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Will A Vegan World Put Viagra Out Of Business?

There’s a heck of a headline to wake up to. But Well-known documentary and adventure film maker James Cameron has this theory that men won’t need Viagra anymore if they go Vegan. He says a Vegan diet will not only protect and even restore cardiac health, but will make one more potent…

Vegetarian Feast - © isha.sadhguru orgThere’s a world of goodness in the Vegetarian/Vegan diet. But I remain very skeptical
of James Cameron’s claims that it can put Viagra out of business.

James Cameron is the guy behind Avatar and Titanic, and he’s made his mark on science by diving in a submersible he designed himself to the bottom of the Marianas Trench – The Challenger Deep – the deepest point in all the world’s oceans. Now. he’s championing Veganism as one of the movements that are going to shape the future, particularly the future of sex.

He says there’s clinical evidence…

In an interview with the Toronto Star, Cameron points to a clinical test which he included in his latest film, The Game Changers, in which going Vegan apparently positively effected not only mens’ health but boosted their libido, as well.

In a test set up for Cameron’s benefit, noted physician and author, urologist Dr. Aaron Spitz, apparently showed that male test subjects had ‘better’ (firmer) erections after consuming Vegan meal than they did after a meat-heavy meal. Subjects wore special devices to measure their penile length and girth

“I call it the Peter meter scene,” Cameron chuckled, as he talked with the Star interviewer.

Will it put Viagra out of business?

“I’d love to put Viagra out of business, just by spreading the word on plant-based eating,” Cameron told the Star.

But I have serious doubts that will ever happen. First, people – men especially – will always employ the most convenient means to their ends. (No pun intended.) A little blue pill is tons easier than trying to go Vegan. And not nearly so problematic. And the user’s gratification, if I can put it that way, is immediate. And Viagra may actually be cheaper than going Vegan on a daily basis.

Also… I have some issues with the film’s test sequence. Would you trust a doctor who’s renowned as the author of he best-selling Penis Book to keep strictly to the scientific method in designing and executing his trials? Or might he streamline his procedures to make things easier for Cameron to process into his film?

What about the study sample? I’m not sure (the Star report does not say), but I think only a few men were included in the test sample. That dearth of data alone renders the results of he so-called test inconclusive, at best. And how did he validate the accuracy of his erection measuring devices?

That’s just a sample of the questions that come to mind.

My overall take…

Veganism and Vegetarianism have so much to recommend them already, with their implications for the environment and our health in general, that nobody really had to go out of their way to see if there were ‘intimate’ implications or not. Just the inclusion of the testing sequence in his documentary degrades the film overall and makes me wonder about the legitimacy of the other assertions he makes therein.

One big question not answered in the interview or the film is, do Cameron and the doctor consider Viagra ‘vegan’?

~ Maggie J.