Matt Cook here, and disease states which are usually reversible lead to the narrowing and tightening of blood vessels.

This changes blood flow – restricting its movement around the body.

Inadequate blood flow starves every part of the body – including the penis.

When blood flow becomes more difficult, the body increases blood pressure to try and force more blood to the muscles and organs.

This is one of the reasons why high blood pressure is associated with poor rockiness.

It’s not blood pressure that causes the problem – blood pressure is just a side-effect.

That’s a topic for another time – I have covered it in detail in my newsletters.

But there is another factor that can cause penis problems…

It seems that the treatments commonly used to treat high blood pressure also cause poor rockiness – or make it worse.

At least some of them do..

The human research was carried out at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. This paper was published in The Journal of Clinical Hypertension.

Rockiness problems and other sexual problems have been linked to both high blood pressure and blood pressure treatments.

This worries doctors and researchers because if these treatments affect your sex life people are less likely to take them.

The optimal solution is to solve the issue causing high blood pressure so you don’t need the treatments…

…not to suppress the symptom with treatments which cause other problems.

This research paper was written to inform doctors about the effects of different blood pressure treatments on sex life…

…so they can recommend treatments that men are more likely to take.

Blood pressure treatments can often cause sexual problems – so changing treatments can solve that issue – at least for a while.

The research involved analyzing a lot of previous studies on different blood pressure treatments.

The authors also looked at lots of reports from men using these treatments.

Numerous studies have shown that men who use blood pressure treatments often report sexual side effects – not good ones.

But some blood pressure treatments seem less harmful to libido and sexual performance.

One blood pressure treatment called losartan actually seemed to improve the sex life of men with high blood pressure.

A number of human studies showed that losartan actually improved rockiness, sexual satisfaction, and frequency of sexual activity in men.

Blood pressure treatments like losartan might actually improve sexual function – quite the opposite of most blood pressure treatments.

Losartan lowers blood pressure by acting on an enzyme called angiotensin II.

This enzyme also affects the ability to get rocky.

Losartan changes how the penis handles blood flow.

You should always work closely with your doctor regarding your treatments.

If you’re having these problems your doctor might be interested in changing your treatments to one which has fewer side effects.

I think the best solution is to reverse the problems causing poor blood flow in the first place…

Because these problems are the root cause of high blood pressure and rockiness problems.

-Matt Cook / malehealthcures.com

If you ask men about their top 5 health fears, high cholesterol and prostate cancer will probably be on that list.

These 2 health issues shouldn’t be a worry for most men.

High cholesterol does not cause disease – although it can indicate underlying health problems.

Forcing cholesterol levels down with statin treatments doesn't improve outcomes because cholesterol isn’t the problem.

Statin treatments can also have very troublesome side effects.

And in the case of prostate cancer, it’s massively overdiagnosed and massively over treated.

But there are some rare cases of “high-grade” prostate cancer which can be worrying.

A number of studies have shown that taking statins increases the risk of being diagnosed with high-grade prostate cancers.

The human research was carried out at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. The findings are published in the European Journal of Cancer. (PMID: 25727881)

A number of different treatments have been proposed to alter prostate cancer risk.

This study was designed to analyze some large datasets to see if the researchers could find any relationship.

The researchers used data from Swedish public health records.

In the dataset, over 185,000 Swedish men had presented for a PSA test.

The PSA is a blood test which looks at a protein related to inflammation of the prostate.

Of these men, a further 18,500 men’s PSA test results identified them (probably incorrectly) as at risk of having prostate cancer…

…so they went for a prostate biopsy.

The PSA test identifies many men who are not at risk of having prostate cancer as targets for further investigation.

The prostate biopsy can cause infection of the area – leading to hospitalization and other serious repercussions.

The prostate biopsy samples were analyzed in a standardized way.

Researchers look at them under a microscope to see if there’s any changes in the growth of prostate cells which could indicate cancer.

These biopsies analysis are then rated on something called a Gleason scale.

