Protective Effects of Alcohol to Impotence and Gallstones

Protective Effects of Alcohol to Impotence and Gallstones
Impotence
The relationship between excessive alcohol intake and poor erectile function is well known. Shakespeare wrote: “It provokes the desire but takes away from the performance.” However, as in the cases of alcohol and blood pressure the findings have revealed an apparently beneficial effect, or at least ill effects of moderate alcohol consumption.

Cohort study more than 50,000 US male health professionals, show a modest U-shaped relationship between alcohol intake and erectile dysfunction. Like coronary heart disease the strongest risk reduction was among those who consumed one to two drinks per day.

Although erectile dysfunction was originally believed to be purely psychogenic in nature 80-90% of the dysfunction is likely the result of biological factors that may share a similar profile to atherosclerosis.

Gallstones
Most studies that have examined have reported a protective association between alcohol and risk of gallstones.

For example, one study observed that men who consumed alcohol frequently (5 – 7 d/wk) have a reduced risk of gallstone but not those who consume alcohol less frequently (1 - 2 d/wk).

These findings indicate that frequency of alcohol consumption rather than quantity is the critical factor.
Protective Effects of Alcohol to Impotence and Gallstones