It’s no secret that while eggs can be a healthy source of pure protein, their yolks are laden with cholesterol, and the consumption of at least the egg yolk should be somewhat curbed to help promote heart and artery health since cholesterol noteably helps to clog the arteries and other various passageways for the blood to take, and can result in higher risks of stroke and heart disease, including potentially fatal heart attacks. 

So, since men are a little more prone to these health issues than women (although unfortunately women are slowly gaining on men in this department, which isn’t good for anyone), men should particularly avoid consuming too many eggs doctors say.  It doesn’t mean that men have to totally eliminate their egg intake, but they most definitely need to make sure they’re not eating too many.

Particularly, it was found that men in their middle age should try to avoid overconsumption of eggs because consuming seven or more eggs per week was associated with earlier death in men.  I guess that means you could still eat an egg a day and be ok, which doesn’t sound so bad to me, but then again I’m not a huge egg eater, although I do occasionally enjoy a giant three egg omelette at our local Cracker Barrel on the weekends, which would put me almost at half my quota of eggs for the week.

While there are still some good nutritional facts about eggs being good for you, especially since the white of an egg is basically a very low calorie and fat free form of pure protein, you should be particularly careful of how many eggs you eat with yolk and all if you are a middle aged man.  Hopefully you’re not too much of an egg lover, and that’ll be easy for you..

I’ve heard this one before, and often wondered whether it is more of a wive’s tale or an actual medical fact, as I’m sure you may when you hear it if you haven’t already heard the “rumors”.  That is, the fact that men’s semen may actually provide a mood boost for women. 

The reason they think this is that they had done surveys for women whose partners both used and did not use condoms, and found that women whose partners did use condoms scored lower on depression tests than women whose partners did not use condoms and hence were exposed to semen in their vaginal walls, scored higher on depression tests, higher meaning they reported less depressed feelings.

What this infers is that women who have semen regularly in their vaginal walls and absorb semen seem to get some sort of mood boosting benefit from it, perhaps from the hormones that are in the semen, although no one is 100% sure why this is.  I thought maybe the findings could even be unrelated to the actual fact that these women were exposed to semen in the vagina, and rather because of some other factor, like they were more secure and spontaneous in their relationship or something like that. 

In statistics, this would be called the confounding variable aspect of the stats since it could potentially be something unrelated to the fact they are exposed or not exposed to the semen, but rather something that is indirectly related and has to do with the relationship, not the biological factor of semen absorption.  Perhaps their libido was better, their sexual satisfaction was better - it is unknown. 

There have even been writeups about the connection between male semen and women’s depression in psychology journals, so there does seem to be at least some anecdotal evidence that there is a connection between the two and that women who are getting plenty of sex, without condoms, are happier than their counterparts who aren’t getting sexual intercourse with condoms, or not getting it at all.  See, sex really does have a lot to do with happiness, for women sexual enhancement too! 

There has always been the perception that regular Joes (those that don’t have the good looks of Brad Pitt or the financial resources of a hot stock broker or big time lawyer for example and the confidence of Donald Trump) tend to still think they have a shot at landing super babes that may be way out of their league. 

Most women I know say they’ve been approached by numerous men who definitely wouldn’t be approaching them if they had the sense to know that they are approaching someone who was out of their league and flat out was not interested.  In past posts, we’ve even talked about how men tend to misread physical and verbal cues from women when they are not interested, and tend to think they are interested when either they are not interested at all or are just being nice and not interested in the romantically. 

What does this say about men?  Not necessarily that their egos are huge, but that their sexual desires are such a driving force that they tend to ignore common sense and go for those women who may not have one lick of interest in them romantically.  They tend to overlook their own unattractiveness in a physical sense or their profession when hitting on women, and it’s a tendency that more men have than don’t have.

The funny thing is, the less attractive a guy is, the more likely he is to fearlessly pursue a beautiful women, perhaps because he perceives he has less to lose than the GQ model guy, or that he really has no shame and is extremely modest.  Ladies, this should be a tip for you to give these average shmucks a chance maybe, you may end up with someone with a heart of gold instead of a preening shallow ballerina, right?

It may also be because men perceive that while men are more geared toward looks and are more likely to overlook a woman’s personality or intellectual flaws (at least at first), women are more likely to look for men who have other attributes other than just good looks such as integrity, financial security, a sense of humor, self deprecation and other factors that women tend to think of - oh, and maybe whether the guy makes a good candidate as that father of their children some day.

It seems like whenever we talk about women and sex, that we always also talke about how for women, sexual satisfaction is a lot more mental than physical.  This means that no matter how the actual physicality of the sex goes, as long as she is mentally content in the relationship, or feels that the sex is empowering and wanted/needed, she will have a better time in the sack, and consequently also orgasm much more easily. 

For women, many have reported this is true and that if they are not feeling particularly lovey dovey toward their partners they experience much less satisfaction when they have intercourse and intimate moments with their mate.

It’s almost like a female’s sexual enhancement depends more on her frame of mind and thought processes than her actual equipment, whereas men seem to be able to orgasm more easily, although admittedly many times impotence and sexual dysfunction are strongly psychologically tied together.  So, is it true?  Are men really more hardwired to enjoy sex even if they are not that into their partner at the moment, or have a million other things on their mind?  Are they really more immune than women are to their conscious thoughts interfering with their sex life?

In fact, studies have concluded that at least with women, sexual gratification is more a matter of their mental state than it is of the necessary hormones and feelings being intact in their sexual organs, whereas for men it seems to be a bit more of the other way around.  Again, I’m not discounting at all that men may also be psychologically influenced when it comes to their sexual satisfaction, but women have actually conclusively been shown to have more of a mind over matter attitude when it comes to sex since they are more cognitive creatures when it comes to this particular area of life.  

David Duchovny, a personal favorite of mine since I’m sort of a dork and LOVED the X Files show (not so much a fan of this latest movie, but oh well), so when I read that he was the most recent star to enter rehab, and what it was for, I was a little bummed.  I thought, here is a guy who has had some moderate success in Hollywood and seems to have a solid relationship with his wife Tea Leoni, a beautiful and intelligent women who gives off a strong vibe as being very independent and also “cool”, and now he’s coming out and saying that he has a sex addiction problem?

Not that it’s changed my opinion of him professionally.  I think in fact that he’s a talented actor and he’s even a very funny guy from what I’ve seen of him in outtakes and also just in interviews, etc.  He just seemed authentic - the kind of guy you’d like to go get a few beers with and shoot the breeze with. 

The first reports were that he had not stepped out and had an affair or affairs on his wife, but this was in fact a treatment for sex addiction which involved addiction to porn, specifically online porn and chat rooms.  As if that wasn’t embarrassing enough, now there are reports surfacing, whether true or false who knows, that in fact it was because he had numerous affairs in the marriage and his wife gave him an ultimatum to either seek treatment for his addiction to sex or get the f out.

Interestingly enough, David stars in an HBO series that is just gaining some popularity called Californication, about a guy (him) who is struggling with sex addiction himself, although at this point he’s more like a male whore instead of a guy who is really struggling with something he can’t control.  Speculation at first by my significant other was that this whole thing may have been a publicity stunt for his new show because of the obvious parallels, but it became apparent that this was actually a real news story, and I thought that someone wouldn’t make up this embarrassment to his family for a publicity stunt if he had any sense of integrity (I hope!)

At any rate, sex addiction is supposedly a real phenomena.  I still wonder though if it’s not just a convenient label for people who can’t control themselves and find they have to go outside of relationships to get more sex. 

So, is the reason that the primary audience for really hard edged rock and heavy metal bands are men that they are an instinctually sexual natured music?  Seriously though - the beats are almost of a sexual nature - they tend to make one think of wild, unbridled sex and the best sex they ever had at that.  Any guy who hasn’t imagined some sort of cool song along with their biggest crushes and fantasies in women (think Fast Times at Ridgemont High’s Phoebe Cates to the Car’s Moving in stereo, a highly sexualized song in my opinion), swaying to the tune of some etherially sexual beat?

There are some songs that just evoke thoughts of sex and sexuality, that’s all there is to it, and most people say that there are certain types of music or certain songs that make them feel uber sexual and in the mood to do some procreating.  How about other sex scenes like the one in Wild At Heart, an albeit average sex scene that seemed a little contrived and overdone, but was set to the beat of guitars (yes, cheesy, but nonetheless got the sense of reckless, wild abandonment of the scene of two young lovers going at it every two second got it’s point across just fine).

There have been groups that copulate to different rhythmic beats as rituals, and this is a perfect example of how music influences us sexually.  They say that your favorite songs are the ones that either touch you in a personally emotional way or rub you in a way that makes you feel very intimate and sexually forward.  It makes sense if you think about it because that’s what music is there to do, and we all know what a sexual society we are as well as what primarily drives us as human beings.  Besides security and acceptance, it seems to be sex, otherwise it wouldn’t take up so much of our discussion. 

This is of the utmost importance to us here at MEM of course, because we deal primarily with talking about male herbal remedies for everything from impotence to natural male enhancement, as well as ejaculation enhancement and overal sexual pleasure enhancement, and even herbal remedies that help a man to achieve multipled orgasms, such as the popular deer antler plus product made with the treasured velvet from deer’s antlers, long believed to be a boon for men with when it comes to sexual enhancement. 

