaculation. This, most of you already know from practice... but it’s worth stating for those newer to the game.

More about erectile dysfunction, orgasms, and ejaculation, including some issues you may have to address in Part II.

HARD! Maintaining Potency, Eliminating Erectile Dysfunction, and Enjoying Healthy Sex for Life is not just for those with ED, but for all men who want to keep functioning throughout their life. A concise and powerful men’s health guide, HARD! provides a protocol for how to do everything right. 

Available at BN.com/Nook, Apple, and Amazon/Kindle.

Also available in all eBook formats for immediate download: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/65109.

High Blood Pressure, Erectile Dysfunction, and awareness

I just received an email from a Mr. Ken Martin suggesting that my readers -- that's yous guys -- may be interested in reading the blog post 15 Facts You Need to Know for Blood Pressure Awareness Month whose link is at the bottom of the page.

There is valuable information contained in this blog message.

First... It needs to be underscored that ED may be the first symptom of any number of more dangerous, and perhaps life threatening, conditions which have not otherwise made themselves known. With the first sign of erectile dysfunction -- that's repeated attempts at sex over a few weeks and you can't perform -- you should see your doctor and be checked out. I won't enumerate them all, but prostate and blood pressure issues are high on the list of possible root causes of ED. It may sound strange, but you will be very relieved to find out you just have a weak wanger and not more ominous situation. Then you can address why your putter punked out.

I always thought the leading cause of high blood pressure was Kate Beckinsale running across my TV screen wearing rubber pants. Special note: while Kate Beckinsale in rubber pants may be the only reason to see Underworld, it's enough reason.

(Next blog post: a photo of a teenage Jennifer Connelly, also having absolutely nothing to do with the topic at hand.)

However, it begs the question: If this is Blood Pressure Awareness month, does that mean that the other eleven are Blood Pressure Oblivious months? Shouldn't something as important as a life threatening disease that's brought on, all to often, by bad eating and lifestyle habits, be something that one is "aware of" on an ongoing, daily basis. What happens in June. Forget the 15 facts listed in the blog post?

About the 15: #6 and #9 are the most important ones. I take issue with #12 because #6 omits ED as an early warning of high blood pressure -- your dick sometimes being the NORAD for your blood pressure.

Your entire body is connected. Every cell communicates with every other cell. Every organ sends signals to every other organ and every organ system -- neural, circulatory, immune, skeletal, reproductive, digestive -- they all interact on a minute by minute basis. Example: A condition called "clubbing" of the fingernails, could be an early sign of lung cancer. Fingernails? For lung cancer? Yep. 

So the pecker-pressure connection should be a lot easier to understand. What may be more challenging is whey HIGH blood pressure everywhere else results in LOW pressure where you really want it. But that's a discussion for another day.

15 Facts You Need to Know for Blood Pressure Awareness Month:
http://www.nursingschools.net/blog/2011/05/15-facts-you-need-to-know-for-blood-pressure-awareness-month


Now published:

HARD! Maintaining Potency, Eliminating Erectile Dysfunction, and Enjoying Healthy Sex for Life is not just for those with ED, but for all men who want to keep functioning throughout their life. A concise and powerful men’s health guide, HARD! provides a protocol for how to do everything right. 

Available at BN.com/Nook, Apple, and Amazon/Kindle.

Also available in all eBook formats for immediate download: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/65109.