Struggling with erectile dysfunction? If you have diabetes, the answer might be closer than you think.
In this podcast episode, we dive into the surprising link between your blood sugar and your ability to perform, revealing crucial information that many doctors overlook. I will unpack these hidden truths and, more importantly, share actionable steps you can take right now to regain control and boost your confidence and performance.
Don't let this issue linger. Tune in now to understand what's happening and how to make things better before symptoms worsen.
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This podcast is for you, the Modern Man. I'm Dr Anne Truong,
Speaker:your host. I'm an intimate health medical doctor and best
Speaker:selling author of the book, Erectile Dysfunction Fix. I'll
Speaker:do a deep dive into sexual health and performance and how
Speaker:it affects men of all ages and backgrounds. So let's get
Speaker:started, and be sure to visit my website at
Speaker:sexualhealthformenpodcast.com for more information and
Speaker:resources from the show. See you on the inside.
Speaker:Hello there, Modern Man. I'm Dr Anne Truong. I'm a sexual
Speaker:medicine specialist. I've treated over 7000 men with ED.
Speaker:In today's episode, we're going to talk about why diabetes is a
Speaker:major risk factor for ED. Stay tuned to the end, we're going to
Speaker:dive into why that is and if you're a man that has diabetes,
Speaker:you need to listen to this episode.
Speaker:So diabetes is a significant risk factor for ED due to its
Speaker:systemic effect on the body. The relationship between diabetes
Speaker:and ED involves multiple mechanisms. Let's dive into it.
Speaker:Number one, there is vascular damage. High blood sugar level,
Speaker:that's what diabetes is, that your blood sugar level is high
Speaker:when you're fasting, but high blood sugar itself damages small
Speaker:blood vessel a condition called microvascular disease, and this
Speaker:impairment causes the penile artery to have decreased blood
Speaker:flow, which means that iy is impairing the ability for the
Speaker:penis to have an erection. So it causes microvascular disease,
Speaker:and therefore less blood flow. Additionally, you're kind of in
Speaker:a bad situation if you have high cholesterol and high
Speaker:triglyceride, which are two bad cholesterol, which are commonly
Speaker:occur if you have diabetes. There's three things that occur
Speaker:usually together, diabetes, high blood pressure and high
Speaker:cholesterol, and they usually occur because of diet as well as
Speaker:lack of exercise. So to summarize, diabetes causes ED
Speaker:number one is vascular damage.
Speaker:Number two is nerve damage. Diabetes often lead to
Speaker:neuropathy or nerve damage and this saffect the nerve that is
Speaker:in the arms and in the leg, and normally affect feet and the
Speaker:hands first. Nerve is essential for sexual stimulation and
Speaker:erection, and the damage to the nerve can disrupt communication
Speaker:from the brain to the penis, making it difficult to achieve
Speaker:an erection.
Speaker:Number three, endothelial dysfunction. Diabetes have
Speaker:impairment of the endothelium, which is the lining inside the
Speaker:blood vessel. Imagine the blood vessel like a pipe, and the
Speaker:endothelium is a thin lining, one cell layer lining that is
Speaker:inside the blood vessel, and the blood vessel is held together
Speaker:because of the endothelium, and the high blood sugar reduce the
Speaker:ability of the endothelium to relax, and when it cannot relax,
Speaker:it cannot allow more blood flow to the penis. So that's why this
Speaker:contributes to poor blood flow to the penis.
Speaker:Number four, hormonal imbalances. Men with diabetes
Speaker:experience lower testosterone level, a condition called
Speaker:hypogonadism, which can reduce libido and increase or
Speaker:exacerbate ED, testosterone deficiency, particularly
Speaker:prevalent in men with type two diabetes. So it's interesting
Speaker:that men with type two diabetes tend to have more incidence of
Speaker:ED than men that have type one diabetes.
Speaker:Now number five, oxidative stress and inflammation. Chronic
Speaker:high blood sugar level leads to increased oxidative stress and
Speaker:inflammation. Imagine oxidative stress like a free radical, it
Speaker:damages tissue. Inflammation, imagine it as fire in your body.
Speaker:It's just fire. You're not supposed to have fire in your
Speaker:body. You're not supposed to have more imbalances. Imagine
Speaker:that. That's what inflammation is, which then when that happen
Speaker:when you have oxidative stress, inflammation, it damages the
Speaker:vascular or the blood vessel and the nerve tissue, and that lead
Speaker:to actually less nitric oxide production, which is critical
Speaker:for the blood vessel to open, and it actually leads to
Speaker:increased incidence of prothrombotic factors, or
Speaker:increased incidence of blood clotting, which then worsen
Speaker:blood flow issue as well. So, you don't want oxidative stress
Speaker:and inflammation. But in diabetes, you tend to have this.
Speaker:Okay, Modern Man, you are not alone and you don't have to
Speaker:suffer anymore. ED can feel isolating, frustrating, and even
Speaker:defeating. The endless guessing, the quiet shame, the weight of
Speaker:not feeling like yourself is exhausting. But here's the
Speaker:truth, you are not broken. You are not alone. You don't have to
Speaker:figure this out alone anymore. The Get Wood Now Boost Program
Speaker:is your step by step, path to sexual confidence and
Speaker:restoration. No more suffering in silence, no more trial and
Speaker:error, just real solution, real result and the confidence you
Speaker:deserve. It's time to take back your power on your term. Let's
Speaker:get this journey started together. Check out the course
Speaker:at getwoodnow.com. I'll see you there.
