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#160 - Erectile dysfunction may mean chronic disease & early death | Dr. Merrill Matschke & Dr. Casey Means

LEVELS – A Whole New Level

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Night Time Erections

When we get night time erections, it's actually a preventative maintenance mechanism maintain the health of the smooth muscle tissue inside the penus. That tissue needs high oxygen exposure on a regular basis, or else it's going to start to go through the process of apoptosis and an conversion from smooth metl smooth muscle to collogen. When you're not getting that natural exercise for that tissue, exposed to the high oxygen tension there, that tissue starts to scar and you start to get e d. The appropriate erectile response requires a certain ratio of smooth muscle to collegin in the penist.

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