Then there’s the favorite VigRX, which is also a natural supplement.  But relax, because apparently some of the worst offenders are herbal remedies and supplements which are made over in India, and many of which are based in Ayurvedic medicine, which is a natural medicine field conceived of in India.  However, what I read did make it clear that there were also toxic metals and other toxic substances such as arsenic and lead found in supplements that were made in the US, so apparently this contamination is a problem.

We also know that some supplements also do not contain what they say they do, or some of them also sneak in prescription drugs or other additives that are not advertised as being contained in the product on the label. 

The story where a natural male enhancement supplement that had a prescsription erectile drug in it comes to mind, where the FDA had to step in and force it’s removal from market since we all know that prescription drugs for male enhancement can elevate blood pressure and make it dangerous for those with heart problems who are on medications that the drug could interact with.  This was the FDA’s primary concern with that occurrence since men were unknowingly taking a prescription drug and it could potentially be very dangerous to them. 

However, the fact that there are metals in about 20% of the ayurvedic and indian herbal supplements that were sampled is definitely cause for concern as well.  While the amount in a few tablets may not be toxic and pass through a man’s body without doing harm, the buildup effect could definitely do harm and may even lead to serious disease if it’s taken over long periods of time. 

We know we need to avoid foods and drinks and supplements with these substances for a reason, and the fact that some manufacturers are allowing this stuff to be in the supplements unchecked is indeed very disappointing.  This may lead to the FDA stepping in and testing ingredients in herbal remedies at some point which is a shame because the alternative medicine industry could be damaged as a result of a few bad apples. 

Apparently eel is a delicacy, or at least a very commonly eaten food in Japan, and I guess that there is even an “eel eating season” that comes up once a year there, must be when eels are at their prime for good eats, or when the mating season has yielded the most grown up eels that are ripe for eating, just a guess though.  Well, one Japanese tobacco company is taking advantage of the popularity of eels over there, and has created an eel energy drink that is also supposed to act as a male enhancement supplement since it increases male stamina.

You know what that means, it increases a man’s ability to make love longer without having his penis go limp basically   For some reason, I thought this kind of stuff was somewhat taboo over there, but I also may be confusing it with the typical repression of the Chinese government.  I should really be more educated, but alas I am not.

The drink is marketed for men who get tired from the summer’s heat, but it is also known for it’s other side benefits which is one that fits in perfectly with our theme here at MEM, which is all things male enhancement, penile enlargement (enlargement of the male penis via means of natural herbs, etc.) and everything that goes with making a man the best lover he can possibly be to his mate.

Believe it or not, Asian based medicine is huge in the world of natural male enhancement products, because they have so many natural remedies that are derived from the perfect herbs that are grown over there, and because quite frankly, the Asian countries are the ones who have been doing this natural medicine thing way longer, and with seemingly better results than we have in midwestern medicine. 

Soy food products are notorious for being a “healthy” alternative to meats and cheeses, but the truth has been slowly coming to light that these processed, and unfortunately not as healthy as we thought forms of soybeans, may actually be causing more harm than good, and more harm than eating the real thing, as long as you choose low fat versions of the real thing, and also limit your intake. 

I even used to think that soy cheese and soy based meats were healthier, and in fact went through phases where that’s all my girlfriend and I would eat for dinners and breakfasts, but the more I’m reading about the soy products, the more inclined I am to think that I just need to limit my consumption of them.  Because they are processed, they contain high amounts of compounds that produce synthetic estrogen-like components in the body - both male and female bodies, so it affects both men and women.

Because of these estrogenic effects on the body, it can cause severe hormonal imbalance, depending on how much is consumed.  So say if you are eating soy based products all day long, every day, you may find that you have a real imbalance of hormones, which can lead to many different ills unfortunately, and in men can lead to a lower sperm count because of the high estrogen activity that is going on in their bodies. 

And that’s not all, eating just a half of a serving of tofu and soy based products a day for men may actually lower their sperm count and possibly their sperm quality, so that’s not even a lot of soy or tofu that can cause that type of damage to their sperm count.  The activity that is caused in the body which elevates the estrogens (female hormones) in the body is called phytoestrogens at its origins, in the soy based products, and it is called this because phyto means plant, so it is plant based. 

Some naturopaths have been adamantly against eating soy based products because they say it is a processed form of something that is good for you, but like other processed foods, it has been perverted beyond what it was ever meant to be, which means it’s not very healthy for us to eat any more.  In other words, eating soy based substitutes for meats and dairies isn’t like eating a big handful of soybeans, it’s become it’s own food entirely, and one that can greatly affect your good hormone balance if you eat a lot of it, heck apparently even if you only eat a little of it!