USING FOODS INSTEAD OF DRUGS FOR HEALTH

"There is now a range of alternative treatment for patients with erectile dysfunction (ED) beyond the psychosexual counseling and surgical implants that were the only available options for many years. Oral treatments, which are minimally invasive, are the favored first-line option for treatments and include the phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE5) inhibitors 'viagra, et. al.,]...

"The 'use of] yohimbe 'heretofore an "alternative" approach] has been found effective in some placebo-controlled 'scientific] trials, but its effectiveness is probably inadequate for treatment of most ED..." Emphasis added.

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From: Clinical Cornerstone, vol. 7, 2005. By: Dr. W.W. Dinsmore, Royal Victoria Hosp., Belfast, UK

Yohimbe--An Alternative Medicine with Problems
"Yohimbe had a slight stimulatory effect on sexual incentive motivation 'in their experiments with animals.]"

From: Pharmacol. Biochem. Behavior, vol. 83, 2006. By: drs. Viitamaa, Haapalinna & Agmo, NonClinical R & D, Orion Pharma., Turku, Finland.

More on the Alternative Medicine Yohimbe
"'Animals] were injected with yohimbine 'yohimbe's principal ingredient]...that induces stress and anxiety in humans and non-humans..."

From: Neuropsycho., Dec. 2005. By Drs. Ghitza, Gray, Shaham, et. al., Behavoral Neuroscience Branch, Nat'l. Inst. of Health, Baltimore, Md. USA.

More on Yohimbe--
"Systemic administration of...yohimbine activates the...stress axis and promotes anxiety in humans and experimental animals..."

From: Journal of Comp. Neurol., vol. 492, 2005. By: Drs. Meyers, Banihashemi & Rinaman, Dept. of Neuroscience, U. of Pitts., PA 152660, USA.