What if just one lifestyle change could help you avoid getting cancer or diabetes or

heart disease or high blood pressure?

This one change could cut your risk of chronic disease and add years to your life.

Well the simple solution to so many of these problems is to eat a healthy diet.

In other words, one centered around whole, placed foods.

Welcome to the Nutrition Facts Podcast.

I'm your host, Dr. Michael Greger.

Today we look at a problem that many men experience from time to time, erectile dysfunction,

and we start by looking at the nuts.

I'm talking about walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, ears, the story.

In 2013, I can't believe it's already been so long.

I posted a video based on this study that found that three weeks of pastasias resulted

in a significant improvement in erectile function in men.

So it's nice to see a whole food intervention have clinical effects and I was curious

to revisit the topic to see what's been published since.

Even if you ignore all the lab animal studies on how much hazelnuts improved the function

of rat testicles, you still never know what you'll find searching the medical literature

for nuts and sexual function.

Take this case of penile strangulation with a metal hex nut.

I guess nuts can sometimes make things worse if you can't remove them.

They used the Dundee technique which involves creating 20 puncture holes to relieve the pressure,

but that didn't work so I diamond disc cutter was used to saw through it and they slipped

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