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Erectile Dysfunction and Your Health
July 17, 2006
It is widely understood that regular excersize, not smoking, a healthy diet, and maintaining a healthy weight is good for your heart. This "heart healthy" behavior is also good for a man's sex life.
According to research finding published today in The Journal of Urology, taking steps to maintain a healthy heart could also help prevent erectile dysfunction (ED). The study followed more than 22,000 men in the U.S. for 14 years.
Men who were obese were 90 times more liekley to develop ED compared to men of a healthy weight, and smokers were 50 times more liekly to develop RD than non-smokers. In contrast, regualr excersize helped prevent the erectile problems.