men's health books

The author has a formal medical background, the content is in line with evidence-based medicine, and does not advocate exaggerated propaganda such as "quick effect" or "magic effect". Priority is given to publications edited by specialists in public hospitals or reviewed by formal medical institutions. Those with muscular men on the cover and titles such as "Secret Recipe for Replenishing Kidneys" and "Increase Thickening" are all IQ taxes, so don't touch them.

When I was rotating in the urology clinic in the past two years, I saw too many patients who fell into the trap. The one that impressed me the most was a 32-year-old building materials salesman. He came with two books of "Men's Health Secrets" that he bought at the live broadcast room for 99 yuan. He said that he should eat 3 sea cucumbers, a handful of wolfberries, and half a dried deer penis every day according to the book. After eating for more than three months, his erectile function did not improve. Instead, he suffered from gout twice, and his blood test for uric acid soared to 680. Later, we looked through the book he brought and found that there was not even a formal author signature. The list of editorial board members was all compiled, and the content was cobbled together by college students from various health forums. Even the rumor that "holding in urine every day can improve sexual function" was printed.

It doesn’t mean that you can’t read all books written by non-professionals. The styles of men’s health books on the market are actually very different, and people with different needs can choose according to their needs. For example, you always like to search for all kinds of "men's health trivia" on the Internet, but you are afraid of finding rumors, so you can just buy the "China Men's Health Science Guide" compiled by the Andrology Branch of the Chinese Medical Association. It is equivalent to industry standard answers, such as "Will masturbation hurt the body?" "Should you do dorsal nerve block surgery for premature ejaculation?" The book is full of conclusions based on large-scale clinical data. For example, it is clearly stated that regular masturbation within three times a week will not cause organic damage. Dorsal nerve block surgery has long been not recommended for patients other than primary premature ejaculation. After reading this book, you can basically avoid 80% of men's health rumors on the Internet.

However, this kind of official guide is relatively dry, and the long sections of professional terms can make you feel sleepy. If you usually prefer to regulate your life, you can also read the popular science written by a regular TCM andrologist. To be fair here, there are indeed differences in the ideas of Chinese and Western medicine on men's health adjustment. There is no need to criticize them one by one: for example, for mild decline in erectile function, the conventional advice of Western medicine is to first check for basic diseases such as hyperlipidemia and diabetes. If necessary, use PDE5 inhibitor drugs to intervene, which will have quick results. ； According to the popular science books of traditional Chinese medicine, it is more likely to adjust the work and rest first, avoid staying up late and drinking alcohol, reduce sitting for long periods of time, and combine moxibustion with Guanyuan and Zusanli, or take some neutral food supplements and adjust slowly, with almost no side effects. There is no right or wrong between the two methods. If you have no organic problems, but have recently been in a bad state due to a disordered work schedule, you can refer to the conditioning ideas of traditional Chinese medicine. If it has affected your normal life and want to improve quickly, just follow the Western medicine plan, and there is no need to worry about it.

If you don’t have the patience to read thick professional books and want to find practical content that you can follow directly, you can also choose a thin tool booklet, such as one that specifically talks about male pelvic floor muscle training. I have recommended it to many patients with premature ejaculation and urine leakage problems before. You don’t need to take medicine, just practice for 10 minutes every day for three months, and more than half of them have significantly improved their ability to control semen. There are also pocket books with self-examination scales that are very practical. If you have been feeling tired, lack of energy, and have low desire recently, you can label yourself as having "kidney deficiency" without going up. You can first test the fatigue scale and androgen level self-evaluation scale inside. Many times it is just a matter of staying up for a week in a row and being too stressed to rush the project. Just adjust your work and rest, so as not to pay the IQ tax on blindly buying health products.

I usually help my friends choose this kind of book. I have a stupid method I have used for several years. I can tell if I can buy it after turning 3 pages: first turn to the copyright page to see if the author has a public physician's practice number. If he only has the title of "so-and-so health master" or "ancestral andrology heir", just put it down.； Let’s just read a chapter about common diseases. If the book starts with saying that this problem is “all caused by kidney deficiency” and “needs to take supplements”, don’t buy it. A regular book will definitely talk about multiple causes first. For example, chronic prostatitis is often caused by sitting for a long time, holding back urine, and frequently eating spicy food. It has nothing to do with kidney deficiency. ； Finally, turn to the last few pages. If the end is full of advertisements for selling kidney tonics or health classes, then they must be cutting leeks, so don’t hesitate to leave.

Oh, by the way, don’t think that you don’t need to go to the hospital after reading a few health books. The function of the book is just to educate you and dispel unnecessary anxiety. If you really have clear symptoms of discomfort, such as functional decline that lasts for more than one month, painful urination, blood in semen, etc., don’t just follow the book and treat it yourself. Go to a regular hospital to go to the men’s department or urology department. It will be more useful than reading ten books.

To be honest, many people now have too deep misunderstandings about men's health. They either feel ashamed to talk about it and can only secretly search online posts and buy unknown health books, or they are deceived by the anxious marketing of merchants and think that they must reach a certain length and size to be considered "healthy". In fact, a really good men's health book never teaches you how to become a "perfect hunk", but how to understand your body and accept your normal state. After all, in the final analysis, only you know best whether your body is comfortable or not, and whether your condition is good or not.