{"id":17395,"date":"2022-03-04T13:00:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=17395"},"modified":"2022-03-04T13:00:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T13:00:37","slug":"how-junk-food-affects-your-sex-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/sexual-health\/how-junk-food-affects-your-sex-life\/","title":{"rendered":"How Junk Food Affects Your Sex Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having an enhanced libido could be as simple as eliminating junk food from your plate and eating healthier.<\/p>\n<p>Your diet can be a key to improving sexual performance, according to health experts.<\/p>\n<h3>Inflammation<\/h3>\n<p>As it turns out, a bad diet can increase inflammation. Inflammation is known to be a root cause of many<br \/>\ndiseases and can affect hormone production.<\/p>\n<p>Foods that increase inflammation include refined carbohydrates, sugar, trans fats, conventional meat and soybean, and corn oil.<\/p>\n<p>Foods that reduce inflammation are things like blueberries, salmon, green vegetables, coconut oil, turmeric, and walnuts.<\/p>\n<h3>Testosterone<\/h3>\n<p>Low testosterone levels are a big problem with sexual performance.<\/p>\n<p>Switching snacks and meats can help naturally raise levels.<\/p>\n<p>Brazilian nuts, wild-caught fish like halibut, or tuna can add the mineral selenium to your body.<\/p>\n<p>Selenium helps the body react better to stress and keeps T-levels up.<\/p>\n<p>Lean proteins, which have zinc, also help in testosterone production.<\/p>\n<p>Other great sources for zinc include sunflower and pumpkin seeds and grass-fed meat.<\/p>\n<h3>Circulation<\/h3>\n<p>Bad circulation can affect how long you can go in the bedroom and other ED issues.<\/p>\n<p>Exercise helps but making diet changes can also improve your blood flow.<\/p>\n<p>Eat refined oils like olive oil, coconut oil, and butter.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t over-salt foods. Salt can make importance worse.<\/p>\n<p>Also, eat more potassium and avoid things like processed meats, frozen meals, fast foods, and a lot of condiments.<\/p>\n<h3>Other Foods that Affect Libido<\/h3>\n<p>Experts have long stressed avoiding processed sugar.<\/p>\n<p>They can zap you of energy, reducing libido.<\/p>\n<p>The problem with sugar is they put you on an immediate high only to crash later.<\/p>\n<p>A little caffeine has been proven to help sperm performance but too much caffeine will affect sexual<br \/>\nperformance because it increases anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>Some wine may set the mood, but overindulgence in alcohol can also cause inflammation and fatigue.<\/p>\n<p>Switching some things in your diet may be hard but your partner will be thanking you later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having an enhanced libido could be as simple as eliminating junk food from your plate and eating healthier. Your diet can be a key to improving sexual performance, according to health experts. Inflammation As it turns out, a bad diet can increase inflammation. Inflammation is known to be a root cause of many diseases and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17458,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[689],"tags":[730,1501],"class_list":["post-17395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sexual-health","tag-sex","tag-sex-and-candy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17395\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}