A sign that you are at risk from heart disease? You can’t see your willie!
Is this you? It was me. If it is you can’t see an old friend. But it is worse than that. Visceral fat is the most dangerous sign of impending heart disease. More on this site here
“A recent survey of 1,000 British men has shown that a third of men aged between 35 and 60 years, are unable to see their genitals due to a protruding midriff or, less politely, a beer belly.
As a result of the survey, funded by the medical group We Love Our Health, an online men’s health awareness initiative has been launched. The Big Check aims to encourage men to make a potentially lifesaving health check.
“Take off your clothes, stand upright and look down at your penis, if you can’t see it, you are obese,” says the group’s online doctor, Johan du Plessis.
“Don’t ignore it, it can knock years off your lifespan but it can also put you in serious risk from life threatening illness.”
All my visceral fat was gone in 6 months of a strict Paleo diet. I looked better. And my old friend works well again. No need for blue pills. It’s all connected.
“Erectile dysfunction does not just affect overweight men. The world’s largest study to examine links between erectile dysfunction and heart disease found even minor erection difficulties in healthy fit men, can be an indicator of future heart risks.
The authors of the study, undertaken in Australia and published last month in the on-line journal ‘PLOS Medicine‘, examined data of 95,038 men aged 45 years and older.
The researchers concluded that erectile dysfunction does not cause heart disease but may be an early indicator of the problems that lead to it, such as a build-up of plaque in the arteries.
So what to do? Explore the Paleo Diet
I have read several articles about ED and possible heart problem and there are even cases when ED is due to diabetes and gum disease. However, I think ED could also be related to emotions of the person doing the deed.
I think you are right – there can be many causes not the least the mind – Diabetes would be seen in connection with visceral fat and gum disease links to gut flora – so all are surely connected? It’s a complex system we have isn’t it?
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It is true that erectile dysfunction can be associated with heart dysfunction and other factors, that is why it is necessary to have a healthy balanced lifestyle.