Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  Really, if people either want to boost sex drive because they've been sick and have been on some sort of medication like Prozac that completely destroys your libido, they can take these products to build back up a strong, healthy sex drive. They also avoid the risk of growing a beard, as in the case of women taking testosterone, which is just completely insane.
Mike:That's unacceptable, right?
Kilham:Totally unacceptable. The "Hot Plants for Him" is also significantly beneficial for improving erectile function. |
Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac.
See book keywords and concepts |  Other symptoms included hot flashes, loss of sex drive, and mood swings.
Finally, Margaret visited a clinic specializing in preventive care and environmental medicine. They measured her estrogen status and found that she had low levels of estradiol; this was the likely cause of her insomnia and emotional disturbances. Her estrogen level was 54.3, whereas a woman her age should have a level between 90 and
76). However, her new doctor preferred to see levels closer to 40 to 60 for menopausal women. With a low level of 14, Margaret had no sex drive. |
Byron J. Richards
See book keywords and concepts |  Adrenaline is very compatible with testosterone, and some is required for sex drive in both sexes. Thus, when women run low on sex drive, the stress-adrenaline wear and tear has depleted them to the point where they feel no drive, and they will typically have tense shoulders as well (hint to men—back rubs are a good thing; focus on loosening up the neck and shoulder area). Women may still be able to function relatively well with no sex drive, as testosterone is not the dominant sex hormone in the female system. |
Marshall Editions
See book keywords and concepts |  In men, a low sex drive may be associated with prostate problems, the disorder known as hyperprolactinemia, where too much of the hormone prolactin is produced by the pituitary gland, and low testosterone levels.
Psychological factors that affect both sexes, such as stress, emotional worries, fatigue, depression, and low self-esteem, also influence sex drive. Poor health and certain illnesses or conditions can have a negative impact, as can some medications. |
C. W. Randolph, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Fibrocystic breasts
þ Decreased sex drive ? Tender breasts
þ Osteoporosis ? Water retention
2. Premenopausal or perimenopausal women:
• My last menstrual cycle started on_(date).
• I am currently menstruating; this is the_day of my cycle.
3. Men:
Q Weight gain ? Burned-out feeling
þ Abdominal fat ? Prostate problems
þ Decreased mental clarity Q Decreased sex drive
þ Increased urinary urge Q Decreased strength
þ Decreased stamina Ql Difficulty sleeping
þ Decreased urine flow Ql Irritability
þ Depression ? Erectile dysfunction
þ Hot flashes ? Night sweats ? Poor concentration
C. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Fratel-lone Medical Associates, agrees that eating a lot of sweets can lower your sex drive. Diabetics are particularly prone to problems, says the former executive medical director of the Atkins Center for Complementary Medicine.
Reproductive endocrinologist Deborah Metzger, M.D., Ph.D., a leading expert in the field of fertility and reproductive health, also believes that eliminating or cutting back on sweets could help resolve sexual dysfunction problems for both women and men. |
Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac.
See book keywords and concepts | | With a low level of 14, Margaret had no sex drive.
Her doctor also checked her DHEA level, which was 90. For a woman of Margaret's age to be optimally healthy and have a low risk of degenerative disease, that number should be above 400 and preferably 500 to 600. Low DHEA levels are often correlated with extreme exhaustion and flulike symptoms that have no apparent medical basis. Estrogen-deficient women are also often low in pregnenolone, an hormone that's a precursor to progesterone. |
Craig Pepin-Donat
See book keywords and concepts |  Also known as Epimedium or Ying Yang Huo, the leaves from this plant contain flavonoids, polysaccharides, sterols and magnaflorine and have traditionally been used to treat fatigue and boost sex drive.21 There is no shortage of Web sites that claim horny goat weed to be the "all natural Viagra" along with a convenient shopping cart to sell the product. But when you look closely at these products you will find synthetic blends of a wide variety of natural compounds.
Egyptian Blue Lotus is an herbal supplement that creates a feeling of euphoria. | | The Indian herb tribulus is said to increase the body's natural testosterone levels and improve sex drive. Eurycoma longifolia, grown in Southeast Asia, is touted as a powerful aphrodisiac.
Manufacturers can throw together any combination of these allegedly ancient ingredients to make up their own secret formula. How can we know what combination is effective? How do we know the ingredients are pure? How can we be sure they are safe? As with most natural products such as these, little research has been done on adverse side effects, dosage requirements, restrictions or interactions. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | If you're in a proinflammatory state, your insulin and sugar levels are high, you store body fat, you have a cloudy outlook, you have no energy, your cells aren't functioning, your hormones are thrown off, you get more acne, your sex drive goes down, you feel less pleasure in life, and you get wrinkles," Dr. Perricone continues, speaking in a phone interview.
