| In the pantheon of contemporary culture,
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| | increase in their good HDL cholesterol
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| neither Adonis nor Aphrodite has love
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| | levels. The control group's overall
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| handles. But two thirds of Americans do.
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| | cholesterol went up, but with no increase
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| Yet, contrary to conventional
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| | in their good HDL levels. Triglyceride
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| stereotypes, their excess weight hasn't
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| | levels and C-reactive protein counts also
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| hampered their interest in having a
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| | dropped for the supervised group, but not
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| healthy sex life. In fact, research shows
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| | the control. You probably recognize these
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| that overweight men are just as
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| | things as factors in heart health and
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| interested in sex as the next guy; they
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| | diabetes, and so you can understand how
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| just may not be as able to perform. Now,
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| | the supervised subjects' also reduced
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| when it comes to performance anxiety, low
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| | their disease risk. The researchers also
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| self-esteem about body image can be a
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| | tested endothelial function -the
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| real impediment to confidence, so that
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| | performance of cells lining the blood
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| may account for some of the problem. But
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| | vessels- which has an impact on both
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| experts say that 90 percent of erectile
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| | cardiovascular health and erectile
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| dysfunction is physical in origin, not
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| | function. The chronic oxidative stress
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| psychological. In large-scale studies,
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| | and inflammation caused by obesity
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| nearly 80 percent of men who reported
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| | impairs endothelial function. Here again,
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| having erectile dysfunction were also
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| | the men in the intervention group showed
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| overweight or obese. So perhaps it won't
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| | improvement, while the control group did
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| be a surprise that a recent study
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| | not. We already knew from previous
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| published in the Journal of the American
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| | research that overweight men who initiate
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| Medical Association has yielded some
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| | weight loss in mid-life have 70 percent
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| promising news about resolving this
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| | less risk of ever having erectile
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| sensitive problem, and it doesn't have
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| | dysfunction than those who remain
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| anything to do with little blue pills you
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| | sedentary. The current study was meant to
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| hear advertised during major sporting
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| | determine if weight loss could also
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| events. The research in question was a
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| | reverse erectile dysfunction that had
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| two-year study conducted at the Second
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| | already set in, and it seems clear that
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| University of Naples, Italy. The subjects
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| | it can. If sales of Viagra, Levitra and
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| were recruited from a campus weight-loss
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| | Cialis are any indication, the pursuit of
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| clinic. They were all obese men between
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| | vigorous sexual function is a strong
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| the ages of 35 and 55. All reported some
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| | motivator for men of any age. Hundreds of
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| degree of erectile dysfunction, but they
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| | millions of dollars have been invested in
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| were otherwise healthy, without the
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| | promoting the take-a-pill approach to
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| complications of diabetes, hypertension
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| | that pursuit, and millions of men have
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| or heart disease that are so common with
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| | responded, in spite of potential side
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| obesity. Half the subjects were
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| | effects and other health risks involved.
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| supervised by medical professionals in
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| | Imagine if even a few million dollars
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| individualized weight-loss treatment
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| | were invested in a public education
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| programs. They were educated about diet,
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| | campaign letting men know that just
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| fitness and personal behavioral
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| | losing weight and improving their fitness
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| adjustments in visits with a nutritional
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| | could be the answer to their personal
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| counselor and a personal trainer, every
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| | distress. It's true that recently, there
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| month for the first year, and then
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| | have been more public health efforts to
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| bi-monthly during the second year of the
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| | promote weight-loss and fitness in
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| study. The other half-the control
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| | general, especially given the epidemic of
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| group-just got general information about
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| | obesity and associated increases in
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| exercise and healthy dietary choices
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| | diabetes and heart disease. But imagine
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| during visits every other month during
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| | the impact of a campaign that gave men
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| the two-year study period. By the end of
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| | the concrete goal of a healthy sex life.
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| the study, all the men in the supervised
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| | Most would agree that seems more tangible
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| group had lost weight and experienced
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| | to the average fellow than say, lowering
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| various health and sexual function
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| | his triglycerides. There's likely to be
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| improvements. In fact, by the time they'd
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| | some personal cost involved in pursuing
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| achieved a weight loss of just 10
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| | comprehensive weight loss treatment. But
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| percent, erectile dysfunction was
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| | how do those costs compare to the expense
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| completely alleviated for one out of
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| | of prescription approaches? And consider
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| three men in that group. But there was no
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| | how much overall health care costs would
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| change in weight for the control group,
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| | go down if men tried to recover their
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| and even by the end of the study, only
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| | lost virility by losing weight and
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| three of the 55 men in the control group
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| | getting healthy, instead of popping a
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| had recovered normal erectile function.
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| | pill. No matter how medically appropriate
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| Perhaps the most important finding of
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| | and cost-effective, this is one treatment
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| this study is one the researchers weren't
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| | that-as a JAMA editorial put it-will
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| even trying to prove: regardless of the
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| | never be "accompanied by free pens, free
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| objective, the weight loss effort is more
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| | notepads and its own Superbowl
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| effective with professional supervision.
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| | commercial." That means it's up to public
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| Remember that these men were all what you
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| | health advocates and doctors to carry
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| would call "motivated" subjects; they
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| | this message of hope without any
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| were recruited from among people who had
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| | big-budget hype. THROUGH THICK & THIN:
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| already shown up at a weight-loss clinic,
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| | Erectile Dysfunction Erectile dysfunction
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| so they wanted to lose some weight. But
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| | affects more than half of American males
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| even at that, the subjects who didn't
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| | between age 40 and 70, and nearly 80
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| have any particular guidance just
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| | percent of men with the problem are
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| couldn't do it. The men did not know that
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| | overweight. Research shows that just
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| the study was specifically examining the
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| | walking a couple miles a day can
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| potential improvement in sexual function.
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| | significantly help a man's chances of
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| Had they known this was a possible
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| | avoiding-or even reversing-erectile
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| outcome of their effort, even the
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| | dysfunction, and it's a lot cheaper and
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| unsupervised group might have been more
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| | less risky than certain pills we hear a
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| "motivated." When a healthy sex life is
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| | lot about.
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| at stake-and for most overweight men, it
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| | Caroline J. Cederquist, M.D. is a board
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| is-men shouldn't just try to handle the
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| | certified Family Physician and a board
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| problem on their own, because the right
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| | certified Bariatric Physicians (the
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| support seems to make all the difference.
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| | medical specialty of weight management).
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| That said, consider some of the other
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| | Dr. Cederquist is the founder of Bistro
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| outcomes: In the supervised group,
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| | MD a home diet delivery program that
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| overall blood pressure was lowered, but
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| | specializes in low calorie gourmet food
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| not in the control group. In the
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| | that is delivered to your home or office
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| supervised group, overall cholesterol
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| | and a practicing bariatric physician.
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| levels dropped, but the subjects had an
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