Keto diet affecting erections & testosterone??
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Hey im 18 years old and plan on starting the ketogenic diet, actually today I completely day 1 but i read some interesting thing online about blood flow and erections and wanted to know if anyone experienced with keto has had any negative affects with sexual drive / erections supposedly the high fat intake would cause your blood flow to be slower from what i read i have a girlfriend so it isnt really a option for me to risk not being able to please her also does it lower your T levels? I mean i would think that eating more fat would raise your T levels but i hear thats not the case so if anyone could enlighten me.
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May I ask why Keto? You don't have weight to lose.2
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Got links to what you were reading? Without taking a stand on keto one way or another, I'd eat my hat if those articles weren't trying to sell you something. T-related articles get marketed towards men like ACV gets marketed towards women.4
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I've never heard of any problems. Cardiovascular health often improves on a keto diet so I can't see it hurting anything.
As a woman, no problems at all.4 -
I have nothing for you concerning keto, but just wanted to say how sweet it is that you are concerned for your GF's pleasure rather than just focusing on your own
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Lifting and a moderate amount of protein should actually INCREASE your T levels (not by a ton, but should nonetheless). My own blood pressure tends to run lower when I'm doing keto, but I've never had any ED or libido problems from it.2
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kshama2001 wrote: »Got links to what you were reading? Without taking a stand on keto one way or another, I'd eat my hat if those articles weren't trying to sell you something. T-related articles get marketed towards men like ACV gets marketed towards women.
I could go grab the link but there is no evidence scientificly ive found just people on reddit and boding building.com saying that the fat build up in arteries could affect the blood flow of your erections and also even decease the girth of your penis3 -
Hey im 18 years old and plan on starting the ketogenic diet, actually today I completely day 1 but i read some interesting thing online about blood flow and erections and wanted to know if anyone experienced with keto has had any negative affects with sexual drive / erections supposedly the high fat intake would cause your blood flow to be slower from what i read i have a girlfriend so it isnt really a option for me to risk not being able to please her also does it lower your T levels? I mean i would think that eating more fat would raise your T levels but i hear thats not the case so if anyone could enlighten me.
I choose keto because its a better fat burning diet because your body uses your fat as fuel instead of glucose (from carbs) and i do have fat to lose not much but im around 16%bf3 -
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Hey im 18 years old and plan on starting the ketogenic diet, actually today I completely day 1 but i read some interesting thing online about blood flow and erections and wanted to know if anyone experienced with keto has had any negative affects with sexual drive / erections supposedly the high fat intake would cause your blood flow to be slower from what i read i have a girlfriend so it isnt really a option for me to risk not being able to please her also does it lower your T levels? I mean i would think that eating more fat would raise your T levels but i hear thats not the case so if anyone could enlighten me.
I choose keto because its a better fat burning diet because your body uses your fat as fuel instead of glucose (from carbs) and i do have fat to lose not much but im around 16%bf
Okay, the additional fat you're burning on keto is dietary fat, not body fat. Body fat loss will be the much same regardless of what method you use, so long as you are at a calorie deficit (actually, I'm over-simplifying that, if you don't get adequate protein you're going to lose more lean body mass, along with body fat).
If the keto way of eating appeals to you, by all means give it a go. But it's not necessary for getting body fat down. And if you're looking to preserve, and then increase, muscle, I would argue protein is what you should be paying attention to (as in, getting plenty, like 0.6-0.8g per lb of ideal body weight as your minimum).5 -
Trouble having an erection for an 18 year old? I had 99 problems when I was 18 but that was DEFINITELY not one.12
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shaunshaikh wrote: »Trouble having an erection for an 18 year old? I had 99 problems when I was 18 but that was DEFINITELY not one.
I dont have trouble getting erections its pretty solid actually thats why i dont want the ketogentic diet to cause this.0 -
shaunshaikh wrote: »Trouble having an erection for an 18 year old? I had 99 problems when I was 18 but that was DEFINITELY not one.
I dont have trouble getting erections its pretty solid actually thats why i dont want the ketogentic diet to cause this.
If you look at the number of men here who have been eating a keto diet for a long time, and notice that there are zero threads about performance, I think you can set your mind at rest.3 -
shaunshaikh wrote: »Trouble having an erection for an 18 year old? I had 99 problems when I was 18 but that was DEFINITELY not one.
I dont have trouble getting erections its pretty solid actually thats why i dont want the ketogentic diet to cause this.
If you look at the number of men here who have been eating a keto diet for a long time, and notice that there are zero threads about performance, I think you can set your mind at rest.
Yeah, if keto caused this type of problem, it would not be a thing among men.3 -
If keto actually caused fat buildup in your arteries, erections would be the least of your problems. Death would be your problem.
It doesn't do that.
However. Don't listen to nitwits on the internet when you want health advice. That includes people on this forum. Why are you thinking people here would be better informed than people on Reddit or your bodybuilding forum? This forum is the exact same mix of random people ranging from extremely ill informed to pretty well read, and you lack the skills to tell the two kinds of people apart. If you want an expert opinion, talk to an expert, or read something scientific and properly researched.
By the way, keto does make you have really nasty breath, since you're concerned about your girlfriend. I mean your mouth will smell like a trash can with a dead squirrel in it in the middle of August.
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