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Top Causes Of Erectile Dysfunction (And How To Reverse It)
Episode 3673rd April 2026 • Sexual Health For Men • Dr. Anne Truong
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Most men think erectile dysfunction is just part of getting older, but that belief is quietly destroying their confidence and performance.

The real cause isn’t what you’ve been told, and it’s hiding in your everyday habits. In this episode, discover a perspective that challenges everything you thought you knew about ED and points to a solution that doesn’t rely on quick fixes. You’ll start to see how small, daily choices can either work against you or completely turn things around. And once you recognize the patterns, you can begin to shift them faster than you might expect.

If you’re ready to take back control and see what’s really going on, press play and listen now.

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Key Takeaways

  • Erectile dysfunction is often caused by lifestyle habits, not just aging.
  • Alcohol and smoking can significantly reduce blood flow and performance.
  • Poor diet and high sugar intake increase the risk of erectile dysfunction.
  • Diabetes and high blood pressure are major contributors to ED.
  • Erectile dysfunction is often reversible with consistent lifestyle changes.
  • The Mediterranean diet supports better blood flow and sexual health.
  • Regular exercise improves circulation and hormone balance.
  • Poor sleep can lower testosterone and worsen erectile dysfunction.
  • Chronic stress negatively impacts sexual performance and overall health.
  • Porn use and vaping are rising causes of ED in younger men.

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This podcast is for you, the Modern Man. I'm Dr Anne Truong,

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your host. I'm an intimate health medical doctor and best

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selling author of the book, Erectile Dysfunction Fix. I'll

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do a deep dive into sexual health and performance and how

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it affects men of all ages and backgrounds. So let's get

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started, and be sure to visit my website at

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sexualhealthformenpodcast.com for more information and

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resources from the show. See you on the inside.

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Hello there, Modern Man. In today's episode, most men think

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that erectile dysfunction is just an inevitable part of

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getting older or sign they need a blue pill to fix a broken

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engine. But after treating 7000 men with ED, I can tell you

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this, the number one cause isn't what you think it is, and it's

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completely reversible. Today, I'm going to break down why the

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things that you do every day could be really breaking down

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your bedroom performance, and you could be sabotaging your

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performance. And I'm going to outline the exact steps you can

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take to reclaim your sex life again without a prescription.

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I'm Dr Anne Truong. I've treated over 7000 men with ED. So listen

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to this episode, and you will find it very useful.

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A common question that I get asked is, what's the number one

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cause of ED? What causes Ed? That's a very, very common

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question that many men ask us. So studies have shown that men,

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this is a study that was done in 1994, 40% of men over 40 have

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ED. 50% of men over 50 have ED. And 60% of men over 60 have ED.

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And 70% over 70 years old have ED. So essentially, the older

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you get, the more likelihood you're going to get ED, and that

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the more severe you're going to get ED. Okay, so that means, if

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you're 50 years old, half of your guy friends have ED. They

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just don't tell you that. Okay? That's number one.

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So what's the number one cause of ED? And you'll be surprised

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at the answer I'm going to give you. We will be very, very

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surprised, the number one cause is usually reversible causes.

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It's usually reversible causes, because it's usually due to your

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lifestyle. So alcohol, too much alcohol will ruin your sex life.

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How much is too much? More than two drinks a day, or more than

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14 drinks a week. So number one is really alcohol. Number two is

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smoking. There's no amount of smoking. Even one or two

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cigarettes is bad enough, because alcohol and smoking are

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foreign substances that doesn't belong in your body. Your body

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don't make alcohol, your body don't make nicotine. So when

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you're putting something that's foreign in your body, your

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body's going to respond badly to it. Does it make sense? So your

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body can respond very poorly to it, and that's why it becomes

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inflammation, and then it starts to damage blood flow. And then

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number three is usually due to diabetes. Diabetes is really

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high blood sugar, but what is it? It's from your diet. If

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you're eating a poor diet, or diet that is high in sugar, like

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pastries, bread, pasta and processed food, processed foods,

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anything that is in a box or can. So diabetes is reversible.

