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"I realized then how much your prostate affects your libido and your life, so the title seemed natural. My goal is to share my experiences in the sincere hope that they will be of significant help to my readers. There are many books already on the shelf about natural solutions for prostate problems. Most devote much of their space to prostate cancer, are written primarily to educate men already diagnosed, and tend to concentrate on specific herbs or nutrients that can alleviate symptoms." - James Occhiogrosso, N. D., Your Prostate, Your libido, Your Life (Get the book.) "If his depression is treated with antidepressants, his libido may decrease even more, and he may experience medication-related erectile dysfunction, further increasing his depression and compounding his problems. 2'3'4'5' 6 Most men have few problems with erectile dysfunction in their youth and expect such youthful vigor to continue forever. However, as the years advance, the health and vitality of the body deteriorates, and the level of sexual vigor drops accordingly." - James Occhiogrosso, N. D., Your Prostate, Your libido, Your Life (Get the book.) "Of course, if it did increase free testosterone levels it would surely have an effect on libido. There is little scientific basis for this effect, however, and I could find no clinical research that supports this claim. On the other hand, there is a considerable amount of research proving that a regular diet including avena (as oatmeal) can lower cholesterol levels considerably.82' 83' 84 And lowering cholesterol can improve blood flow throughout the body and lower blood pressure, both of which can help reduce erectile dysfunction." - James Occhiogrosso, N. D., Your Prostate, Your libido, Your Life (Get the book.) "Yohimbe differs from other impotence drugs in that it also tends to increase testosterone levels and thereby libido. In a double-blind study, yohimbe was given to eighty-two impotent men at a veteran's hospital. A 34 percent positive response was noted with only a few minor side effects.26 Considering that the men in this population had a high incidence of diabetes and pathological vascular conditions, this is a remarkable result. Other studies have confirmed that yohimbe is effective for reducing erectile dysfunction in up to 55 percent of men." - James Occhiogrosso, N. D., Your Prostate, Your libido, Your Life (Get the book.)

"In this case, the testosterone he was taking for his decreased libido appeared to be the culprit. The results suggested that testosterone could interfere with his medication and even keep pushing the blood pressure up. Even though Sid was pleased with the libido benefits of the hormone, he agreed to stop the testosterone for the sake of his overall health. Before long, his blood pressure numbers began to steadily go down. Clearly, the genetic profile helped solve the mystery." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"When lucid, is that sensation a conscious experience of libido in its broader sense (i.e., life energy)? Or does it represent something else? Since Freud associated one aspect of the libido with sexual urges, I had to admit to myself that many of these collegiate lucid dreams involved having sex. In some cases, it simply felt like sex was in the air of the dream, that it wafted in the dream breeze and I caught its scent. Imagine being aware in the dream state and feeling an instinct hanging in the air about five feet to your left. If you accept the instinct, its energy engages you." - Robert Waggoner, Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self (Get the book.)

"In the transference neuroses of peace the enemy from which the ego is defending itself is actually the libido, whose demands seem to it to be menacing. In both cases the ego is afraid of being damaged—in the latter case by the libido and in the former by external violence.27 By the time the war ended, the Freudian perspective on speaking bodies was no longer—at least in the eyes of some—just about sex and fantasy. Bodies that speak with a German accent And it would soon no longer be just about the hysterical body either." - Anne Harrington, The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine (Get the book.)

"A woman with unbalanced hormone levels51 may experience a low sex drive (low libido), cardiovascular disease, menopausal symptoms, menstrual discomforts, PMS, breast cysts, breast cancer, fibroids, endometriosis, emotional problems, female anxiety, nervous disorders, skin problems, hair loss, and bone disorders. But it's certainly not the liver's fault when hormonal imbalance occurs. If you deprive yourself of sleep, especially the two hours before midnight, you also prevent the liver from doing its vital jobs, 500 of them." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Even though Sid was pleased with the libido benefits of the hormone, he agreed to stop the testosterone for the sake of his overall health. Before long, his blood pressure numbers began to steadily go down. Clearly, the genetic profile helped solve the mystery. Insurance companies don't pay for this state-of-the-art test (it costs about $300), so it is not something we order routinely. Nevertheless, we both feel that genetic testing should not be overlooked, particularly in tough, resistant cases. 12. Radiation We are all exposed to radiation in the form of medical X-rays." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"I have seen DHEA increase energy, improve stress response, improve muscle mass, and occasionally increase libido. A daily oral intake of 50 mg of DHEA for a postmenopausal woman may restore DHEA levels to those of a young adult. At this dosage, DHEA is converted to other more potent androgens, including testosterone. In pharmacological doses of 1,600 mg, DHEA is converted to estrone and estradiol. Unfortunately, there are only a handful of randomized placebo-controlled studies examining the effects of giving DHEA to humans." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Libido One of the classic symptoms that can be helped by sepia is an unexplained dwindling of libido. Women requiring this remedy state they have developed a sexual aversion to their husband or partner but are not sure why. Taking the remedy does not increase libido immediately but usually helps after a few months of treatment. ^ Menopause Sepia is very effective in helping to reduce the symptoms of menopause, including hot flashes, irritability, depression, vaginal dryness, and low libido." - Mark Stengler, N.D., The Natural Physician's Healing Therapies (Get the book.)

