Cholesterol and Female Sexual Dysfunction

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The buildup of cholesterol in pelvic arteries can lead to sexual problems among both men and women via a similar pathway (erectile dysfunction).

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Cholesterol doesn’t just build up inside our coronary arteries; it builds up inside all of our arteries. In the heart, it can cause a heart attack. In the brain, it can cause a stroke. In our legs, it can cause peripheral vascular disease. And clogs in our pelvic arteries can lead to sexual dysfunction—and not just in men.

“Hyperlipidemia and sexual function in premenopausal women.” Those with high cholesterol “reported significantly lower arousal, orgasm, lubrication, and satisfaction. Atherosclerosis of the arterial bed supplying female pelvic anatomy can lead to decreased vaginal engorgement and clitoral erectile insufficiency syndrome, similar to erectile problems in men, resulting in vasculogenic female sexual dysfunction,” an important factor of which may be failure to achieve “clitoral tumescence,” or engorgement.

Eating healthier can extend one’s life, and also one’s love life.

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Cholesterol doesn’t just build up inside our coronary arteries; it builds up inside all of our arteries. In the heart, it can cause a heart attack. In the brain, it can cause a stroke. In our legs, it can cause peripheral vascular disease. And clogs in our pelvic arteries can lead to sexual dysfunction—and not just in men.

“Hyperlipidemia and sexual function in premenopausal women.” Those with high cholesterol “reported significantly lower arousal, orgasm, lubrication, and satisfaction. Atherosclerosis of the arterial bed supplying female pelvic anatomy can lead to decreased vaginal engorgement and clitoral erectile insufficiency syndrome, similar to erectile problems in men, resulting in vasculogenic female sexual dysfunction,” an important factor of which may be failure to achieve “clitoral tumescence,” or engorgement.

Eating healthier can extend one’s life, and also one’s love life.

To see any graphs, charts, graphics, images, and quotes to which Dr. Greger may be referring, watch the above video. This is just an approximation of the audio contributed by veganmontreal.

Please consider volunteering to help out on the site.

Image thanks to LadyofHats via Wikimedia Commons.

Doctor's Note

For more on the role that unhealthy diets play in men’s sexual function, see my videos Atkins Diet: Trouble Keeping It Up; and Rosy Glow. For a strategy for reducing cholesterol, see Trans Fat, Saturated Fat and Cholesterol: Tolerable Upper Intake of Zero. Cholesterol is one of the more popular topics in our cloud of subjects; check out my other videos on cholesterol

Also, be sure to check out my associated blog posts for additional context: The Most Anti-Inflammatory Mushroom, and Do Vegans Get More Cavities?

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