2018-08-01 11:12:30
Blue balls occurs when you're getting aroused or stimulating yourself without getting release. I'm sure it's not healthy - but you also shouldn't be getting it unless you're edging or doing other similar things in a way that encourage that.
As for prostate health, not sure how reliable this source is but, according to it, frequent masturbation at the ages of 20-30 INCREASES the risk of prostate cancer later in life:
http://www.webmd.com/prostate-cancer/news/20090127/masturbation-and-prostate-cancer-risk
The article also mentions that in older individuals frequent masturbation decreased the prostate cancer risk.
Of course these are just correlations, and the reality of the matter is the whole masturbation and prostate cancer thing was a correlation made because of the fact that prostate cancer is hormonal. Increased testosterone and DHT makes for a higher chance of having prostate cancer. The thing is, increased testosterone and DHT is VERY good for a man in almost every other respect, and the increase in prostate cancer risk is so small that it's laughable. Low or inadequate Testosterone has so many crushing negatives, that even if you're terrified of the idea of prostate cancer, it seriously wouldn't be worth having - while high testosterone's only real negative is that yes, there is a slight increase in said risk, but a minuscule one.
So how does NoFap play into all of this? Well we know sexual exhaustion and over-masturbation can down-regulate the androgen system, or the expression of the androgen receptors where testosterone binds. So in theory, if someone was at high risk of prostate cancer, and willing to suffer all the negatives of lowered testosterone and a less effective androgen system - then yes, perhaps masturbation may reduce their risk slightly, albeit with a big trade off in negatives.
NoFap on the other hand should help the androgen system replenish, which in theory means more effective testosterone, which could in turn, if the effect was large enough, make your risk of prostate cancer slightly higher. But how much higher? We're talking a couple of % more likely on top of an already tiny chance, and that's only if NoFap really significantly improved your androgen system to an extreme extent (which, even for something as cool as NoFap, is grasping a little high. it's not that powerful.)
Here's the kind of things we're talking:
High Testosterone & Other Androgens:
Benefits:
- More confident
- Higher energy levels
- Higher libido
- Longer lasting erections
- No premature ejaculation or impotence
- Awesome mood
- More attractive to women
- Feel more like a man
- Better sleep
- Lose fat and gain muscle easier
Negatives:
- + like 2% chance to your already super low risk of prostate cancer
Low Testosterone & Other Androgens:
Benefits:
- None
Negatives:
- Chance of prostate cancer is only like 2% lower than with high test, but you also have..
- Low confidence
- Low energy
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Increased fat around the stomach and chest
- Erectile dysfunction & impotence
- Premature ejaculation
- Sleep trouble
- Slower muscle gains
- Low overall mood
Which'd you pick? ;) and as a bit of an added extra, this is only assuming that NoFap actually does benefit the androgen system in way required to make prostate cancer more likely, which would require it to boost your androgen system to way-above-normal levels, which I very much doubt it does.
So if you keep that in mind, you can remove the negative from the high testosterone box, and basically see that there's nothing to fear.
C"est bon, je suis convaincu, je commence le nofap