Role of Vitamins and Minerals in Sexual Health

Female sexual dysfunction can be caused by malnutrition. Deficiency of omega-3 fatty acid can decrease the libido. A well balanced food or diet is necessary for good sexual function in female. Diet should contain the calcium, magnesium, zinc. Multivitamin food helps for developing libido or sexual energy. One should avoid stimulants like caffeine. Avoid trans fats and polyunsaturated vegetables oils like corn oil and soybean oil. Vitamin c helps to improve blood flow in body and blood flow is very necessary for sexual arousal so diet should contain the vitamin c. vitamin E, zinc and magnesium helps for production of hormones in body. Vitamin B is also important that plays its role in the production of energy and is also a most important nutrient for healthy functioning of nerves. Low levels of Vitamin B in the body mean lower level of libido.
Apart from nourished food, exercise and yoga can help a lot to increase the libido. Exercise and yoga increases the blood flow in body which improves the sexual energy.

Smoking linked with female sexual dysfunction

Smoking increases the risk of early menopause in women. A teenager smoker girl could have symptoms of early menopause comparative to nonsmoker’s women. Menstrual problems such as abnormal bleeding, amenorrhea (absence of period) and vaginal infections are common complaint among women who smoke. Menstrual abnormalities and early menopause may be caused by toxic effect on ovaries or by significantly lower levels of estrogens noted in studies of women smokers. Cigarettes contain nicotine which restricts the blood flow in body. Women get sexually aroused after the clitoris and vagina get swell up with blood circulation in body. Female sexual dysfunction has deep concern with smoking. It is very necessary to be away from smoking for better sexual health and sexual life. Smoking has also concern with heart disease and diabetes of which tablets are not good for female sexual life. Altogether we can understand that smoking decreases the testosterone level in body which is the main hormone for sex in men and women. All you need to do is stop smoking for increasing libido.

Symptoms of FSD

Women should be aware if they feel sexual problems such as arousal disorder, desire disorder, and orgasm disorder. Let us understand types of disorders in details. Arousal disorder is problem in which women is incapable of achieving sexual arousal, Desire disorder can be defined as less or no libido after normal arousal, women have very less interest or no interest and do not respond for sexually activity and orgasm disorder is defined as diminished intensity of orgasm, delay or absence of orgasm.
Causes of FSD
Emotional cause such as stress, depression, and relationship problems can be source of sexual problems. Physical causes are hormone problems, and certain other condition such as diabetes and arthritis disease can also be the cause. Aging causes can be dryness in vagina and less lubrication. Certain medicines like blood pressure (hypertension) and diabetes can create sexual problem.