How to Prevent Erectile Dysfunction

Learn how to prevent erectile dysfunction in this Howcast video about the psychology of sex.

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I love answering questions on prevention because you have the right focus. You know so often people don't come to a sex therapist or seek treatment until they've already got a difficulty or have noticed problems with arousal erections. So it's great that you care about your health and your sexual health. So the primary tips are focusing on exercise, eating right and maintaining a healthy weight. Because that's going to decrease your risk for other diseases like cardiovascular disease or diabetes, conditions which in and of themselves can impact your arousal and erectile dysfunction as well as sometimes the medicines to treat those disorders. So keeping yourself healthy physically, noticing and paying attention to what to keep in your body is the most integral thing you can do to sustain good sexual health throughout your lifespan. Just remember that when you are preventing erectile dysfunction you are actually promoting your own best physical health and your own best sexual health.

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  • Dr. Megan Fleming, Ph.D

    Dr. Megan Fleming is passionate about the role that sex plays in leading your best life. She skillfully guides her clients to achieve the life, relationships and sex that they want by helping them know, name and transcend what’s getting in their way. Dr. Fleming is a clinical psychologist and certified sex and relationship therapist. For the past 15 years, she has had a thriving practice in New York City. The founder of the Sexual Health and Rehabilitation Program (SHARP) at Beth Israel Medical Center, she currently is a Clinical Instructor of Psychology in Psychiatry for New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College. Widely regarded as a sex and relationship expert, she is frequently seen and quoted in the media.