‘Stiff’ Drinks Mean Better Sex?
Well it’s Super Bowl weekend – a great American tradition – and everyone is very excited thinking about where they will be spending their weekend having fun and watching the game.
Typically around this season, I always get asked “Hey Dr. Manny, what are the healthiest snacks for me to serve during my party.” And of course I go through the panoply of things like veggies and other low-fat treats. And of course, I always advise people to drink in moderation.
But I’ve recently started getting a lot of phone calls from my male friends saying, “You know, we just read that a new study out of Australia that’s reporting that alcohol is good for your sex life.”
According to the researchers who interviewed over 1,500 men – those men who regularly consumed alcohol reported less erectile dysfunction. It seems that every time there is a study that comes out linking alcohol to good health, everybody wants to jump on the bandwagon and join the party.
But let’s be careful here. True erectile dysfunction is a vascular problem, and there is no evidence that alcohol improves vascular conditions. If anything, alcohol can worsen vascular conditions, especially when they’re associated with diabetes and obesity.
Looking at studies that survey outcomes can lead to many biases from the subjects involved in the study — and let’s face it, erectile dysfunction is not a topic that most men feel comfortable talking about!
So when I see headlines in newspapers saying that alcohol can be good for your sex life, I wonder what a “good” sex life is? Because last time I checked, it was far more complex than having an extra couple of beers.
Tags: alcohol, beer, diabetes, Dr. Manny Alvarez, erectile dysfunction, obesity, sex life, Super Bowl, vascular disease
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Stiff drinks = MUCH BETTER SEX
What a prune!
Alcohol has been proven to change perception, so those who drink will never know what really happened, anyway. The brain damage from alcohol may not be noticed, but is real, and lasting.
C’mon. “So when I see headlines in newspapers saying that alcohol can be good for your sex life, I wonder what a “good” sex life is? Because last time I checked, it was far more complex than having an extra couple of beers.”
Sex is always better after a few drinks. Fact. Nobody said that you should just drink beer and have sex and then that’s your sex life. Don’t be so quick to be rightous.
Your sex life can be great or bad or a few drinks might spice up an evening. Nothing wrong with that.
Beyond the headlines and hype, sounds like the meat of this is re long-term regular drinking effects on erectile dysfunction. I can’t contribute experience or wisdom on that. But at 40-something, not particularly fit, and after a somewhat stressful day, a drink helps ease the aches and puts me in a better mood. For my wife, it helps push her over the line from “don’t feel like it (again, as usual)” to “let’s get it on”, and at times gives her the “courage” to want to do things she wouldn’t otherwise. So my answer to this survey question is clearly yes, a stiff drink does improve our sex life, and no regrets later.
“Stiff” will also vary in intrepretation. A good glass of red (or 1 + 1/2), or a liquor is sufficient; more or harder stuff is probably unhealthy and can backfire, making you feel sick. Hurry though, dudes, ’cause it wears off fast and then she just wants to sleep.
Some of the things people call “sex” these days call for being drunk before they try them. I would go with the small glass of wine might relax your female sex mate but more than that is a negative. I have heard a small drink of gin will prolong things but if you have to be messed up to do it, it ain’t the right pardner…or you’re in the closet so deep you’re finding Xmas gifts..
Unless you are an alcoholic or medical reasons not to, I think having one drink can relax and initiate good sex. Try a drink during foreplay or during sex. I’ve always found that watching a man (meaning my husband of 20 years) providing me oral pleasure while drinking a beer is powerful and exciting for me as a woman. I don’t need the beer to find it pleasurable, but it sure hikes up the fun factor. I think it comes down to alcohol in moderation and done responsibly can make sex fun, playful, and maybe even help with some inhibitions.
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I think a drink or two to loosen you up is nice but when you say “stiff” drinks I think more along the lines of acutally being drunk and when my husband has enough to start feeling tipsy it seems much more difficult for him to be…UP TO THE TASK. so a few are fine but dont get drunk and ruin it!