"Propecia can cause birth defects for pregnant women and may decrease men's libido. However, as several doctors pointed out to me, the research showed the libido decrease was minor and that it was not significantly different from that of the placebo group. What the study warnings didn't point out was that in some people finasteride raised the levels of testosterone and increased the libido!" - Paula Begoun, Don't Go Shopping for Hair-Care Products Without Me (Get the book.)

"A woman's estradiol is the primary hormone responsible for her libido, or sex drive. In general, low estradiol can make you feel dried up, tired, hot, irritable, unattractive, and depressed. Low Estrogen in Perimenopause Most women don't think they need estrogen if they are cycling and don't have hot flashes. But as you learn more about your symptoms, you will recognize when your estrogen starts to change. I recommend that women start estrogen support early, when mood, sleep, and energy levels are first affected." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.) "It is considered a sexual tonic in Asia, improving erectile function and libido. • Indian ginseng, ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) is calming. It is useful if you have anxiety or insomnia; and oddly enough, it also helps if you have fatigue. It also supports thyroid hormone production of T4. Other Herbs • Rhodiola {Rhodiola rosea) is useful if you are under mental stress or overworked. It has been shown to support memory as well as physical stamina. Interestingly, low doses are energizing, but high doses can actually be relaxing and useful for anxiety symptoms." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"They came to my office suffering from symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats, irregular bleeding, bloating, memory loss, low libido, and mood swings. In almost every case, these women also evidenced another unwanted side effect: abdominal weight gain. They used all sorts of terms to describe their extra weight: "pooching tummy," "bloated belly," "pregnant stomach," or even "that new continent that has attached itself to my hips." Men who realized that something was shifting with their hormones also sought help." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"No detectable change was seen in vasomotor symptoms, moods, libido, lipids, or metabolic markers of bone turnover. There was a slight elevation of blood levels of progesterone. The authors concluded that the use of 32 mg of transdermal progesterone was not sufficiently absorbed into the bloodstream to achieve biological effects. At least two studies, though, have shown that transdermal natural progesterone of 30 mg per day134 and 40 mg per day135 did modestly elevate levels of progesterone in the blood after 15 days and 42 days respectively." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Mood: • extremely upbeat • positive • indifferent • irritable and moody • depressed 4. 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 ?" - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.) "Maintains libido. • Promotes regular sleep patterns. • Opposes estrogen's predisposition to promote cell growth, thereby providing protection from uterine, breast, and ovarian cancer as well as fibrocystic disease in females and an increased risk of prostate cancer in males. As you can see, when they are in sync, estrogen and progesterone are responsible for important biochemical functions in both the female and male bodies. When the ratio of estrogen and progesterone gets out of sync, many health issues arise, including unwanted weight gain. what is estrogen dominance?" - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"Libido decreased? percent Impaired balance?.2 percent Disturbances in attention?.2 percent Lethargy?.7 percent Dyskinesia [abnormal movements]?.7 percent Disorientation?.5 percent Confusion?.5 percent Depressed mood?.3 percent Hypersomnia [excessive sleeping]?.3 percent Side effects like sedation, somnolence, fatigue, depression, lethargy, depressed mood, and hypersomnia result from global suppression of brain function." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"In both cases the ego is afraid of being damaged—in the latter case by the libido and in the former by external violence.27 By the time the war ended, the Freudian perspective on speaking bodies was no longer—at least in the eyes of some—just about sex and fantasy. Bodies that speak with a German accent And it would soon no longer be just about the hysterical body either. By the 1920s, Freud himself had become less interested in hysteria and more interested in the unconscious roots of more transparently "mental" disorders like anxiety and obsession." - Anne Harrington, The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine (Get the book.)