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Adult onset diabetes is reversible. You don't have to

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have continual diabetes. When you take medication, you still

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have diabetes. Okay? It doesn't mean that your diabetes is gone,

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because when you don't take the medication, your diabetes come

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back. But how you can manage diabetes is to watch what you

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eat, to follow the Mediterranean diet. So the Mediterranean diet

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is powerful, not only enhancing your blood sugar, but it's also

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helpful for your sex life as well.

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Where can you get the penis pump? You can get the penis pump

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at ED No More.com or check the link down below this video to

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get the penis pump so you can start exercising your penis

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again. Remember, you are only one pump away.

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Okay, Modern Man. If you're struggling with weak erection,

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low energy, the food you eat could be the big part of the

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problem. One of the best research pathways to boost

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circulation, support healthy testosterone and improve sexual

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performance is the Mediterranean diet. It's packed with food that

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open up your blood vessel, lower inflammation, and fuel your

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hormone, naturally. I've seen men notice real improvement in

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both energy and erection within weeks when they shift to this

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style of eating. So check out the Mediterranean diet link

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right here below, and get that as soon as you can. Stronger

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testosterone and better erection.

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Another reversible caus is the high blood pressure. High blood

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pressure is usually due to being overweight. It's usually due to

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not exercising. And also your diet affect how your blood

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pressure is. And it's usually happen when you're older, and

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sometimes it may happen when you're younger, and that's

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usually due to stress. Well, reversible causes of ED. So the

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question is, what causes ED? Usually your lifestyle, so

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alcohol, smoking, your diet, having a diet full of sugar or

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processed food, and diabetes, which is reversible if you

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follow the Mediterranean diet, and also high blood pressure and

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obesity. So guys, interestingly, these causes are reversible.

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They are reversible. So it's not like it's inevitable or it's

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something that you get when you get older. No, it's reversible.

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It's just you don't know what's causing ED. And I can tell you,

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porn is affecting younger men more than ever for ED, because

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porn messes up with how your brain process to be aroused so

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that way you can get in the mood and to stimulate your erection.

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That's what porn does. It messes with your processing of

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initiation of your erection in the brain. And then also vaping.

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Vaping can involve nicotine, can involve marijuana as well, maybe

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a mix of both. Now remember, those are foreign substances

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that doesn't belong in your body. Your body doesn't make

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nicotine, your body doesn't make marijuana. So if you're giving

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your body something forward, it's going to react negatively

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to it. Does it make sense? So if you're young, ED is usually due

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to porn and vaping, and probably sedentary activity such as poor

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diet or not exercising. You may be playing a lot of video games,

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or you're working you're sitting in front of the computer all day

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long, and you're not exercising as much.

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So if you're young, between 30 and 40, and you want to continue

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to have good sexual function, to be able to have a good sex life,

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until the day you're 80, this what do you do? You follow the

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Mediterranean diet, and you exercise at least three to four

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times a week. You don't have to even go to the gym. You just do

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your own body weight, or just walk 30 minutes a day.

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Mediterranean diet, go to Eat For No ED.com for the

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Mediterranean diet, Eat For No. ED.com. So if you follow the

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Mediterranean diet, it's essentially, eat what the earth

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gave you. That's what the Mediterranean diet is. Eat what

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the earth gave you. Eat fish, eat chicken. You can eat meat,

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but not as much. I know some people said, Oh, It's great you

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don't want to eat it every day. Red meat. I'm talking about red

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meat. Okay, eat what the Earth grows for you. The Earth doesn't

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grow pastries. The Earth doesn't grow cookies, the Earth doesn't

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grow bread, but you could have multi grain bread. You know,

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Mediterranean allows you to have two a day of that. Potatoes are

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great. Potatoes are great carbohydrates. So the question

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is, if you're young, how do you continue to have good sexual

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activity? Follow the Mediterranean diet, exercise

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about 30 minutes, three to four times a week. Get good sleep, at

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least seven hours of straight sleep a night. And stress

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reduction, meaning, don't let stress bother you so much. Now,

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stress is a perception. Stress is from your thought. You get

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stressed from your thought. So it really comes from you. We all

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have different types of stressors, right? So when you

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feel like you're stressed or you're not able to concentrate,

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then maybe you should exercise.

