Rejuvenating Sex And Health Naturally
Our physical and psychological makeup is influenced
by the sexual imperative far more than most of
us realize or wish to admit. Entire systems of
psychoanalytical therapy (e.g. Freud) are based
upon the premise that we are primarily sexual
creatures.Behaviorally, there is little doubt
that there are dramatic differences between the
sexes. This can be seen even in the earliest of
years. (This is so in spite of vigilant efforts
by "rights" groups to blur distinctions and to
declare sexual equality by legal fiat.) Girls
with dolls and boys with trucks and guns manifest
with no coaching from parents, and reflect the
natural nurturing tendencies of girls versus the
more aggressive and protecting inclination of
boys.
Physically the primary and secondary sexual characteristics
are obviously different. These features, in fact,
attract the opposite sex and prepare each sex
for reproduction, caregiving and protection for
the young.But sex is not just about recreation
or procreation. It can directly impact health.
For example, the risk of breast cancer is directly
linked to childbearing and nursing in women -
having children and nursing them for extended
periods of time decreases the number of ovulations
a woman has and thus decreases the pro-cancerous
estrogen surges.
Other research has demonstrated that fulfilling
sexual activity in women is also linked to health.A
man's sense of strength, perception of attractiveness
to women, feelings of being loved and depended
upon, financial success, respect, and feeling
accepted are all intricately tied to sexuality.
Male sexual self-worth goes hand-in-hand with
physical and mental health.Who primarily commits
violent crime in society? Is it not young men
in the heyday of their testosterone surge? Sexuality
and health at their peak create the potential
for either great accomplishment or great harm
depending upon how these energies are focused.
On
the other hand, when male hormone levels start
to ebb in later years, health decline parallels
this downturn. Men experience loss of muscle mass,
lowered energy levels, decreased immunity, increased
susceptibility to a variety of degenerative diseases,
decreased libido and fertility, and various degrees
of impotence. Sensing this decline, men can feel
hopeless, worthless and at the end of life. Such
feelings further fuel the downward health spiral
often resulting in an early death.The importance
of sexuality in men is evidenced by polls showing
that men would sooner risk serious life-threatening
side effects than forego the possibility that
a new drug (e.g. ViagraT) might rejuvenate them
sexually.
Being sexually alive even in the very oldest
of men may be as important as life itself.Although
male hormone levels decrease with age, the slope
of the curve can be dramatically altered. It will
not, however, be just a matter of taking a pill.
Supplemental male hormones are available but their
use disrupts the body's natural balances and can
cause negative feedback inhibition. When this
occurs, exogenous hormones (pills) send a signal
to hormone-producing tissues that hormone levels
are high enough. Endogenous (from the body itself)
production therefore slows. Over time this can
weaken hormone-producing tissues so that the initial
problem of inadequate production is compounded.
This is at least part of the mechanism for the
adverse effects of anabolic (male hormone-like)
steroids taken by athletes and bodybuilders.
Young men eager to exaggerate muscularity end
up with withered and weakened testicles and other
endocrine glands setting them up for serious diseases
as they get older.A better alternative is to make
healthy lifestyle changes (suggested in the Optimal
Health ProgramT) combined with natural nutritional
supplementation, which has been proven to provide
benefit to many.Androgenic phytonutrients from
herbs (such as Tribulus terrestris, Muira puama,
Avena sativa and nettle leaf), amino acids (including
L-arginine) and certain foods such as melons naturally
increase testosterone production without the danger
of negative feedback inhibition as experienced
with anabolic steroids and other hormones.
Increased
testosterone levels, in turn, increase libido,
act as an aphrodisiac and help prevent impotence.
(In fact, modern research has revealed that testosterone
is the only substance capable of generating libido
in both men and women.)Recent studies suggest
that these phytonutrients also affect brain chemicals
such that potency and erectile capacity are improved
and male reproductive system growth, function,
and repair is enhanced.
Phytonutrients can also improve sexual function
through inhibiting the binding of sex hormone-binding
globulin to its receptor site on prostatic membranes.
This provides relief to benign prostatic hyperplasia
(BPH) sufferers who often experience painful intercourse,
a certain impediment to sexuality.Other nutrients
such as zinc, vitamin B12 and vitamin C directly
stimulate sperm production and motility and thus
increase fertility. Modern, processed, food fraction-based
dietary fare can be woefully deficient in these
nutrients.
Selecting good supplements and converting
the diet to more natural, fresh and varied foods
is the solution.Lifestyle changes (outlined in
the Optimal Health ProgramT) - not the least of
which is maintaining healthy body weight and regularly
exercising - when combined with proper nutrition
can rejuvenate the entire body and with that send
a signal to the sexual core of our biological
being that we are alive and well.
Such signals stimulate a natural invigoration
of sexuality, and with that mental and physical
health.Dr. Wysong is a former veterinary clinician
and surgeon, college instructor in human anatomy,
physiology and the origin of life, inventor of
numerous medical, surgical, nutritional, athletic
and fitness products and devices, research director
for the present company by his name and founder
of the philanthropic Wysong Institute.
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