"You have a long history of constipation, dry chapped skin, anal fissures and a low libido. You are fed up with taking laxatives and want to try a natural approach, so you go to your local Homeopath. Whilst being new to natural medicine, you decided to give a whole hearted effort to clean up your diet by eating a low glycemic and low fat diet. You drink one quarter cup of aloe vera juice per day. You take a homeopathic remedy called Graphites 30 CH and an antioxidant formula that contains 10,000 IU of vitamin A and 1,000 mgs of vitamin C." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.) "Large doses of peppermint may affect male libido by decreasing testosterone. Some people have allergic reactions to peppermint and it may worsen gastroesophageal reflux symptoms. Probiotics Probiotics such as Acidophilus and Bifidobacterium are beneficial bacteria. If these products are not refrigerated, they may be a dead culture, which does not help the beneficial flora to grow. Take as directed on the label. They help re-colonize the beneficial bacteria in the GI tract. You always have bad and good bacteria in your gut." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.) "Large doses of peppermint may affect male libido by decreasing testosterone. Some people have allergic reactions to peppermint and it may worsen gastroesophageal reflux symptoms. Probiotics Probiotics such as acidophilus and bifidobacterium are beneficial bacteria. If these products are not refrigerated, they may be a dead culture, which does not help the beneficial flora to grow. Take as directed on the label. They help re-colonize the beneficial bacteria in the GI tract. You always have bad and good bacteria in your gut." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

"As for men, if they experience a progressive decline in libido in their late forties and early fifties, they should work with a physician to determine if they are candidates for bio-identical testosterone replacement. when you will need a doctor A doctor will have to order either a saliva or a blood serum test to analyze all your hormone levels. Once a doctor has determined which hormones are deficient, he or she can write a prescription for a formulation of BHRT to address your unique needs." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"The Theory of the libido." 2 See Kant, Critique of Pure Reason. 8 Sanskrit: maya-Sakti. 4 Beyond the categories, and therefore not defined by either of the pair of opposites called "void" and "being." Such terms are only clues to the transcendency. 5 This recognition of the secondary nature of the personality of whatever deity is worshiped is characteristic of most of the traditions of the world (see.for example,supra,p. 181,note i54).In Christianity,Mohammedanism, and Judaism, however, the personality of the divinity is taught to be final?" - Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell (Get the book.)

"They are often marketed as antiaging pills or as energy and libido enhancers. All steroids are synthesized from cholesterol. Cholesterol is converted to pregnenolone, progesterone, dehy-droepiandrosterone (DHEA), androstenedione, and testosterone. Progesterone is combined with estrogen for hormone replacement therapy to treat hot flashes and depression in postmenopausal women. TESTOSTERONE Several anabolic steroids are used by bodybuilders to artificially build up muscle mass. These drugs are sold over the counter as "pro-hormone" supplements." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.) "Other hormones, like testosterone, can be used for purposes such as treating low libido in women. Although HRT has a role in treating hot flashes for a limited time, or occasionally depression or insomnia, it has been marketed to a much larger number of women. For much of the history of HRT, it was believed that HRT prevented heart disease, stroke, and osteoporosis and that it improved well-being, sexuality, memory, and mood. However, there were some early indications from the Nurses' Health Study, published in 1995, that there was a 32% increase in breast cancer with HRT." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.) "RELATIONSHIPS Another issue related to menopause, one that makes many women reach for pharmaceutical help, is that they and the significant others in their lives worry that they will lose their libido (the premise of Feminine Forever, and the cause of the entire mess), but in my family that didn't seem to happen at all. I think that hormone "replacement" is really a bad idea. Finally, many women say that once the hot flashes are over and done with and they enter their "second stage," they feel liberated, free, and happy." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.) "In women with depression and/or significant hot flashes with menopause, HRT improves mood, memory, libido, and quality of life. HRT should therefore not be used by postmenopausal women without depression or disabling vasomotor (hot-flash) symptoms. If you do develop depression or disabling hot-flash symptoms, you can talk to your doctor and go over the risks and benefits of your particular situation. Furthermore, on the basis of herb and supplement studies I do not recommend the use of soy, black cohosh, dong quai, evening primrose oil, or any other supplement for hot flashes." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"Associated health problems that can develop are: weight gain (mostly around the waist), decreased libido, anxiety, depression, lack of mental clarity, and lack of energy. Women can experience difficult menstrual periods, painful breasts, and cyclical mood swings. Men can begin to notice the development of female-like breasts, loss of muscle mass and strength, and prostate problems indicated by a frequent need to urinate, difficulty in starting the urine stream, and a feeling of being unable to completely empty the bladder. If left unaddressed, this condition can lead to prostate cancer in men." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

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