Natural Ways to Improve Male Libido

You can achieve a high libido naturally by following the following guidelines.

1. Eat nutritious and energetic foods like celery, raw oysters, eggs, liver, bananas, avocado, nuts, mangoes, peaches, strawberries, figs, garlic, and chocolate. Take a healthy diet rich in proteins and limited in carbohydrates and moderate in essential fats. Carbohydrates specially those that consist of simple sugars such as potatoes increase insulin and cortisol levels in your blood which affects testosterone production negatively.

2. Exercise regularly to maintain your weight. Obesity is a risk factor for erectile dysfunction and low testosterone. By eating well and exercising you can in increase testosterone product and thus an increase in libido. The ideal period to workout is 45-60 minutes in a single routine. Any more than that and your body start producing cortisol, which inhibits and diminishes testosterone production in your body.

3. Avoid saturated fat as it can lead to clogging of the arteries which in turn can impede blood flow to the genital region. This not only interferes with your ability to perform, but also with sexual pleasure.

4. Try to live a stress free life. If you feel good and self confident you may feel more sexual and attractive to your partner. A relaxed state of mind is very important for elevating your libido.

5. Proper sleep is also important in keeping you strong and energetic in bed. So maintain a consistent sleep schedule. A good sleep helps you raise your sex drive substantially.

6. Say no to alcohol and cigarette. They actually reduce the production of testosterone in men. Drunken sex might be fun while you are young but it just doesn't work as you get older.

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Feel-good Sayings

* I’ve learned that the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.

* I’ve learned that when you’re in love, it shows.

* I’ve learned that just one person saying to me, "You’ve made my day!" makes my day.

* I’ve learned that having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.

* I’ve learned that being kind is more important than being right.

* I’ve learned that you should never say no to a gift from a child.

* I’ve learned that I can always pray for someone when I don’t have the strength to help him in some other way.

* I’ve learned that no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.

* I’ve learned that sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.

* I’ve learned that simple talks with my parents when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult.

* I’ve learned that life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.

* I’ve learned that we should be glad God doesn’t give us every thing we ask for.

* I’ve learned that money doesn’t buy class.

* I’ve learned that it’s those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.

* I’ve learned that under everyone’s hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.

* I’ve learned that the Lord didn’t do it all in one day. What makes me think I can?

* I’ve learned that to ignore the facts does not change the facts.

* I’ve learned that when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.

* I’ve learned that love, not time, heals all wounds.

* I’ve learned that the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.

* I’ve learned that everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.

* I’ve learned that there’s nothing sweeter than sleeping with your babies and feeling their breath on your cheeks.

* I’ve learned that no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.

* I’ve learned that life is tough, but I’m tougher.

* I’ve learned that opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.

* I’ve learned that when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.

* I’ve learned that I wish I could have told my Mom & Dad that I loved them one more time before they passed away.

* I’ve learned that one should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.

* I’ve learned that a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.

* I’ve learned that I can’t choose how I feel, but I can choose what I do about it.

* I’ve learned that when your newly born grandchild holds your little finger in his little fist, that you’re hooked for life.

* I’ve learned that everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness comes while you’re climbing it.

* I’ve learned that the less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.

Whooping cough (pertussis)

Whooping cough (pertussis) is an acute, highly contagious respiratory infection that is caused by a bacterium. The first outbreaks of pertussis were described in the 16th century. The bacterium responsible for the infection, Bordetella pertussis, was not isolated until 1906. The incidence of pertussis has been steadily increasing since the 1980s. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a total of 25,827 cases of pertussis were reported in 2004 in the U.S.

Can whooping cough be prevented with a vaccine?
Whooping cough commonly affects infants and young children but can be prevented by immunization with pertussis vaccine. Pertussis vaccine is most commonly given in combination with the vaccines for diphtheria and tetanus. (Pertussis is the "P" in the DTaP combination inoculation routinely given to children, and the "p" in the Tdap vaccine administered to adolescents and adults.) Since immunity from the pertussis vaccine wears off with time, many teenagers and adults get whooping cough.

