NaturalPedia > Sexual Health

Quotes about Sexual Health from the world's top natural health / natural living authors

 Email this page to a friend   |  Click here for FREE email alerts

"The impact of genital herpes on a person's psychological and sexual health can be quite intrusive and profound. Many people withdraw from interpersonal relationships because of stress related to their infection or because of fear of spreading the disease to others. Disruption of one's sexual life can also manifest as significantly reduced sexual pleasure and a strong sense of sexual inhibition. Many people also worry that they will be rejected by future partners and are pessimistic about the possibility of establishing normal sexual relationships." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"That website included a photo of a couple kissing on a dock by a lake as well as lessons on "sexual health." There was a lengthy how-to guide on sex, including lines like "Continuous sexual stimulation is indispensable in order to be able to reach the ultimate pleasure of orgasm/ejaculation and relief." With the help of Eli Lilly, the young anglers were learning everything they needed to catch the big fish and then relax, like the pros. Back at the Quad Cities golf tournament, Cialis was not the only prescription drug being promoted." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"As a category, mental health issues are searched for more often than immunizations, dental health, Medicare or Medicaid, sexual health information, or problems with drugs and alcohol.29 In July 2006, of the ten most popular online searches for pharmaceutical and medical products, six concerned psychiatric drugs or psychiatric disease. (They were, in order, Lexapro, Cymbalta, Zoloft, Wellbutrin [an antianxiety agent], Effexor, and the illness of depression itself.)30 Among people who have visited a medication site, depression is by far the most researched medical condition, with 2." - Charles Barber, Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation (Get the book.)

"It's also crucial for fertility and male sexual health, which might be the origin of tn x > z o tn -n O O a A running theme in this book has been that the source of your food —where it comes from, what it eats, where it is grown, how it is harvested —is of huge importance in determining its quality. Nowhere is this more true than in the area of fish, especially shellfish. Bacteria multiply at a phenomenal rate in dead shellfish, making them dangerous to consume. So for example, if you're buying live oysters, make sure that they are indeed alive!" - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.)

"Abstinence until marriage and fidelity within marriage is the best form of sexual health."42 National and international surveys reveal that HPV remains a common sexually transmitted disease. The most common variants of the virus lay behind seven out of every ten cases of cervical cancer in industrial countries and probably even more in the rapidly developing regions of the world. Even today, 4,000 women in America—many more blacks than whites—die each year of a cancer that is believed to be largely avoidable." - Devra Davis, The Secret History of the War on Cancer (Get the book.)

"Can't Get No Satisfaction: Women's sexual health and Diabetes." http://diabetes. about.com/cs/sexuality/a/aafemalesexdysf.htm. Airola, Paavo. Hypoglycemia: A Better Approach. Phoenix, AZ: Health Plus Publishers, 1977. American Diabetes Association. Diabetes A to Z: What You Need to Know about Diabetes—Simply Put. 4th ed. Alexandria, VA: American Diabetes Association, 2000. Appleton, Nancy. Lick the Sugar Habit. Garden City Park, NY: Avery, 1988. Basson, R., et al. "Report of the International Consensus Development Conference on Female Sexual Dysfunction: Definition and Classifications." - Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track (Get the book.) "Winning the Uphill Battle: Sexual Dysfunction and Diabetes." Sexual Health: Love, Lust and Life. savvyHEALTH.com. http://www.savvyhealth.com/disp.asp?doc_id=27. Mnookin, Seth. "How Harvey Weinstein Survived His Mid-life Crisis (for Now)." New York Magazine, October 11, 2004, 40. http://www.newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/people/features/9985 /index.html. Myers, M. G., Jr., et al. "The IRS-1 Signaling System." TIBS 19, no. 7 (1994): 289-93. Rubin, Alan L. Diabetes for Dummies. New York: Hungry Minds, 2001. Sarkadi, Anna, and Urban Rosenqvist. " - Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track (Get the book.)

"R Swedish Sex Education mmmm No country in the world has put more organized emphasis on the importance of sexual freedom to overall sexual health than Sweden has. The Swedish Association for Sexuality Education, which introduced compulsory sex education in schools in the 1950s, takes a holistic approach, underscoring the significance of personal relationships, socioeconomic stability, and gender equality in forming a healthy self-concept and a positive sexual identity." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"Further, many couples find that applying these lubricants offers partners creative sensual possibilities. SKIN PROBLEMS See also Skin Conditions, page 193 AGE SPOTS • Peeling Your Skin No, surprisingly, the mere thought of using any kind of acid on the skin is frightening to many people. But since the early 1990s, dermatologists and researchers have used alphahy-droxy acids (AHAs) —naturally found in many fruits—quite safely and effectively to help slow the process of skin aging and to restore a more youthful appearance." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"If the health educators also coached the team, they could build the players' trust in an atmosphere of camaraderie and recreation, making them more receptive to information about uncomfortable topics like sexual health and AIDS prevention. That's two crucial components—but the team still needs a field. In 2005, Somkhele's football players, coaches, teachers, and community members reviewed a number of designs for the ideal field. The proposals had been submitted from around the world to Architecture for Humanity's Siyathemba design competition." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"Once you've adopted these changes, some practitioners believe that a combination of nutritional supplements can speed your progress toward sexual health and that certain herbs are potent enough to dramatically increase blood flow to the penis and boost your sex drive, says Thomas Kruzel, N.D., a naturopathic doctor in Portland, Oregon. Additionally, some vitamins and minerals provide the building blocks for sexual health. Yohimbine: Charge Up Your Sex Life For centuries, people have used yohimbe, the bark from a West African tree, to boost sex drive." - Gale Maleskey, Nature's Medicines : From Asthma to Weight Gain, from Colds to High Cholesterol -- The Most Powerful All-Natural Cures (Get the book.)

