If you are a normal red blooded American man, you do not want to lose your ability to make love to your wife. While potency does decrease slowly with age, it should not disappear completely as you approach 60 or even 70.
However, erectile dysfunction (ED) is becoming more and more common. The incredible popularity of Viagra is proof. But Viagra is not the best way to deal with ED. Ive warned you about this class of chemical drugs in past issues. It can cause severe brain and eye damage.
The good news, though, is that there are herbal alternatives that do not have these side effects. Some effective combinations can include horny goat weed, tribulus, maca, or yohimbe. But there is a new way to treat ED that works as well as Viagra without the same side effects. Here how it works.
Viagra (and similar drugs) helps achieve erections by slowing down the normal metabolism of nitric oxide (NO). NO is both a friend and a problem. In your penis and other arteries, it serves to dilate arteries. That obviously improves blood flow. And it is the vascular cavities in the penis filling with blood that achieves erection.
On the other hand, excessive NO in areas like your brain can lead to the formation of a dangerous neuron-damaging free radical called peroxynitrite. This effect can cause severe damage to your retina. Many people have gone blind after regular use of Viagra. That is because Viagra blocks the destruction of NO where it needs to be destroyed. The excess NO then destroys critical tissue.
A better way to treat dysfunction is to maximize your ability to make the NO it needs and destroy the excess. So we have to increase your NO production while leaving intact your ability to get rid of too much.
How can you do this? The amino acid arginine is one place to start. It provides the raw material for NO genesis. However, studies have shown that arginine by itself provides only a little help for erectile dysfunction.
But what happens if you add a natural compound to stimulate the enzyme that makes NO from arginine? That is what Romil Stanislavov, PhD from the Medical University of Sofia did. And he did it with great success.
His team studied men between the ages of 25 and 45 with erectile dysfunction. None of these men had other aggravating diseases, such as diabetes. The men first started with an arginine compound equivalent to 1.7 gm L-arginine per day for a month. They had little improvement.
In the second month, Pycnogenol, an extract of pine bark, was added (40 mg daily). The results skyrocketed to 80% improvement (adequate erections).
In the third month, the Pycnogenol was increased to 120 mg per day and 92.5% of the men were able to achieve adequate erections. There were no negative effects from the supplement program, certainly no blindness.
Now there is a patented formulation called Prelox, with the studied ratios of arginine and Pycnogenol. Prelox is available on the Internet. Of course, you also can buy the ingredients separately.
There are advantages to a nutritional program like this over Viagra. The main benefit is that it helps restore your own NO production. That way you will have adequate amounts on demand all the time. You wont have to swallow a pill before sex. You wont have to worry about your vision, since your body still has the capacity to destroy excess NO. And optimizing your NO production will help your blood vessels relax, which could lower your blood pressure.
So if you are looking for a great way to improve your sex life at any age, try Prelox. It does not cost as much as Viagra, its safer, and just as effective.
Ref: Stanislavov, Romil, PhD. Medical University of Sofia, Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction with Pycnogenol and L-Arginine, Sex Marital Ther. 2003 May-June;29(3):207-13. 44952 (7/2006).