"The way I describe this whole process is this: You can be fat, dumb, and wrinkled, or you can be beautiful, smart, and energetic. You can choose the one you want to be by what you eat. | | When these women go on a diet that's low in sugar and simple carbs, their fatigue fades away and their sex drive improves," adds Dr. Metzger, medical advisor to the book Stay Fertile Longer.
Meanwhile, internist Steven Lamm, M.D., a clinical assistant professor in internal medicine at New York University and author of The Hardness
Factor, points to another problem tied to excessive consumption of sugar and much-like-sugar carbs.
"The long-term effects of becoming overweight or obese certainly will have a negative effect on sexuality," asserts Dr. Lamm. |
Andreas Moritz
See book keywords and concepts |  Other published side effects of Prozac include the following: anxiety, significant weight loss, cardiac arrhythmia, visual disturbances, tremors, nausea, diarrhea, asthma, arthritis, osteoporosis, stomach bleeding, loss of sex drive and impotence.
And it gets worse. On January 2, 2005, CNN reported that an internal document purportedly from Eli Lilly and Co. revealed that the drug maker had data more than 15 years ago showing that patients on its antidepressant, Prozac, were far more likely to attempt suicide and show hostility than were patients on other antidepressants. |
Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac.
See book keywords and concepts | | Studies have shown that testosterone replacement can heighten sex drive, increase bone density, and improve mood and sleep patterns, among other effects. If you are considering testosterone replacement, the first step is a blood or saliva test to assess your current levels of the hormone, says Dr. Whitaker. If your levels are low or even average for your age, testosterone therapy can help alleviate andropause symptoms and improve overall health.
The goal of supplementation is to restore blood testosterone levels to those of a healthy 25- to 30-year-old man. For this, Dr. |
Bill Sardi
See book keywords and concepts |  TRT is purportedly beneficial for the treatment of erectile dysfunction, decreased sex drive, mental depression, anemia, and age-related bone and muscle loss. Some 1.75 million prescriptions for testosterone products were written in 2002 representing $400 million in sales. [Associated Press, Dec. |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
See book keywords and concepts |  Curbs sex drive.
Androgenic. Increases levels of the hormone androgen.
Anesthetic. Deadens sensation.
Anodyne. Relieves pain by lessening nerve excitability at nerve centers.
Antacid. Brings an overacidic condition back to neutral.
Anthelmintic. Destroys or expels intestinal worms.
Antiabortifacient. Works to prevent threatened miscarriage.
Antiallergenic. Relieves the symptoms of allergies.
Antiandrogenic. Decreases levels of the hormone androgen.
Antiarthritic. Relieves the inflammation of arthritis and protects the joints from further degeneration.
Antiasthmatic. | | Hops have been used to treat abscesses, acne, attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety, boils, cancer, chorea, Crohn's disease, cystitis, delirium tremens, eczema, excessive sex drive, headache, hysteria, indigestion, insomnia, irritable bowel, jaundice, mastitis, menstrual cramps, muscle spasms, neuralgia, pain, restlessness, rheumatism, nervous stomach, stress, tuberculosis, urinary stones, and worms. Alcohol extracts of hops have been used successfully to treat dysentery, leprosy, and tuberculosis. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | For many, over time, a heavy-duty dessert routine or quickie-carb overload can erode energy levels, corrode powers of concentration, or even sap their sex drive. For many more, blood sugar disorders such as insulin resistance or prediabetes set in. For still others, the effects of their excessive, long-term sugar or carb habit might not emerge until years later, when they're ambushed by severe physical problems such as diabetes, cancer, or heart disease.
Are You Suffering, Too, and Don't Know Why? |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  A study comparing the effects of estrogen and an estrogen/testosterone combination on sex drive showed improvement in 50 percent of women on estrogen alone, but 90 percent of women when testosterone was added.178
There have been some concerns about estrogen/testosterone therapy reversing the increased HDL cholesterol achieved with estrogen alone. The combination of esterified estrogens and methyltestosterone has been shown to decrease triglycerides, LDL, HDL, and total cholesterol in postmenopausal women. |
Bill Sardi
See book keywords and concepts | | Reduction in testosterone may result in hot flashes, breast enlargement, changes in mood, decline in sex drive, fatigue, anemia and bone loss and fractures. [Current Urological Reports 6: 210-16, 2005] Men with prostate cancer may already have low bone mineral density prior to any hormone therapy. [Cancer 91: 2238-45, 2001] Various medications, calcium and vitamin D may be recommended to strengthen bones. However, these measures alone may be ineffective. [Canadian Journal Urology 12: 9-15, 2005S]
As men with prostate cancer live longer, the prevalence of bone loss increases. | | But finasteride decreases male sex drive and may induce higher-grade tumors, and it may not save any lives. In fact, with more study, it may actually result in an increase in the mortal form of prostate cancer.
