It is perhaps impossible for most of you to imagine that the incidence of men suffering from erectile or sexual malfunctioning is widespread. Although research point towards a figure of 40% it is believed that the real figure could be higher because getting confirmation from a lot of men would be difficult. There could be more than one reason for this ranging from mentally upsetting factors like stress and depression or they could be related to his advancing years and subsequent fall in testosterone. However there are other lifestyle factors which could be behind this like smoking, drinking and the ingestion of some recreational drugs.

Anything that causes a bottleneck to the blood flow to the penis region, can cause problems with erections. It is clearly established that good blood flow is something highly crucial for rock hard erections and as such there exists a direct link between your erections and blood flow.

Smoking causes the number of erections to come down in a big way while the man is sleeping. This decrease in erections at night is a clear indication that some thing is amiss and that the blood flow is not good enough for you to get erections. According to Lahey Hitchcock Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, extreme amount of smoking causes this. Even when you stop smoking for a day, it can restore normal nighttime erections.

Moreover, teenagers who smoke heavy are likely to have an extremely damaging effect on the quality of semen. Moreover, the sperm consolidation is adversely affected. This drastically reduces their chance of becoming a father as well as increases the chance of having offspring with genetic disorders due to faulty DNA imbibed from either parent.

Likewise it has also been seen that men who drink heavily suffer more from sexual problems than men who drink in moderation. This is due to the fact that alcohol is a performance hinderer and can affect male libido which makes erection a near impossibility.

To make the most out of your sex life, follow a healthy way of living. Balanced diet and regular exercise keeps your sexual energy flowing and health glowing. The good news for sufferers of erectile dysfunction is that there are several herbal remedies available which act as aphrodisiacs and increase blood flow to the penis.