What are the stages, symptoms, and signs of whooping cough?
*The first stage of whooping cough is known as the catarrhal stage. In the catarrhal stage, which typically lasts from one to two weeks, an infected person has symptoms characteristic of an upper respiratory infection, including runny nose, sneezing, low-grade fever, or a mild, occasional cough, similar to the common cold.
The cough gradually becomes more severe, and after one to two weeks, the second stage begins.
*It is during the second stage (the paroxysmal stage) that the diagnosis of whooping cough usually is suspected. The second stage is characterized by:

-Bursts (paroxysms) of coughing, or numerous rapid coughs, are apparently due to difficulty expelling thick mucus from the airways in the lungs. Bursts of coughing increase in frequency during the first one to two weeks, remain constant for two to three weeks, and then gradually begin to decrease in frequency.
-At the end of the bursts of rapid coughs, a long inspiratory effort (breathing in) is usually accompanied by a characteristic high-pitched "whoop."
-During an attack, the individual may become cyanotic (turn blue) from lack of oxygen.
-Children and young infants appear especially ill and distressed.
-Vomiting (referred to by doctors as posttussive vomiting) and exhaustion commonly follow the episodes of coughing.
-The person usually appears normal between episodes.
-Paroxysmal attacks occur more frequently at night, with an average of 15-24 attacks per 24 hours.
-The paroxysmal stage usually lasts from one to six weeks but may persist for up to 10 weeks.
-Infants under 6 months of age may not have the strength to have a whoop, but they do have paroxysms of coughing.
The third stage of whooping cough is the recovery or convalescent stage. In the convalescent stage, recovery is gradual. The cough becomes less paroxysmal and usually disappears over two to three weeks; however, paroxysms often recur with subsequent respiratory infections for many months.

How is whooping cough transmitted?
Whooping cough is highly contagious and is spread among people by direct contact with fluids from the nose or mouth of infected people. People contaminate their hands with respiratory secretions from an infected person and then touch their own mouth or nose. In addition, small bacteria-containing droplets enter the air during coughing or sneezing. People can become infected by breathing in these drops.

Can adults get whooping cough?

Although whooping cough is considered to be an illness of childhood, adults may also develop the disease. The illness usually is milder in adults than in children, but the duration of the paroxysmal cough is just as long as in children. The characteristic whoop that occurs after paroxysmal bouts of coughing is recognized in only 20%-40% of adults with whooping cough. Because immunity from the pertussis vaccine decreases over time but does not necessarily disappear, adults who do become infected may have retained a partial degree of immunity against the infection that results in a milder illness. Whooping cough in adults is more common than usually appreciated, accounting for up to 7% of adult illnesses that cause coughing each year. Infected adults are a reservoir (source) of infection for children.

How is whooping cough diagnosed?

When a patient has the typical symptoms of whooping cough, the diagnosis can be made from the clinical history. However, the disease and its symptoms, including its severity, can vary among affected individuals. In cases where the diagnosis is not certain or a doctor wants to confirm the diagnosis, laboratory tests can be carried out. Culture of the bacterium Bordetella pertussis from nasal secretions can establish the diagnosis. Another test that has been used to successfully identify the bacterium and diagnose pertussis is the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test that can identify genetic material from the bacterium in nasal secretions,
How is whooping cough treated?

Antibiotics directed against Bordetella pertussis can be effective in reducing the severity of pertussis when administered early in the course of the disease. Antibiotic therapy can also help reduce the risk of transmission of the bacterium to other household members as well as to others who may come into contact with an infected person. Unfortunately, most people with pertussis are diagnosed later with the condition in the second (paroxysmal) stage of the disease. Treatment with antibiotics is recommended for anyone who has had the disease for less than 21 days. Azithromycin (Zithromax), clarithromycin (Biaxin), erythromycin, and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole are antibiotics which have been shown to be effective in treating whooping cough. It is unclear whether antibiotics have any benefit for people who have been ill with pertussis for longer periods, although antibiotic therapy is still often considered for this group. There is no proven effective treatment for the paroxysms of coughing that accompany pertussis.
Antibiotics are also routinely administered to people who have had close contact with an infected person, regardless of their vaccination status.

Complications of whooping cough (pertussis)

The most common complication and the cause of most pertussis-related deaths is secondary bacterial pneumonia. (Secondary bacterial pneumonia is bacterial pneumonia that follows another infection of the lung, be it viral or bacterial. Secondary pneumonia is caused by a different virus or bacterium than the original infection.) Young infants are at highest risk for whooping cough and also for pertussis-associated complications, including secondary pneumonia. Data from 2001-2003 indicate that secondary pneumonia occurred among 4.9% of all reported pertussis cases.

Pertussis can cause serious illness and even death in young children; 13 children died from the infection in 2003. From 2004-2005, 66 deaths due to whooping cough were reported to the CDC, and 56 of these were children under 3 months of age. Most of the pertussis-related deaths have occurred in children who have not been vaccinated or who are too young to have received the vaccine.
Other possible complications of pertussis include seizures, encephalopathy (abnormal function of the brain due to decreased oxygen delivery to the brain), reactive airway disease (asthma), dehydration, and malnutrition.