[HN Gopher] Low Sexual Satisfaction Linked to Memory Decline Lat...
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Low Sexual Satisfaction Linked to Memory Decline Later in Life
Author : PaulHoule
Score : 23 points
Date : 2023-05-30 20:09 UTC (2 hours ago)
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| bell-cot wrote:
| Obvious Quip: "Nothing that was really worth remembering, eh?"
| m463 wrote:
| I thought there was a study that showed sildenafil helped prevent
| cognitive decline too.
|
| I wonder if it's all just atherosclerosis causing not only
| erectile dysfunction but also cognitive decline.
|
| EDIT: Sildenafil for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease: A
| Systematic Review
|
| https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7242821/
| DiabloD3 wrote:
| That's my pet theory as well: the standard American diet (SAD)
| is low in both Vitamin C (which is used as enzymatic cofactor
| in dozens of reactions, and is also necessary to build
| collagen) but also low in Vitamin K2 (necessary in formation of
| MGP, a calcification inhibitory protein used in cartilage and
| arterial walls; amongst other things).
|
| Like, I bet merely a lifetime of supplementation of Vitamin C
| and K2 and sufficient D (2000-5000 IU, not the sub-1000 IU
| bullshit amounts) would see a lot of these modern diseases just
| vanish into thin air. These are _extremely_ inexpensive to
| supplement, a tiny insignificant fraction of all the ED drugs,
| all the blood thinners and surgeries done on people with
| clogged arteries and heart disease, and all the expensive end
| of life care done on people with Alzheimers and other cognitive
| decline.
|
| But, yeah, just a pet theory.
| tracker1 wrote:
| I think it goes a bit beyond that... I mean, I think the
| nutrition related to fat soluble vitamins heavily correlates
| to the quality/types of fats taken in. There's a lot more
| nutrition in animal sources of fatty acids than in typical
| seed oils and the distribution model is very different as
| well. Since these are used for cellular and hormone
| generation, I think the "low fat" craze and anti saturated
| fat and anti dietary cholesterol combined with a general
| religious approach to veganism has lead to some generational
| declines.
|
| I'm of a pretty firm belief that the typical healthy person
| should probably be getting around 40% of their nutrition from
| animal sources, and not in particular be afraid of natural
| fats nearly as much as refined foods in general.
|
| It only took a couple generations of domesticated cats to
| show the decline from dietary changes, I think it's just
| taken a bit longer for industrial "food" to start showing the
| extent of issues in the general western populations.
| Supplementation helps, but the supplements need to be the
| actual variations the body absorbs, not precursors that are
| typically used.
|
| In the end, I think the base causes of ED and sexual
| dysfunction is largely simply the same as mental health in
| general with age, along with metabolic and cardiovascular
| issues generally speaking. Too much refined sugar, fructose
| and low quality protein and fats across generations.
| PaulHoule wrote:
| I took K2 and my blood pressure almost doubled. Seems like
| dangerous stuff to me.
| DiabloD3 wrote:
| Sounds like something you should bring up with your doctor.
|
| The only thing I've ever seen is a link between
| specifically MK7 (currently only sourced from Natto; MK4 is
| what you normally see in all other fermented foods and the
| majority of K2 supplements; MK7 supplements are very
| expensive comparatively) combined with large doses of
| flavonoids (often found in Vitamin C complexes).
|
| I have not seen this mentioned in a study, but I suspect
| the combination of both may be an issue for a minority of
| people. Lowering the dose or switching to a more
| conventional MK4 lowered their BP back to normal.
|
| As with any supplementation, no matter how innocent, always
| keep a Doctor handy to run labs: the difference between
| screwing around and science is keeping notes.
|
| That said, studies like https://journals.lww.com/md-
| journal/Fulltext/2021/06110/Vita... and
| https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7230802/ seem
| to indicate that even MK7, as opposed to just MK4, should
| be strongly considered for inclusion in the common
| multivitamin.
| mikestew wrote:
| _I thought there was a study that showed sildenafil helped
| prevent cognitive decline too_
|
| That rings a bell, but I wouldn't be able to find it quickly. I
| wouldn't be surprised regardless, as sildenafil, like many
| erectile dysfunction drugs, started as a heart drug anyway
| (what _kind_ of heart drug, I am not qualified to answer).
|
| At the same time, perhaps sildenafil users are understandably
| more sexually satisfied, and we have then come full circle to
| TFA.
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