tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post295928666314605546..comments2024-03-22T15:55:34.030-04:00Comments on Evo and Proud: More unintended consequencesPeter Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04303172060029254340noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-15937931941330993252018-12-13T07:22:30.604-05:002018-12-13T07:22:30.604-05:00Mild oxidative stress is beneficial for sperm telo...<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4921947/" rel="nofollow">Mild oxidative stress is beneficial for sperm telomere length maintenance</a>Seannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-2477763476213949822018-12-10T15:57:03.058-05:002018-12-10T15:57:03.058-05:00The thing is that menstruating basically the entir...The thing is that menstruating basically the entire fertile years is almost as unnatural than being in a constant state of simulated pregnancy. Historically woman probably spend a very significant part of their fertile years pregnant. So maybe contraceptives just get women closer to the historical normal. <br /><br />PhilleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-87645910189380409932018-12-09T17:32:25.216-05:002018-12-09T17:32:25.216-05:00Back to the analogy with fasting, there have long ...Back to the analogy with fasting, there have long been folk beliefs that still persist today that claim abstaining from masturbation and sex will result in greater drive and functioning. The theory offered is similar to the one for fasting: just as a hunter starving for food will need the energy and drive and peak abilities to successfully hunt and eat again, a man starving for sexual release will have greater drive and functioning to pursue mating opportunities than a man sated with frequent sexual release via masturbation or sex. This seems plausible. On the other hand, there are studies that show primates, including humans, at the top of dominance hierarchies and thus with regular mating opportunities have positive feedback with increased levels of testosterone and positive emotions, while those on the bottom with fewer or no mating opportunities have negative feedback with decreasing levels of testosterone and increase in stress hormones. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-67513370784147774542018-12-09T17:17:32.470-05:002018-12-09T17:17:32.470-05:00Sean,
There are studies that suggest that mental ...Sean,<br /><br />There are studies that suggest that mental functioning and other physiological functions are heightened and increased during periods of fasting. An explanation offered for this is that in our evolutionary past, periods of extended fasting and hunger were common, and high mental and physical functioning were necessary for survival during these periods. Obviously a hungry hunter has to be at the top of his game precisely when he doesn't have food in order to hunt successfully and be able to eat again. The alternative view of course is that you need food beforehand to perform well mentally and physically, especially with the brain being a very expensive organ that requires lots of energy and runs on glucose. Most people these days eat excess calories, especially carbs, at regular intervals, and thus if they miss a meal they miss a big glucose hit to the brain and have "brain fog" and diminished mental functioning and greater irritability. They have to be weaned off of excess calories and carbs gradually so they don't have reactions like this.<br /><br />An interesting question is why the excess carbs in our environment today are converted into fat stores instead of burned and used by the brain, when the brain is such an energy hog that runs on glucose. Is there a bottleneck that throttles the glucose into the brain? Is something else diverting it away from the brain? Are people not intelligent in enough in general to engage in mental activity to use the energy? <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-68215920417549117542018-12-08T12:29:22.540-05:002018-12-08T12:29:22.540-05:00Sean and Anon,
There are pros and cons. The risk ...Sean and Anon,<br /><br />There are pros and cons. The risk of prostate cancer is higher among men who masturbated as rarely as possible in their youth. On the other hand, porn seems to desensitize the male mind to sex. To get the same "kick," a man has to consume more and more porn and the porn has to be edgier. There are reports of erectile dysfunction in heavy consumers of porn, as well as inability to relate to real women. I've discussed these points in previous posts:<br /><br />http://evoandproud.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-canary-in-coal-mine.html<br /><br />http://evoandproud.blogspot.com/2017/10/firstpage-of-underground-porn-comic-c.html<br /><br />http://evoandproud.blogspot.com/2017/10/polygynyis-accepted-to-varying-degrees.html<br /><br />If a man is in a situation where women are unavailable, the healthiest option would be to buy a love doll.Peter Frosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04303172060029254340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-79536925716582000762018-12-08T01:43:31.302-05:002018-12-08T01:43:31.302-05:00It could be just a feeling of being in control, wh...It could be just a feeling of being in control, which certainly has profound physiological effects. I don't know if abstaining gives you any healthier sperm, but it could be like the mitohormesis from fasting, which is beneficial in limited duration. If I had to guess I'd say a couple of weeks. In Ristow's experiment a 100% carb free diet created a flood of free radical that was compensated for and led to enhanced function. To answer your question, the excess sperm are voided into the urine if you totally abstain.Seannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-73907610841442175952018-12-07T02:43:30.699-05:002018-12-07T02:43:30.699-05:00Is extended abstention physiologically possible, t...Is extended abstention physiologically possible, though? Don't nocturnal emissions start happening after a while?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-85408488506876151502018-12-06T23:57:53.224-05:002018-12-06T23:57:53.224-05:00For a male abstaining from masturbating (or sex) p...For a male abstaining from masturbating (or sex) probably has massive psychological effects. Nietzsche wrote of the feeling of inviolable power it creates, and a certain Austrian whose name is better left unmentioned seems to have practiced it until his early 30s. Toxins build up, partly a sort of exhaust from the little motors that power the swimming action of sperm, and not ejaculating for more than a few days begins to poison them. Ejaculating every other day is supposed to produce the fittest sperm, but I wonder. <br /><br />Micheal Ristow did an influential experiment that showed oxidative stress would eventually produce a response and promote better function. I suspect if you abstained for weeks your sperm would benefit via hormesis See <a href="http://geroscience.com/free-radicals-are-not-your-enemy-an-interview-with-dr-michael-ristow-part-i/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Seannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-3003713216092347852018-12-06T02:28:05.028-05:002018-12-06T02:28:05.028-05:00Peter, do you believe widespread pornography and m...Peter, do you believe widespread pornography and masturbation in the contemporary environment may also be having attitudinal, behavioral, and physiological effects in men?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734925856292601239.post-33270572705593942352018-12-03T20:12:59.460-05:002018-12-03T20:12:59.460-05:00One wonders what happens to the brain of woman who...One wonders what happens to the brain of woman who takes contraceptive pills for decades. Seannoreply@blogger.com