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Where can you get the penis pump? You can get the penis pump

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at ED No More.com or check the link down below this video to

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get the penis pump so you can start exercising your penis

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again. Remember, you are only one pump away.

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Men, struggling to stay hard? Most of the time it comes down

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to poor blood flow. That's why I put together the Good Morning

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How do you know you're stressed? You know your stress when you

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are not sleeping well, or constantly trying to eat carb,

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you're gaining weight, and you start getting distracted. And

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now that you have these like Apple Watch or the heart rate

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monitor, when you're stressed, your heart rate goes up

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actually. Your heart rate goes up. And if you have one of the

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Apple Watch one or the Oura Ring, it picks up your heart

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rate variance, which shows that you're stressed. So sometimes

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stress is a physiological response, but know, guys, that

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stress really come from your thought. Okay, just come from

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your thought and how you perceive the situation the way

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our body is made, the stress is good for us, is a short term.

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But stress is not good for us is it lasting more than six weeks.

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Because when that happens, your body start to physically respond

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to the stress, which is not good with your body. Will respond to

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the stress would then cause high blood pressure, cause weight

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gain, would then lower your testosterone level. It will then

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interrupt your sleep, interrupt your focus. So just kind of

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cause an overall mess up of all your testosterone, also mess up

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your thyroid as well, too.

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So interestingly, the bottom line is, ED is not an inevitable

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part of getting older. So you guys get that? You can control

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your sexual function as you get older. Swear to that. It's like

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how you control how you're not able to gain weight with

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exercise and what you eat. And I just mentioned, if you're right

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now and you're 20, 30, 40, even 50, things that you need to do

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now to maintain your sexual function, Mediterranean diet,

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exercise, three to four times a week, sleep, seven hours at

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night, and know when you're stressed. Reduce the stress. How

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do you reduce the stress? Easy, reduce the stress by exercise,

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and also spend time with the people that you feel good about

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to spend time with. People that you don't feel good about, that

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make you feel negative, you don't need them in your life. So

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sometimes the most complex questions are the simplest

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answer. So if you're watching this, I just literally give you

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the steps of how to continue to have sexual activity for the

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rest of your life. It's really that easy. It doesn't need you

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to come and see me. No, I'm giving you everything. You watch

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my YouTube channel, and I hope that you're a subscriber if

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you're watching this, if you watch my YouTube channel, I give

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you the Mediterranean diet. I talk about exercise. I don't

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want to make it complex for you. It's literally simple. And then

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sleep seven hours at night. And if you have a hard time

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sleeping, stop caffeine at around 5pm, anything that has

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caffeine in it, and try to take melatonin and magnesium. So

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melatonin magnesium, together help with that. And if you need

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to get a good melatonin or magnesium, go to our store ED No

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More.com to get that.

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Well, if you find this helpful, then let's see how I can help

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you get back in the game again. Check the link below, right

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here, or just go to Renew With Dr Anne.com to see how I can

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help you get your sex life back. And if you're looking for a

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community of men with ED that can support one another in this

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journey together, then check out the Modern Man Club down below

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as well, or go to No Ed Men.com and just know men that you don't

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have to live with ED, you are now broken, and there are

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definitely alternatives for you and steps that you can do for

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your ED right now, naturally, without taking the pill. And I

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will see you in the next episode.

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Okay, Modern Man, you are not alone and you don't have to

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suffer anymore. ED can feel isolating, frustrating, and even

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defeating. The endless guessing, the quiet shame, the weight of

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not feeling like yourself is exhausting. But here's the

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Thanks for listening to the Sexual Health for Men Podcast.

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