The actual number of years of life saved using a drug like Propecia is minimal (about one month of added life per patient). [Urological Oncology 23: 463, 2005] Studies like this leave doctors scratching their heads. It's not conclusive enough to warrant widespread use of 5 alpha reductase inhibitors as a preventative.
A major finasteride study involved 9,060 men. |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
See book keywords and concepts | | Other Uses
None known
Constituents
Vitamin E, manganese, flavonoids (quercetin, lute-olin, kaempferol), icariin epimedin, methylicariin, anhydrocaritin), linolenic acid, palmitic acid, polysaccharides, alkaloids (magnoflorine, berberine, cop-tisine), sterols, tannin
Energetic Correspondences
• Flavor: pungent, sweet
• Temperature: warm
• Moisture: dry
• Polarity: yang
• Planet: Jupiter
• Element: fire
Contraindications
Epimedium is not recommended for those who have an excessive sex drive, experience wet dreams, or are overly hot or irritable. |
Steven V. Joyal
See book keywords and concepts |  Both men and women may experience a reduction in sexual function, although neuropathy does not change sex drive per se. Men most often experience erectile dysfunction, while women may have problems with arousal, orgasm, or lubrication.
?Vision problems. Nerve damage to the eyes can make the pupils less responsive to light, which has negative effects on how people see at night or in any dark environment (see "Retinopathy and Other Vision Problems" in this chapter). |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  So now they have no sex drive left.
Of course, they think this is just an aging problem. They think it's just because they're getting old; they no longer have any sex drive, so what do they do? They go back to the doctor. The doctor says, "Well, you need Viagra." So now they're on statin drugs and Viagra. That's two prescriptions that they've got to take on a regular basis, and who knows what the side effect of Viagra is when consumed over a long period of time? |
Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Though we think of testosterone as the major source of sex drive in men and women, we also need to look at other hormones that influence our overall energy and desires. DHEA, for example, turns into testosterone, while growth hormone is purported to have some of the same characteristics of the big T—like leading to increased muscle mass and increased bada-boom (see Figure 12.2). Here, a look at three other so-called vitality hormones:
FACTOIP
The herbal remedy yohimbine seems to work as an alpha blocker that prevents the arteries from spasming and shutting off blood to the penis. |
Mark Schapiro
See book keywords and concepts |  During this time, an infant's metabolic moving parts are running at full speed; the hormones surging into a boy's brain will play a major role in determining everything from gender-based behavior to sex drive to what his sperm count will be twenty years later.
Scientists are coming to understand more thoroughly this growth into maleness by identifying how it may go wrong. A growing number suspect that one way to throw the process askew, is by exposure to a family of polyvinyl-chloride plastic softeners called phtha-lates (pronounced tha-lates). |
Jack Challem
See book keywords and concepts |  Men who are prediabetic and overweight tend to have low levels of testosterone, which would result in a low sex drive. A study by Finnish researchers found that an extra twenty pounds of weight decreased male fertility—the ability to make a woman pregnant—by 10 percent. If you see yourself in this description, ask your physician to measure your testosterone levels. If they are low—and only if they are low—ask him or her about taking supplemental DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone). |
C. W. Randolph, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Libido, sex drive:
• always strong
• very high right now
• not great now but never good in the morning
• neutral or indifferent
• very low
• comatose
5. Body image:
• feel good about my body size and shape
• feel positive about some weight loss and change in body shape
• feel just okay
• feel frustrated
B. Check the symptoms of hormone imbalance that you are experiencing today. 1. Women:
þ Weight gain ? Mood swings Q Hot flashes
þ Night sweats ? Fatigue ? Headaches
þ Depression ? Anxiety ? Nervousness
þ Irritability ? Teariness ? Memory lapse
þ Premature aging ? | | Most often, male patients' primary symptoms would be loss of sex drive, fatigue, and depression. The fact that these men almost always had a spare tire was just part of the presenting package.
During the patients' physical examinations, I would most always write "increased abdominal circumference" on their medical charts. Then, without paying any more attention to their weight, I would move on to address what I considered a more pressing concern: how their health was being sabotaged by shifting hormone production and, subsequently, an underlying condition of estrogen dominance. |
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