A diet rich in vegetables prevents erectile dysfunction

The diet consisting of whole plant foods is good against inability to achieve a firm erection to have a satisfactory sexual relationship, a problem known as erectile dysfunctionaccording to research from the Medicine area of ​​the University of Granada. Specifically, the scientific review focuses on the positive impact of a whole plant (vegan) diet against arteriogenic erectile dysfunctionwhich is the most common type in men over 45 years of age and is considered, at the same time, a predictor of cardiovascular events.

“The common element between erectile dysfunction and atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases is endothelial dysfunctionwhich constitutes the first alteration in the development of atheroma plaques. This causes arterial stiffness and inadequate dilation upon the arrival of greater blood flow“, details Mariana del Carmen Fernández-Fígares Jiménez, researcher, dietitian-nutritionist and medical student at the UGR. According to this expert, fruits, vegetables, legumes, whole grains, nuts and seeds to which None of their edible parts have been removed nor have any ingredients been added. Non-integral are the foods that help against this pathology.

A diet also recommended for other pathologies

This type of diet is very most beneficial against erectile dysfunction than that with foods of animal origin. Controlled clinical trials have shown an improvement in cardiovascular risk parameters and a reduction in atherosclerosis, thus promoting adequate arterial endothelial function.

Although this research focuses on the impact on erectile dysfunction, studies have already shown that The whole plant diet is good for fighting diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic kidney disease and dementia. Besides, mortality decreases as the proportion of whole plant foods in the diet increases and that of foods of animal origin and refined or non-whole plant foods decreases.

“For these reasons, a vegetable diet comprehensive should be considered as a potential tool in the prevention and improvement of erectile dysfunction and chronic diseases“concludes researcher Mariana del Carmen Fernández-Fígares.