Losing weight can make ‘fatter blokes feel friskier & boost sex life’

SLIMMING can give blokes a hefty boost to their sex lives, studies have found.

Drastic weight loss helped tubby men feel friskier and reduced erection problems.

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This left them much more satisfied in the bedroom because the extra flab had been holding them back in the sack, researchers say.

A quarter of UK fellas are obese and scientists warn they are up to three times as likely to suffer erectile dysfunction.

A university professor analysed 14 studies involving 508 men who had weight loss surgery.

They scored an average 19 per cent higher on the International Index of Erectile Function after shedding the pounds.

Their testosterone levels also shot up — more than doubling in some patients — boosting their sex drive and virility.

Researcher Dr Magdalena Pisarska-Adamczyk said: “From a biological standpoint, an increased percentage of fatty tissue leads to a general state of inflammation, which can impair blood flow into the penis.”

The academic, of Poland’s Jagiellonian University, also says in the journal Obesity Surgery that fat men may not be comfortable with their bodies, so avoid sex.

However, a 2019 study found chubbier couples made love more often.

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