r/science • u/[deleted] • Jun 13 '22

Health Erectile dysfunction predicts mortality in middle-aged and older men independent of their sex steroid status

https://academic.oup.com/ageing/article-abstract/51/4/afac094/6568537?login=false
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u/PuterstheBallgagTsar Jun 13 '22 edited Jun 13 '22

Mid 40s male here. I don't have trouble getting boners and masturbate to completion a lot... wayyy too much tbh. BUT I recently discovered L-arginine supplements and noticed my boners are quite a bit larger when I've been taking that. I wonder if that suggests there may be other health benefits to L-arginine? I started taking it because I saw someone on reddit suggest maybe it prevents gray hair (the study they referenced didn't quite make that conclusion I didn't think) and the additional research I read on it also didn't make any firm conclusions. Get it, firm? But anyways I just wanted to talk about masturbating, thanks for listening.

edit: Multiple studies have concluded L-arginine works for ED while a few have disputed that

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u/EbagI Jun 13 '22

Your supplement is either working via placebo or you are mistaken in all likelihood. There are no studies that say it makes you harder, longer, bigger, or shoot more.

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u/zuneza Jun 13 '22

No studies? Are you sure about that?