Speaker:Number six, psychological factors. Diabetes is often
Speaker:associated with stress, depression and anxiety, which
Speaker:then contribute to ED, affecting mood and sexual desire. And it
Speaker:compound that the psychological component with the physical
Speaker:component, it makes it a pretty unpleasant situation for men
Speaker:with diabetes. So diabetes cause the vascular damage, the nerve
Speaker:damage, the hormonal imbalances and the oxidative stress, and
Speaker:then, along with the psychological factors as well,
Speaker:make ED more prevalent in men with diabetes, especially those
Speaker:who poorly controlled blood sugar level. Poorly control,
Speaker:meaning, if your hemoglobin A1C is eight or more, I see men who
Speaker:are in 10 or more, and the longer you have diabetes, the
Speaker:worse the condition.
Speaker:So managing your diabetes through medication and diet,
Speaker:such as the Mediterranean diet and exercise, can really improve
Speaker:your erection and reduce the risk of ED. So don't forget,
Speaker:diet exercise, but also use the penis pump. It can bring in
Speaker:blood flow to the penis as well as oxygen to the penis, and it
Speaker:helps with preventing atrophy. In fact, studies have shown that
Speaker:men with diabetes using the penis pump can be very
Speaker:effective, at least up to 70% effectiveness. Now another thing
Speaker:to consider is that a man with diabetes is 3.5 times more
Speaker:likely to develop ED than a non-diabetic man. And type two
Speaker:diabetes is a condition that you acquire as an adult and type one
Speaker:diabetes is when you're born not having the ability to release
Speaker:insulin from the pancreas. And interestingly, men with type one
Speaker:diabetes have about a 38% chance of getting ED, while men with
Speaker:type two diabetes experience 67% chance of getting ED. So if
Speaker:you're diabetic, and most of us are type two diabetic, know that
Speaker:you have 62% chance of getting ED. Now, if you work on your
Speaker:diet, mainly following the Mediterranean diet, and just
Speaker:incorporate walking into your routine, you will actually
Speaker:decrease your blood sugar level, decrease your hemoglobin A1C and
Speaker:probably be able to get rid of your medication, and that would
Speaker:positively impact upon your bedroom performance. I've seen
Speaker:many of my patients who are type two diabetic, started the
Speaker:Mediterranean diet, started walking on a regular basis. I
Speaker:have seen their hemoglobin A1C go from eight to seven to 5.6
Speaker:and then they eventually get off of their diabetic medication
Speaker:along with their cholesterol medication, even their high
Speaker:blood pressure medication as well. So win, win, win, and all
Speaker:it does is just really following the Mediterranean diet and
Speaker:exercise routine and being consistent with that. So
Speaker:managing your blood sugar not only help with your diabetes,
Speaker:but will help with your heart health and your ability to have
Speaker:your better improved bedroom performance and also longevity
Speaker:as well too, because it help you live longer with less
Speaker:psychological dysfunction such as depression and anxiety. Win,
Speaker:win, win all the way. And honestly, the Mediterranean diet
Speaker:is pretty easy to follow. Check out the Mediterranean diet guide
Speaker:here for you for free. Check it in the description in the banner
Speaker:you see here as well.
Speaker:And so just know that there are alternative to ED. You do not
Speaker:have to suffer in silence. If you're a man with diabetes, just
Speaker:know that you can control your diabetes. You can even get off
Speaker:of your diabetic medication if you just follow the
Speaker:Mediterranean diet and exercise. I know it's hard. I know that we
Speaker:live busy life. But if you make it a priority, and you be
Speaker:consistent with it, you will see an improvement. We have seen men
Speaker:improve their erection within like about months or six weeks
Speaker:of changing their diet and incorporating exercise into
Speaker:their daily life. So you don't have to suffer silence. There
Speaker:are alternatives. That's why I created the Get Wood Now Boost
Speaker:course for you to follow, to get out of ED, to start following
Speaker:the step to get sexual performance again. Check it out
Speaker:at getwoodnow.com. And we also have a community where men with
Speaker:ED, we work together with myself as your coach to get sexual
Speaker:confidence again. Check that out also at noedman.com. So I'm here
Speaker:as a resource for you. You do not have to be alone. Let's work
Speaker:together to get you out of sexual dysfunction to sexual
Speaker:function again. See you in the next episode.
Speaker:Okay, Modern Man, you are not alone and you don't have to
Speaker:suffer anymore. ED can feel isolating, frustrating, and even
Speaker:defeating. The endless guessing, the quiet shame, the weight of
Speaker:not feeling like yourself is exhausting. But here's the
Speaker:truth, you are not broken. You are not alone. You don't have to
Speaker:figure this out alone anymore. The Get Wood Now Boost Program
Speaker:is your step by step, path to sexual confidence and
Speaker:restoration. No more suffering in silence, no more trial and
Speaker:error, just real solution, real result and the confidence you
Speaker:deserve. It's time to take back your power on your term. Let's
Speaker:get this journey started together. Check out the course
Speaker:at getwoodnow.com. I'll see you there.
Speaker:Thanks for listening to the Sexual Health for Men Podcast.
Speaker:If you love this episode, then please take a screenshot on your
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Speaker:can have sexual vitality for life. I appreciate you until
Speaker:next time.