You may not know about it, but the instances of men suffering from various sex problems like erectile dysfunction are an everyday happening. While studies tell us that about 40% are affected in reality the figure could be higher as a lot of men would refrain from coming out with the truth. There may be many contributing reasons for this starting from stress and depression to physiological changes like age and drop in the testosterone levels. However, there are also some lifestyle determinants like smoking, consumption of alcohol and ingestion of recreational drugs which are responsible for this.

Anything which tampers with the flow of blood to the penis can be a deterrent to erections. Physiologically speaking the penile region needs blood to flow smoothly for making erection a possibility.

Smoking causes the number of erections to come down in a big way while the man is sleeping. This drop in nightly erections gives an important signal that there is an underlying problem and that enough blood is not flowing for normal erection to occur. This is due to immoderate smoking according to the Lahey Hitchcock Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts. It is also seen that short term cessation of smoking, even for a day can improve the number of nightly erections.

Teenagers who are heavy smokers are likely victims of poor quality semen. Moreover, the sperm consolidation is adversely affected. This comes in the way of their becoming a father in future and could also be responsible for giving birth to children born with genetic disorders caused by defective DNA bestowed on them by either parent.

Similarly, studies have also demonstrated that heavy drinkers are more affected by erectile dysfunction than casual drinkers. This is because alcohol is a proven repressor and it also tampers with the male libido adversely, so erection becomes impossible.

Thus a balanced and healthy lifestyle is behind the success of your sex life. If you adopt a balanced diet plan with moderate exercising, you could see a dramatic change in your sex drive and overall improvement in health. If you suffer from erectile dysfunction you could rely on herbal medications which contain herbal ingredients with aphrodisiac properties which pump in more blood to your penis.