The samples which look more cancerous receive a higher score.

Most diagnosed prostate cancers are extremely slow-growing.

Men with these diagnoses will almost certainly die of something else if the cancer is untreated.

But for some men, men with a high Gleason score, prostate cancer can sometimes be a problem.

The study found that some treatments like aspirin were associated with a slightly lower PSA score.

Statin treatments were associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer diagnosis.

Low-grade prostate cancer is usually completely harmless…

But the diagnosis itself can lead to some very harmful and unnecessary treatments.

“Men using statins had a 16% increased risk of prostate cancer diagnosis.”

But most importantly, statin treatments are associated with a significantly higher risk of high-grade prostate cancer…

The rare, aggressive prostate cancer which can be a health risk in itself.

“Men using statins had a 25% increased risk of high grade prostate cancer.”

A significant increase in the risk of high-grade prostate cancer can be added to the list of problems caused by statin treatments.

Statins are used to force down blood cholesterol levels. Cholesterol has been associated with cardiovascular and other diseases.

But cholesterol has never been shown to be a cause of these diseases.

Quite the opposite – cholesterol is usually a protective factor in the context of another health problem.

Low thyroid hormones and low-grade bacterial infection are common causes of high cholesterol.

These underlying health problems are the cause of cardiovascular disease and other health problems which are linked to cholesterol.

The increase in prostate cancer diagnosis and high-grade prostate cancer in statin users underlines the importance of properly assessing the causes for high cholesterol…

…rather than simply treating the symptom by beating down cholesterol levels with statins.

-Matt Cook

Hey, Matt Cook here, and you probably already know that older people are more susceptible to infectious disease…

Younger people might catch the bug – but they rarely get as sick as older folks do.

And in the last few decades, we are starting to learn the reasons why this is so.

One factor I’ve written about before is the influence of zinc.

Zinc is essential for the functioning of the thymus gland – the master regulator of immunity.

**Older people tend to have lower zinc levels.

But another emerging factor is the role of hormones like DHEA, androstenediol, and androstenetriol.**

These hormones are higher in younger people, and they promote stronger immune function.

The animal experiments were performed at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. The paper was published in Psychoneuroendocrinology.

Everyone knows that stress increases the likelihood of people getting sick.

One of the reasons for this is an increase in cortisol – a corticosteroid which suppresses immune function.

The same thing happens with glucocorticoid (cortisol-like) medications.

“The anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive functions of corticosteroids have been well established and characterized.”
The authors of this study were interested in a number of hormones which they believe may act in the opposite way…

Increasing immune system function and protecting against immune suppression by glucocorticoids.

“DHEA and two of its metabolites, androstenediol (AED) and androstenetriol (AET), up-regulate immune response against infections and counteract stress-induced immunosuppression.”

In experiments, these natural hormones have been shown to protect against various different types of infections…

…showing an all-round immune protective effect.

“DHEA and particularly, AED and beta AET, have been shown to protect mice from viral, bacterial, and parasitic infections.”
The experiments showed that they protect against the immune suppressing effect of glucocorticoids.

The natural glucocorticoid in humans is cortisol.

Older people tend to have higher cortisol and cortisol is increased by all types of stress.

But many people also use glucocorticoid treatments to treat inflammatory conditions.

This research shows that these hormones could help prevent the immune suppression caused by these treatments.

“These hormones are in opposition to immunosuppressive action of glucocorticoids, suggesting a possible new immune regulation mechanism.”
DHEA is the first of these hormones.

The other two mentioned in this article are made from DHEA and they are intermediate hormones between DHEA and testosterone.

All of these hormones have specific beneficial effects on immunity.

“DHEA suppressed the proliferation of cultures activated with bacterial fragments in a dose-dependent manner.”
The authors were particularly interested in the protective effect against glucocorticoid treatments like hydrocortisone.

They found that DHEA and androstenediol had little effect.

