What affects the potential of men and women?

Sexual potential is usually called the ability of a living organism to have sexual intercourse. Typically, the term is used to describe a man's sexual ability as the strength and speed of an erection, the duration of sexual intercourse. The term "libido" is more commonly used in relation to women, ie. sexual attraction to a person of the opposite sex. There are many factors that depend on potency and the ability to achieve sexual satisfaction.

What affects potency in men

Having an intimate relationship with the opposite sex is an essential part of a man's life. Problems in this area can be solved for a long time and can cause significant psychological distress.

In addition to genetic predisposition, healthy sexual intercourse at any age is influenced by a number of other factors, including lifestyle, nutrition, and disease. By knowing them, you can assess the risk of erectile dysfunction and prevent it from occurring by regulating your behavior.

Factors that positively affect potency

Improving male sexual function is facilitated by a number of factors that affect the body and psyche of the stronger sex:

• Nutrition. The daily menu should include foods rich in animal and vegetable proteins. These are cheese, cottage cheese, meat, eggs, walnuts, almonds, unsalted pistachios, sesame seeds, pumpkins, sunflowers. The use of bee products, especially honey and pollen, has a positive effect on male potency. Seafood is also among the products that help maintain a high level of male potency. The top five most useful include oysters, oily seafood, anchovies, crabs and shrimp. Their rich composition affects the functioning of all organs and systems of the body, bringing them to normal. Deficiencies of essential trace elements can be overcome by taking vitamin and mineral complexes. It is worth conducting a laboratory study to determine such a deficiency in advance;

It is important! Regular consumption of seafood is a good insurance against potential problems for men.

• Physical activity. Exercise helps to develop endurance, strengthen the body and, as a result, increase men's abilities. Suitable activities for this purpose are swimming, running, skiing, tennis. Running long distances is especially useful to improve blood circulation. It is recommended to organize small runs in the early stages. The distance increases over time. As the load increases, testosterone production increases, the cardiovascular system strengthens, and male potency increases. If it is not possible to exercise, you can do a series of physical exercises aimed at improving blood circulation in the pelvic and genital area;
• Mode complianceday with a full night's sleep;
• The right response to stressand overcome them with the help of meditation, auto-training, yoga classes. You can get rid of accumulated fatigue by massaging and listening to pleasant music. Scientists have long proven the effect of music on the vital functions of the body. In order to adapt the work of the sexual sphere, it is convenient to listen to the melodies played on the saxophone. There is an opinion that they can act as a sound alarm.


Among the alternative methods to restore male potency is a meditation program for a specially selected sound range. If you listen to audio recordings every day for a month and a half, you can affect your subconscious. As a result, the nervous system normalizes, a feeling of satisfaction is achieved, resistance to external factors develops, which in turn leads to an increase in male strength;

• Get rid of chronic diseases, causes changes in the hormonal background and worsens blood circulation. First of all, it is necessary to monitor the condition of the heart and blood vessels, prostate gland, blood sugar levels, as well as to prevent the development of hemorrhoids.

Factors that negatively affect potency

According to doctors, the problem of erectile dysfunction, like many other diseases, is noticeably "younger". The main factors that lead to the reduction of potency are those related to the lifestyle of modern man:

• chronic stress- a huge factor holding the path of the most ambitious people. Often the need to work hard without days off and holidays, conflicts, lack of sleep gradually depletes the body, leading to disease, including the weakening of sexual capacity. Congestion in megacities with high air pollution also contributes to poor welfare;
• Bad habits. Drinking only small doses (for example, no more than a glass of wine) can have a beneficial effect on sexual desire. Excessive consumption of alcohol causes the accumulation of ethanol in the liver and brain, inhibits the production of testosterone, and as a result leads to erectile dysfunction. The negative effects of smoking are expressed in the destructive effects of nicotine on blood vessels. As the experience of smoking increases, a gradual narrowing of the blood vessels is observed. As a result, the cavernous bodies of the penis become difficult to fill with blood and erections are not achieved. Drugs have a profound effect on sexual desire. Regular use of drugs causes damage to the nervous system, changes in the sex glands, complete impotence. In addition, the lifestyle of a drug addict contributes to immorality, which carries a high risk of contracting infectious diseases that lead to tragic consequences up to death;
• Lack of physical activity. Sitting in the office, driving a car, sitting on the couch in front of the TV reduces the tone of blood vessels, weakens the heart muscle and other muscles of the body. Deterioration of blood circulation in the pelvic region over time leads to erectile dysfunction;
• unhealthy foodExcessive consumption of fatty foods of animal origin contributes to the development of atherosclerosis. It is difficult for the veins to fill the penis with blood, and erection is impossible. Excessive consumption of sweet foods affects the hormonal background and can impair erectile function.

