Dieting

A balanced diet must be kept in order to be sure that your body gets plenty of nutrients. The basis of any well-balanced diet is water as water maintains circulation of nutrients inside the body and eliminates the wastes from the organism. Water intensifies metabolism and keeps every tissue of the body nourished.

The following nutrients are essential for sexual health. The name of the nutrients is followed by the foods that contain the nutrients:

• Vitamin B1 - Beans, peas, lentils, raw nuts, yogurt, brown rice, whole grain flour, pork
• Niacin - Brewer's yeast, peanuts, beetroot, swordfish, salmon, tuna, pork
• Vitamin B6 - Sunflower seeds, lentils, bananas, carrots, avocados, eggs tuna, shrimp
• Folic acid - Chick peas, lentils, green leafy vegetables, citrus fruits, cheese, tuna, salmon
• Vitamin C - Citrus fruits, green leafy vegetables, tomatoes
• Vitamin E - Raw nuts, seeds, wheat germ, spinach, egg yolks, oils
• Beta carotene - Fruits and vegetables which are yellow and red in color
• Zinc - Beans, peas, lentils, sunflower seeds, spinach, pumpkin, molasses, oysters, turkey, beef, pork
• Selenium - Brewer's yeast, whole grains

These were the foods to eat and below you can find the substances not to consume:

Alcohol and caffeine – taken on a regular basis the impair blood vessels and vascular system can’t perform sufficiently
Nicotine - it reduces the sperm volume
Sugar, carbohydrates, processed food and preservative can hardly contribute to the stabilization of your reproductive system.
Take care that while you are taking medications you do not suffer from side-effects.
Consult your physician to investigate more on the types of foods you are not recommended to eat.

Fitness

Keeping fit and going in for sports is an old dream of many of us. But few people are determined enough to do exercises on a regular basis.

Try to make a list of benefits that you can achieve from exercising. You may include the following: attractive looks, removed fat deposits, pump muscles, self-esteem, respect from others, energy, willingness to be active. All these points are worth spending 30 minutes per day on exercises.

Fitness does not necessarily mean visiting a sporting centre. If you can afford a personal trainer you will benefit a lot. But some simple exercises at home and changes to your life style will contribute to your health as well.

Constant care about your physical and sexual health includes walking, jumping, riding a bicycle and walking a lot! Take your friend, wife/husband, children, dog and walk, walk and walk. Try to change the food you eat. Fruits, juices, vitamins and minerals are important as well as cutting down on salt and drinking a lot of water. Prefer boiled or baked foods to fried ones. Don’t forget about breakfast!

Arm yourself with patience, believe in yourself and be ready to derive pleasure from life!

Contraception

Your sexual relations, your life in general can be changed in an undesired way if precaution is absent. A lot of birth control methods are available to avoid unwanted pregnancy.

Abstinence is a refusal to have sex. This does not imply abstinence from sexual contact. Only vaginal intercourse is prohibited.

Condoms are the most available and easy to use form of contraception. They are successful most of time and can be used by both male and female.

Ovulation method implies that the female separates safe and unsafe days for sex examining her menstruation cycle. Sperm migration is only possible in the period near ovulation that lasts for about a week. Thus the week before and after the menstruation are safe for sex.

Birth control pills are taken by female and stop implantation of an egg. Sperms can’t get through ovarian wall either.

The morning-after pills are taken after the sexual intercourse in case of emergency on condition that other methods of contraception didn’t work. The pills contain a huge dose of female hormones so if used often they damage the health.

Vaginal spermicides are a gel that kills the sperms.

Withdrawal does not attract any medications or devices. The male withdraws the penis from the vagina just before the ejaculation so that sperms could not enter the vagina. But if the penis is withdrawn too late the method is not effective.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Along with unwanted pregnancy sexually transmitted diseases (or sexually transmitted infections) can damage your health seriously. These infections are also caused venereal diseases and social diseases and can be transmitted only via sexual contact, vaginal intercourse, oral and anal sex.

Venereal diseases are wide spread thereby it’s crucial to use the forms of contraception in order not to contract the disease. Be especially careful when you start sexual relationships with a new partner.

Venereal diseases are difficult to cure. Therefore the sooner you consult the doctor the better. In case you feel that something is happening to your reproductive system ask for a professional help.
Cases of sexually transmitted diseases rise not only in the third countries but in the developed world. Women come down with venereal diseases more often and severe complications are possible.

The following symptoms may mean that you have a venereal disease:

• Painful urination
• Dark Yellow Urine
• Cloudy urine
• Abnormal discharge from the penis
• Itching, tingling, pain, or burning of the genitals
• Sores, lumps, blisters, rashes, or warts on / around the genitals
• Crusting at the tip of the penis
• Epididymitis (pain, swelling/ tenderness in the scrotum)
• Prostatitis (deep pelvic ache)
• Fever

If you have a sexually transmitted infection of at least suspect one it’s highly recommended to stop sexual activities in order not to contract a disease.