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The effect of excess weight on potency


Everyone knows that being overweight negatively affects a man's health. All systems and internal organs are negatively affected, there is a decrease in sexual self-esteem and a decrease in sexual desire.



Consequences of gaining excess body weight


Excess weight can cause numerous functional disorders and significantly impair human health. Severe obesity in men leads to impotence and infertility.



Psychological state


When a man notes a gain in excess weight, his physical form worsens, which leads to:



  • dissatisfaction with their appearance
  • feeling of inferiority
  • a sharp decrease in libido level
  • desire to hide from society and avoid contact with the opposite sex

Failure to receive professional help from a psychotherapist and nutritionist can provoke the onset of serious psychogenic lesions. The patient has a chronic decrease in the background mood, a feeling of depression, signs of depressive lesions develop.



Cardiovascular disease


Obesity is a typical cause for the development of dysfunction of the heart and blood vessels. Overweight patients have a predisposition to the development of ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction. They experience significant discomfort during minimal exertion. Even after little physical activity, shortness of breath and headache, palpitations occur. The accumulation of body fat leads to a constant increase in blood pressure, weakness and dizziness.



Respiratory pathology


Overweight patients tend to develop respiratory distress. They develop snoring, often diagnosed with apnea syndrome, that is, stopping breathing during sleep.



Diabetes mellitus


Obesity as a result of consuming a lot of sweets and pastries, carbonated drinks and fast food is the cause of diabetes. Metabolic pathology entails dysfunction of the testicles, which lose the ability to secrete a sufficient amount of the male sex hormone. These negative consequences of diabetes cause a decrease in sexual desire and the onset of organic impotence.



Diseases of the digestive system


Prolonged malnutrition leads to stagnation of bile, the formation of sand and kidney stones. In addition, the risk of developing cancer in the area of the liver and kidneys, gall bladder and pancreas, rectum and prostate gland increases.



Disorders of the musculoskeletal system


The accumulation of significant body fat puts a heavy load on the joints, as well as the back and thigh muscles. There are pronounced lesions of the spinal column, displacement of the intervertebral discs. Obese individuals suffer from painful attacks of sciatica, arthritis and gout.



How to lose weight


To maintain an optimal level of sexual potency and prevent obesity, men need to follow these recommendations: