January 24, 2024 | 05:00 pm PT
My boyfriend believes that alcohol can improve pleasure and extend ‘intimacy,’ but its odor makes me uncomfortable and turns me off. Is it advisable to eat alcohol previous to intercourse? (Trang, 29, Hanoi)
Reply:
The American Coronary heart Affiliation states that consuming beneath 150 ml of pink wine day by day could profit coronary heart well being, blood circulation, rest, confidence, and doubtlessly sexual activity. Particularly, one to 2 glasses of sunshine wine earlier than intimate moments can enhance blood circulation, improve pleasure, and make the physique really feel extra energized and sexually aroused.
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A pair toasting. Illustation photograph by Freepik |
Nonetheless, overindulging in alcohol earlier than sexual exercise may cause bodily dysfunction, management loss, and decreased self-awareness. Alcohol’s results would possibly stop satisfactory sobriety, risking extreme accidents like penile fractures in males or vaginal perforations in girls. Moreover, it may possibly result in unsafe sexual practices, doubtlessly leading to illness transmission.
Extreme alcohol use additionally heightens the dangers of hypertension, coronary heart failure, liver irritation, cirrhosis, and digestive points akin to indigestion, bloating, abdomen ulcers, and irritable bowel syndrome. It could actually lower sexual and reproductive well being capabilities.
Males ought to restrict themselves to not more than 720 ml of beer, 300 ml of wine, or 60 ml of whisky day by day. Ladies are suggested to eat not more than 360 ml of beer, 150 ml of wine, or 30 ml of whisky. Kids and adolescents ought to abstain from alcohol.
Dr. Phan Chi Thanh
Nationwide Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology