Does eating laksa leaves reduce libido?
Eating laksa leaves not only does not affect sex drive in men, but also brings many health benefits such as stimulating digestion, treating abdominal pain…
According to Oriental medicine, laksa leaves have warm properties, using a lot will damage the pancreas, reduce semen, and indirectly affect the sex drive of both men and women. However, this situation only occurs if the person eats at least 0.5kg/time and continuously for a long time. Meanwhile, Vietnamese people use laksa leaves only as a condiment, so it is difficult to affect sexual function.
In contrast, eating laksa leaves in a moderate amount not only does not impair sexual function but can also increase male physiology. Lettuce is spicy, warm and peppery, so when used with other dishes, it will warm the stomach, increase the feeling of appetite, but when eaten, it will be full.
In addition, a clinical trial in men aged 45-65 years taking biloba extract (200mg/day) and laksa leaves extract (100mg/day), found this combination to be more effective than either placebo in enhancing sexual performance.
Lettuce is unlikely to be the cause of male infertility. Image: Shutterstock
According to Health Benefit Times, laksa leaves is a very popular herb that not only brings a characteristic flavor to the dish, but also has many other health benefits. Specifically, the active ingredient oxalic acid in laksa leaves supports, stimulates digestion, treats abdominal pain, flatulence, indigestion; active flavonoid that acts as an antioxidant; The antibacterial ability of laksa leaves helps fight different types of bacteria, viruses and fungi, including Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV). Even laksa leaves have anti-fungal ability, preventing anthracnose in plants…
Therefore, laksa leaves are not a “criminal” of men, but according to medicine, the following causes are really reducing the performance of men:
Excessive alcohol and beer
Alcohol is one of the leading causes of low testosterone levels in men. The consequences are decreased sex drive, erectile dysfunction, reduced sperm production… In addition, men who drink a lot of alcohol are also at high risk of other diseases such as heart disease, liver and biliary diseases. … All of these diseases affect the sexual ability and overall health of men.
Smoke
Smoking (whether active or passive) reduces sperm production, sperm abnormalities, and sperm motility. In particular, smokers are twice as likely to suffer from impotence than the general population. It is caused by atherosclerosis in the penis that reduces perfusion. The longer a person smokes, the higher the risk of vascular impotence.
Impaired sexual function affects couple affection. Image: Shutterstock
Stress
Prolonged stress and anxiety can affect certain hormones needed for sperm production. In addition, men with psychological disorders also have sexual dysfunction because of decreased libido, erectile dysfunction, delayed or inhibited ejaculation.
Diet
Lack of nutrients or excess nutrients, especially too many foods containing harmful fats, hot spicy foods, canned foods, containing a lot of fat, etc., also cause negative impacts on biological health. male property.
Pathological
In addition to the causes from lifestyle, a series of other diseases also reduce sexual function in men such as varicocele affecting the temperature regulation in the testicles, reducing sperm quality; blocked vas deferens, one of the main causes of infertility – infertility in men; problems with retrograde ejaculation, infections, or sexually transmitted diseases…
To enhance fullness, prevent infertility, instead of using drugs of unknown origin, unscientific diet; Gentlemen should follow a healthy lifestyle, complete nutrition, exercise regularly, control stress… and visit a male specialist as soon as there is an abnormality in the body.
Phi Hong
at Blogtuan.info – Source: vnexpress.net – Read the original article here