“Moreover, the classic immunosuppressive effects of hydrocortisone were unaffected by being co-cultured with DHEA and only minimally counteracted by AED at high doses.”
But androstenetriol (AET) prevented the immune system suppression caused by hydrocortisone.

If doctors implemented this knowledge correctly they could save a lot of lives by preventing unnecessary infections in people using this treatment.

“AET significantly counteracted the immunosuppressive effects of hydrocortisone on lymphocyte proliferation and cytokine production.”
Androstenetriol looks particularly effective at improving the vitality of a weak immune system.

“Only AET could markedly potentiate the cellular response by increasing lymphocyte activation and counteracting the immunosuppressive activity of hydrocortisone on lymphocyte proliferation and cytokine production.”
Androstenediol and androstenetriol are relatively understudied hormones.

But they are made from DHEA, and we know a lot about that.

DHEA decreases with age, and this decrease in DHEA could explain much of the decreased immunity we see in older people compared to younger people.

It is possible to increase your DHEA levels by taking a DHEA supplement.

We need to be careful not to take too much, otherwise it can increase estrogen – causing unwanted side effects.

Today I'm going to tell you about a strange substance that was allegedly the source of Alexander the Great's power…

It’s even claimed that the army of the famous commander Genghis Khan regularly consumed this substance.

This substance is called shilajit.

Shilajit is a tar-like substance that is found in the Himalayan Mountains.

It is rich in minerals, and has been used in Ayurvedic medicine for centuries to treat various health conditions.

It contains an anti-inflammatory and antioxidant substance, fulvic acid, in high amounts.

Researchers looked into how shilajit was used in ancient times, and their findings prompted them to experiment.

Therefore, in recent years, shilajit has gained popularity as a natural supplement to support men's health.

Many men say they have seen great effects from shilajit, such as

Increased testosterone
Increased energy
Improved skin health
Higher self-confidence
Liver cleansing

With this natural substance becoming so popular again, researchers couldn't help but pursue it.

That's why many studies have been and continue to be conducted on shilajit.

Here is one of them:

This study was conducted at the Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Iran. It was published in Hormone Molecular Biology and Clinical Investigation.

The liver may be the most important organ for a man, but also the most damaged.

Because modern life is very taxing on the liver.

It is a vital organ that plays a crucial role in many important bodily functions.

It metabolizes nutrients, detoxifies harmful substances, and produces bile to aid digestion.

It is also an essential part of the immune system, as it helps to fight off infections and other diseases.

See, I wasn't exaggerating when I said it might be the most important organ.

So maintaining liver health is essential.

However, as I said, it’s not easy as it sounds so people develop liver diseases.

The most common one is fat accumulation in the liver, called NAFLD (Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease).

In this study, the researchers tested the effects of shilajit on this disease.

And this is how they did it:

They took a group of mice with NAFLD and gave them shilajit.

At the end of 12 weeks, they looked at the results.

At the end of this period, they observed significant decreases in liver enzymes, triglyceride, cholesterol, and liver weight of the mice in the shilajit group.

“Shilajit treatment significantly reduced the values of AST and ALT, TG, TC, LDL, glucose, liver weight, and steatosis, and instead, increased high-density lipoprotein (HDL) compared with the vehicle group.”

Moreover, they found that shilajit reduced physical damage caused by this disease.

“Shilajit treatment improved the adverse effects of HFD-induced histopathological changes in the liver as compared with the vehicle group.”

And finally, they found that shilajit was an excellent antioxidant.

“Shilajit restored the antioxidant/oxidant balance toward a significant increase in the antioxidant system in the Shilajit group.”
Shilajit is a mysterious substance waiting to be explored.

This study showed that shilajit could be very helpful in treating fatty liver disease.

Shilajit is on my very close radar.

I think it could be a hugely beneficial supplement for men.

In my opinion it’s best to start with 200mg and go from there.

When buying shilajit, look for brands that have been tested for heavy metals by a 3rd party.

Choose the one with low heavy metals.

src: Matt Cook