Combat High Cholesterol to Cure a Unsustainable Erection
Many men are aware of the dangers associated with high cholesterol: heart attack, stroke, heart disease, narrowing of the arteries to name a few. Another problem caused by high cholesterol is a weak erection.
Connection Between Cholesterol and Erections
Cholesterol is needed for the body to function regularly. It’s a steroid generated in the liver and carried throughout the body in blood plasma. Cholesterol helps control many facets of the body from maintaining cell membranes to the metabolizing of vitamins and even sex hormone production. However, when there’s a surplus of cholesterol that can’t be used by cells that’s when LDL cholesterol can build up.
LDL cholesterol, known as the “bad cholesterol”, can lead to plaque formation, which obstructs blood flow. When this happens in the penile vessels the result is often a weak erection, also referred to as a
cholesterol erection.
Strong blood flow to the penis is needed for a strong erection. Erections occur when nitric oxide levels rise and expand the arteries in penis tissue to allow more blood in. If arteries are blocked it’s much more difficult to obtain a full erection.
Getting Cholesterol Under Control and Improving Erections with Red Yeast Rice
If you suffer from high cholesterol eating a healthy diet and exercising is a must. Foods high in saturated fat should be avoided, as well as alcohol. Both of these are key contributors to elevated cholesterol levels.
Overtime diet and exercise will help you bring down your cholesterol, and eventually erections will improve. However, there are herbs that can be used as a supplement to speed up the process.
Red Yeast Rice is one such herb that has been found to lower cholesterol and improve weak erections that are caused by LDL cholesterol. It does so by addressing a number of issues caused by cholesterol:
- Increases blood flow to penile tissue
- Improves corpus cavernosum health (erectile tissue that holds most of the blood during an erection)
- Increases HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol) and lowers LDL cholesterol to break down plaque build up
- Increases nitric oxide production
Including Red Yeast Rice in your arsenal of cholesterol fighters will help you get LDL under control quicker and get your erections back to normal faster.