Among the diseases there are those that have a significant impact on the potential and require serious medical attention:

• Cardiovascular diseases. Because the onset of an erection is directly related to blood circulation in the genital area, slow heart muscle function and poor vascular condition can be barriers to a healthy sex life;
• Hormonal disorders, including diabetes, leads to impaired permeability of blood vessels that supply the genitals, damage to the nerves responsible for erection, and reduced hormone production;

• Obesity. With each extra kilogram, the amount of testosterone produced in the male body decreases and the amount of estrogen increases. The male body gradually develops according to the female type: the chest grows, the timbre of the voice can change. Over time, excess weight causes infertility as a result of cardiovascular disease, diseases of the musculoskeletal system, impaired seminal fluid quality;
• Oncological diseasesif they have damaged the nerves and blood vessels responsible for the appearance of an erection;
• Spinal cord injurywith spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, prostatitis.

Potential effects of testosterone

Testosterone is a recognized leader among the hormones produced in the male body. Secreted by the male gonads and adrenal cortex, it is responsible for the development of male secondary sexual characteristics, metabolism, physical fitness, sexual potency and mood. Scientists have found that the level of sexual activity directly depends on the level of the hormone in the blood. Its decrease causes problems with potency, ejaculation and reproduction in men.

Meanwhile, high testosterone levels also have a negative effect on the body. In medical practice, a link has been established between the occurrence of malignant brain tumors and an increase in testosterone.

Changes in hormone levels are associated with lifestyle, with frequency:

• Nutrition, for example, causes obesity;
• To take alcohol and drugs;
• Take medicine;
• Age changes.

In the absence of serious health problems, normal testosterone levels in men can be maintained with proper nutrition and exercise. The daily menu, which changes during the week, should include:

• Greenery;
• nuts;
• Seafood containing zinc, selenium and essential fatty acids necessary for men - shrimp, salmon, mackerel, squid, shellfish;
• Lean red meat. To increase testosterone levels, it is more effective to use it in combination with traditional spices, such as horseradish, garlic, and red pepper;
• legumes;
• Dairy products (especially cheese, cottage cheese);
• Root vegetables, especially celery and ginger.

Prerequisite is enough sleep at night, daily walks in the fresh air during the day, physical activity.

Factors affecting women's potential

In a woman, healthy sexual activity allows her to perceive herself in two ways:

• To carry and give birth to a child;
• Enjoy a partner who contributes to maintaining good health and strengthening marital relationships.

As in men, factors such as stress, strong emotional experiences, and physical fatigue affect the ability to enjoy sex. To get rid of their influence, it is enough to rest, to relax with pleasant music. At the same time the sound should not be loud, quiet music can be more exciting. Relaxing massage also has a good effect.

The causes of libido disorders associated with physical abnormalities in the body will require more serious attention:

• Hormonal changes that cause a decrease in blood levels of the female hormone - estrogen;
• Thyroid diseases that cause a decrease or increase in hormone production;
• Diseases of the urogenital tract that cause discomfort during sexual intercourse, such as cystitis, thrush, various inflammations;
• Obesity leads to decreased physical activity, pelvic obstruction, and subsequently decreased vaginal sensitivity and lack of sexual satisfaction;
• Use of drugs that affect the hormonal background of the body (sedatives, contraceptives, antihypertensive drugs);

To restore healthy sexual desire and the possibility of orgasm, a woman and her partner must meet the following conditions:

• A good night's sleep (at least eight hours);
• It is necessary to arrange the absence of outside noise and sharp loud noises during intimacy. The atmosphere should be comfortable;
• The menu includes a balanced diet with seafood, nuts and seeds, chocolate, figs, bananas, ginger tea. It is advisable to add spices (turmeric, cardamom, pepper, cinnamon) to foods that increase sexual desire;
• Giving up bad habits;
• Learn to get out of stressful situations quickly and prevent depression and psychosomatic disorders.

It is important! Yoga, swimming, physical exercise as part of fitness help to achieve good blood circulation, blood flow to the genitals and a high quality of sexual life.