Authors: Steven Lamm, Gerald Secor Couzens, Gerald Secor Couzens
ISBN-13: 9780060755515, ISBN-10: 0060755512
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: May 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Steven Lamm, M.D., who has appeared as the house doctor on The View, is a practicing internist and faculty member at the NYU Medical Center. He lives in New York City.
Hard is good, harder is better for your health, your libido, your life. Such is the provocative premise behind Dr. Steven Lamm's The Hardness Factor, a groundbreaking book that will change the way men live and love. The Hardness Factor measures male health through the quality of an erection perhaps the greatest male motivator for better living (more so than fear of cancer, heart attack, or stroke). The Hardness Factor asks, Can men be hard and in shape for sex their entire lives? The answer is, absolutely. Here for the first time are scientific, evidence-based regimens emphasizing nutrition, supplements, and exercise to increase erectile quality. By following the programs in The Hardness Factor, you will
A renowned New York clinician, bestselling author, and a favorite expert on the television show The View, Dr. Lamm offers straight talk for men of all ages in "The Four-Day Insurance Policy," which can provide a quick fix for that upcoming Saturday night (or any other dating emergency), and the more detailed "Six-Week Hardness Factor Program," which will improve a man's sex drive, stamina, hardness, and, most of all, health. This comprehensive guide also includes numerous recipes created by acclaimed chef Waldy Malouf, aimed at promoting nutritional health and jump-starting the libido.
After following The Hardness Factor, you will not only achieve optimal health and sexual fitness but also understand why the penis is the best barometer of a man's health.
Lamm's premise is that for men, good health and a hard erection are synonymous. Hardness (or rather, lack thereof) is not just an inevitable side effect of aging, internist Lamm claims-it's the result of poor lifestyle decisions and is linked to a number of afflictions, including obesity, high cholesterol, hypertension, depression and heart disease. The author, medical correspondent for ABC's The View and an early researcher of Viagra, points out that prescription medications aren't always the answer. He outlines a six-week program that focuses on diet, exercise and supplements such as Pycnogenol/L-Arginine, a combination of antioxidant and pine-bark extract that reduces the risk of chronic diseases and results in a "rock-hard erection." Lamm peppers his straightforward text with jokes and entertaining anecdotes from patients at his New York City practice. He estimates that 20 million men aged 40 to 70 suffer from erectile dysfunction. While many never seek treatment, perhaps they will pick up this important book, which is filled with several new insights and tips for maintaining sexual and general health. (June 1) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
Preface: Sex Is Important... | xvii | |
Part 1 | The Mental and Physical Aspects of Hardness | |
1 | What Is the Hardness Factor? | 3 |
How Dependable Is Your Penis? | ||
Sex Is a Measure of a Man's Health | ||
How Hard Is Your Penis? | ||
Beginning The Hardness Factor Program | ||
2 | A Hard Man Is Good to Find-Erections Come from the Heart | 25 |
Heart Health = Hard and Healthy | ||
Eliminating the Sexual Confidence Gap | ||
What Is Your Hardness Risk? | ||
Hardness 101 | ||
The Refractory Period-Come Again? | ||
Saying Yes to NO | ||
3 | The Hardness Factor Six-Week Program-Better Health, Better Sex, Better Life | 45 |
Hardness in Both Body and Mind | ||
Hard Is Good; Harder Is Better | ||
My Hardness Prescription | ||
Sensuous Nutrition: A Connection to Hardness | ||
Hardness Factor Supplements-Nature's Viagra | ||
Getting Fit for Sex | ||
Part 2 | The Hardness Factor Six-Week Program Hard Is Good-Harder Is Better | |
4 | Week One: Building a Foundation | 65 |
The Start of a Lifetime of Hardness | ||
Vitamins for the Penis | ||
Pycnogenol Battles Free Radicals | ||
A Hardness Booster-How L-Arginine Works | ||
The Hardness Factor Pycnogenol/L-Arginine Program | ||
Walk Your Way to Fitness | ||
The Hardness Factor Walking Program | ||
Visualization-a Powerful Preview | ||
5 | Week Two: The Hardness Factor Lifestyle | 93 |
Who Has Time for a Libido? | ||
Halfhearted Sex Results in Half-Hardness | ||
Let's Get Lust | ||
Essence of a Man: Testosterone | ||
Testosterone Checklist | ||
Men and Masturbation | ||
Horny Goat Weed Makes You, Well, Horny | ||
The Hardness Factor Horny Goat Weed Program | ||
Make Time for Tea | ||
6 | Week Three: The Halfway Milestone | 125 |
Renew Your Hard Resolve | ||
Hardness Factor Supplements-Omega-3s Are #1 | ||
The Hardness Factor Omega-3 Program | ||
Another Guy Thing-Fear of Doctors | ||
The Blues Can Be a Medical Condition | ||
Taking Care of Your Prostate | ||
7 | Week Four: Getting Harder | 151 |
Red Wine Extract for the Heart and Hardness | ||
The Hardness Factor OPC Program | ||
Over Before It Begins: Premature Ejaculation | ||
The Unquickie-Tantric Sex | ||
Renewing Your Energy Sources | ||
Peyronie's Disease-Life's Curveball | ||
8 | Week Five: You Feel the Change and So Does Your Penis | 173 |
When It's Harder to Get Hard, Tell Your Doctor | ||
Heart Disease Checklist | ||
Boosting HDL Boosts Hardness | ||
Niacin Works Very Hard | ||
The Hardness Factor Niacin Program | ||
Eating for Enjoyment and Health | ||
Understanding Your BMR | ||
Downward Motility | ||
9 | Week Six: Hardness-a Way of Life | 199 |
Better Sex, Better Health, Better Life | ||
One... Two... Three... Foreplay | ||
Antioxidants = Antisoftness | ||
The Hardness Factor Vitamin C and E Program | ||
Diabesity: A Natural Softener | ||
Diabetes Checklist | ||
Sexual Fitness: Men Never Had a Jane Fonda | ||
Part 3 | Hardness for Life (or at Least Through Friday Night) | |
10 | The Hardness Factor Four-Day Insurance Policy | 223 |
Sensual Nutrition: Make Changes in What You Eat | ||
Supplement Your Hardness | ||
Sexual Fitness for Hardness | ||
11 | Hardness: A New Barometer of Your Health | 241 |
Impact of Aging | ||
Stress Can Keep You Down | ||
Sleep Apnea Erases Erections | ||
Excessive Drinking Makes Erections Soft | ||
Drugs Prevent Hard Erections | ||
Diabetes Limits Erections | ||
12 | Harder Problems | 253 |
Sexual Medicine Is Medicine | ||
Viagra-the Beginning | ||
Levitra | ||
Cialis | ||
Which Erection Drug to Choose | ||
Erectile Dysfunction Therapy | ||
13 | Harder Still | 263 |
Fear of Ugliness | ||
My Hardness Workout | ||
Why Weight? | ||
NO: Good for the Pump | ||
It's Your Body, How Hard Do You Want It? | ||
Appendices | ||
I | Eating Hard: Creating a Hardness-Friendly Shopping List | 279 |
II | Recipes for Hardness: Eating Is a Good Thing-so Is Being Hard | 285 |
III | The Hardness Factor Six-Week Program Guide | 317 |
IV | Equipment: Our Shopping List | 325 |
V | Visual Aid | 329 |
VI | Biographies | 331 |
Index | 333 |