Tip Drink This for Stronger Erections Search Skip to content Menu Menu follow us Store Articles Community Loyal-T Club Loyal-T Points Rewards Subscribe to Save Search Search The World s Trusted Source & Community for Elite Fitness EatingSex & HormonesSupplements Tip Drink This for Stronger Erections A juice that builds a better boner Here' s the hard science by TC Luoma March 17, 2017July 8, 2022 Tags Diet Strategy, Nutrition & Supplements, Pomegranate, Sexual Performance, Tips Stiffies and Pomegranate Juice The Pom Wonderful people have gotten their red-stained hands slapped for making their pomegranate juice sound just a little bit too wonderful (treating heart disease, prostate cancer), but one of their claims – that of giving users rock-hard erections – might have some equally rock-hard science to back it up. One study purported that pomegranate juice improved erectile dysfunction in 42 men. Several others found similar results. Whether pomegranate does this by improving heart function (and anything that helps the heart and circulation is good for the penis) or some other mechanism isn't completely known. If you want to experiment with the erection-enhancing effects of pomegranate, drink about 6 ounces a day. Whether you need to drink it a set number of hours before sex is unknown, but drinking it in the morning appears to work fine for those that have sex the same evening. Keep in mind, though, that the effects may fade after a month or two. If this is true, you may wish to "cycle" it, drinking it every day for a month, taking two weeks off, and then resuming daily doses. Caution may be warranted on what you combine pomegranate juice with, though. The Urology Annals publication documented three cases of men who suffered from erections that lasted between 5 and 8 hours and needed medical intervention to alleviate. The men, ages 46, 35, and 27, used pomegranate together with the erectile dysfunction drug sildenafil, aka Viagra, and found that their erections wouldn't subside after sex. The doctors that authored the report theorized that pomegranate juice blocks two enzymes (CYP3A4 and CYP2C9) that are involved in the metabolism of Viagra. Knock out these enzymes and you make your dose of Viagra much more potent, as demonstrated by the three preternaturally hard patients. While another juice, grapefruit, isn't touted as having any special erection powers on its own, it does inhibit some of the same enzymes that pomegranate does, which means that grapefruit juice also supercharges the effects of Viagra (and many other drugs, too). It may not be too much of a problem if you have a glass of grapefruit juice in the morning and then have take a Viagra pill later on in the day or evening, but swallowing your Viagra with a glass of grapefruit (or, of course, pomegranate), could greatly intensify the effects of the drug. Conversely, it's possible this combo might work rather well, if you catch my drift, but it does run the risk of getting an erection that just won't quit. Similar caution might be warranted when using grapefruit or pomegranate juice with pro-testosterone/pro-male supplements that list stronger erections as a side effect. Forest CP et al. Efficacy and safety of pomegranate juice on improvement of erectile dysfunction in male patients with mild to moderate erectile dysfunction: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, crossover study. Int J Impot Res. Nov-Dec 2007;19(6):564-7. PubMed. Senthilkumaran S et al. Priapism, pomegranate juice, and sildenafil: Is there a connection? Urol Ann. 2012 May;4(2):108-10. PubMed. Get The T Nation Newsletters Don' t Miss Out Expert Insights To Get Stronger, Gain Muscle Faster, And Take Your Lifting To The Next Level related posts Diet & Fat Loss Tip Understand the Law of Metabolic Demand Stop using the word "weight" and get smarter about calories. This will help. Feeding the Ideal Body, Nutrition & Supplements, Tips Dr Jade Teta March 8 Diet & Fat Loss Temporal Nutrition Q& A I'm a salty consumer advocate. Ask anyone I know, including the editors of this web site. Being such, I do my best to associate only with good people whether it's in academics, business, or personal endeavors. Likewise, I associate myself only with ideas and concepts that have both empirical and professional support. Feeding the Ideal Body, Nutrition & Supplements Lonnie Lowery, PhD October 4 Diet & Fat Loss Truth About Gluten Turns out, not all protein is awesome. Gluten can make you bloated and might put the brakes on hypertrophy. Here's how. Diet Strategy, Feeding the Ideal Body, Nutrition & Supplements Mike Roussell, PhD April 29 Diet & Fat Loss Tip Know How Many Carbs You Need Lifters and athletes can handle more carbs, even when trying to lose fat. Check out these guidelines. Feeding the Ideal Body, Nutrition & Supplements, Tips Nate Miyaki November 8