Brooke Hazen discusses Erectile Dysfunction with Dr. Ben Weitz.

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Podcast Highlights

3:30  Porn Addiction. It is estimated that 80% of men and 26% of women watch pornography at least weekly and it’s usually an escalating type of addiction.  The fastest growing segment of men with erectile dysfunction is young men and this is due to the porn addiction.  And the only prescription medication are the drugs that promote the nitric oxide pathways like Viagra and Cialis.  When a man ejaculates, dopamine crashes and prolactin rises and an intense refractory period starts for up to two weeks and weaves up and down. And when there’s overlapping ejaculations, we get perpetual mood imbalance, fatigue, and distancing in relationships.  When you combine that with the super stimulus of watching pornography, there’s a novelty to every pornographic video that is perfect for men’s mating brain and this novelty creates an addiction for men.  And when they combine it with the release of semen, it creates an incredible cycle of addiction that’s deepening and continues to escalate.  So every time a man continues to ejaculate to a new form of pornography, the dopamine receptors and levels drop, they continue to drop because the brain essentially cancels out its receptors, dopamine receptors and levels because it’s just too much for the brain to be able to handle. And so you see decreasing levels of dopamine and it takes ever increasing escalating material to get the same dopamine kick each time that you watch pornography. And unknowingly and unwittingly, our entire population is seeing the results of a two decade long experiment that’s been taking place. And now we’re seeing the results where an entire generation of young men are unable to have the first sexual experience of their lives and have any meaningful connection in relationships.

8:16  What to do about Erectile Dysfunction?  First you need to stop watching porn.  Brooke believes that another part of this solution is to stop ejaculating. Brooke identifies three forms of organic erectile dysfunction: 1. Neurological ED, 2. Vascular ED, and 3. Hormonal ED.   

 

 

 

Brooke Hazen is an organic farmer, a fitness expert and the author of the new book, You Are Not Broken: A holistic guide for men and women to heal the pathways of sexual dysfunction and restore relational harmony together.  

Dr. Ben Weitz is available for Functional Nutrition consultations specializing in Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders like IBS/SIBO and Reflux and also specializing in Cardiometabolic Risk Factors like elevated lipids, high blood sugar, and high blood pressure and also weight loss and also athletic performance, as well as sports chiropractic work by calling his Santa Monica office 310-395-3111. Dr. Weitz is also available for video or phone consultations.

 

Podcast Transcript

Dr. Weitz:            Hey, this is Dr. Ben Weitz, host of the Rational Wellness Podcast. I talk to the leading health and nutrition experts and researchers in the field to bring you the latest in cutting edge health information. Subscribe to the Rational Wellness Podcast for weekly updates, and to learn more, check out my website, drweitz.com. Thanks for joining me, and let’s jump into the podcast.

Hello Rational Wellness Podcasters, today we’ll be interviewing Brooke Hazen on treating erectile dysfunction in men. We’ll be speaking with Brooke Hazen who’s an organic farmer,