"Used with Withania somnifera herb for sexual health. •COW PARSNIP Root (Heracleum lanatum) A stimulant, carminative, antispasmodic, hypotensive, emmenagogue, analgesic for sore gums and teeth. Anti-nausea. •COWSLIP Flowers, Leaf, and Root (Primula veris, elatior, and auricula) Marsh Marigold and Primrose family; also called Palsy wort, Herb Peter, Peagle, Paigles, and Caltha. Sedative, antispasmodic, expectorant (root). A small plant with graceful wide leaves and a tall stalk with yellow flowers." - Joseph E. Mario, Anti-Aging Manual: The Encyclopedia of Natural Health (Get the book.)

"It is absolutely the very best possible thing to rebuild sexual health. I have seen women who did not have any desire at all, and when they use ashwagandha, they become quite amorous again. It almost uniformly brings back full sexual vitaUty. With men, there is not only the issue of desire, which ashwagandha restores quickly But also many men are devastated when they cannot achieve an erection. In many cases, the use of ashwagandha restores them back to healthy function. I have seen hundreds of impotent men regain their sexual ability. It is like bringing them back from the dead." - Chris Kilham, Hot Plants: Nature's Proven Sex Boosters for Men and Women (Get the book.) "Shetey a specialist in reproductive and sexual health. Dr. Shetey ran her own clinic and pharmacy, and all visible evidence suggested that she enjoyed a busy practice. Her waiting room was full, and her pharmacy had a steady stream of people going in and out." - Chris Kilham, Hot Plants: Nature's Proven Sex Boosters for Men and Women (Get the book.) "More and more people want better sexual health, so there is only going to be increased demand." Bernie told us both that Rondonia is the original home of his tribe, the Eur-eu-wa-wa. "That's way the heck in the forest, man. Maybe we can still find what we're looking for closer to here. Otherwise we're going to have a very long trip." I asked Antonio's recommendation for the best way to take catuaba. "You mix a teaspoon of the powdered bark in about three fingers of water. To make this mixture even more potent, you can add a teaspoon of powdered guarana (Paulinia cupana)." - Chris Kilham, Hot Plants: Nature's Proven Sex Boosters for Men and Women (Get the book.) "For the purposes of sexual health, it is the greatest of all medicines." Using Ashwagandha A variety of ashwagandha products have made their way into the U.S. supplement market. If you are going to use the powdered root, then the Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India recommends 3-6 grams daily. Most people will prefer a tableted or encapsulated product. Some companies now offer extracts of ashwagandha, standardized to a specified level of withanoHdes. A daily dose is approximately 250-500 milligrams of extract standardized to 4-5 percent withanolides." - Chris Kilham, Hot Plants: Nature's Proven Sex Boosters for Men and Women (Get the book.)

"It is obvious we need large-scale, properly conducted studies to find out exactly how prevalent certain sexual health problems are in our society. We are drinking the same water, breathing the same polluted air and eating some of the same pesticided foods, as some forms of aquatic and animal wildlife. The concentrations of certain estrogenic-like chemicals are reported to be higher in human bodies than the levels found in those animals that have manifested serious sexual and other significant abnormalities.13 How much longer can we afford to wait before we try to find out why?" - Doris J. Rapp, M.D., Our Toxic World: A Wake Up Call (Get the book.)

"Has male hormones, and female Estrogenic hormones, for sexual health, helps impotency; in PMS lowers Estrogen and raises Progesterone by inhibiting its breakdown enzyme (taken on day 14 to menses), helps menses, uterine problems, in menopause with its glycoside Glycyrrhizinnormalizes/stimulates Estrogen levels, and stimulates the Immune system to produce Interferon-like compounds, enhances Interferon production by peripheral lymphocytes responding to concanavalin A and hepatitis-B vims surface antigen; is 50 times sweeter than sugar, and does not cause dental cavities." - Joseph E. Mario, Anti-Aging Manual: The Encyclopedia of Natural Health (Get the book.)

FAIR USE NOTICE: The research quoted here is provided under the protection of Fair Use provisions and published by the 501(c)3 non-profit Consumer Wellness Center for the purposes of public comment and education. Authors / publishers may submit books for consideration of inclusion here.

TERMS OF USE: Read full terms of use. Citations of text from NaturalPedia must include: 1) Full credit to the original author and book title. 2) Secondary credit to the Natural News Naturalpedia as a research resource and a link to www.NaturalPedia.com

This unique compilation of research is copyright (c) 2008, 2009 by the non-profit Consumer Wellness Center.

ABOUT THE CREATOR OF NATURALPEDIA: Mike Adams, the creator of NaturalPedia, is the editor of NaturalNews.com, the internet's top natural health news site, creator of the Honest Food Guide (www.HonestFoodGuide.org), a free downloadable consumer food guide based on natural health principles, author of Grocery Warning, The 7 Laws of Nutrition, Natural Health Solutions, and many other books available at www.TruthPublishing.com, creator of the earth-friendly EcoLEDs company (www.EcoLEDs.com) that manufactures energy-efficient LED lighting products, founder of Arial Software (www.ArialSoftware.com), a permission e-mail technology company, creator of the CounterThink Cartoon series (www.NaturalNews.com/index-cartoons.html) and author of over 1,500 articles, interviews, special reports and reference guides available at www.NaturalNews.com. Adams' personal philosophy and health statistics are available at www.HealthRanger.org.