Dull penile ache all day... and Protein?

Symptoms Sexual
#1

I’m experiencing a very uncomfortable ache in the penis all day. Does anybody else suffer this? It’s been incredibly bad recently, and I find it hard to focus on work and such.

There’s only one thing I can attribute to causing it - other than Propecia initially… which is that I’ve started taking a lot of protein in to my body, up to 150g a day. Could the protein be responsible for this side effect? I am going to try to cut down to see if it stops, but I do need the protein for my gym routine :confused:

I wish all of this would go away. I’m so tired of it…

#2

I should mention, most of my protein comes from taking 2 shakes with 2 scoops of whey protein in whole milk.

I’ll cut down to one per day and report back, but any feedback about how this might be affecting me would be great.

#3

Dairy is full of xenoestrogens! Tastes good (especially ice cream and cheese), but your body probably needs to take a dairy vacation for a while.

#4

Thanks pax, I’ll research xenoestrogens. I’m taking a break off it for a few days… I’ll report back.

#5

Update: I stopped the protein shakes since Friday and can report that the ache that plagued me for weeks has stopped! Also my libido has improved quite a lot. I hope I maintain this and I think it’s very interesting, in terms of how diet can impact the situation we find ourselves in.

It’s a tad frustrating, because I needed the protein for my gym, but it’s not worth the discomfort I experienced. I may go use the protein powder again soon, however using 2 scoops once a day with milk rather than 2 scoops twice a day.

Hope someone finds this useful.

#6

I’m actually going to go back to using the whey protein, but with water instead of the milk. Hopefully this will be fine, but if anyone thinks it’s a bad idea, please let me know…

If symptoms flare up again, I’ll quit again.

#7

if you want more protein you should use this here sunwarrior.com/product-info/classic-protein/ its organic and its vegetarian protein…the best protein for humans, Ill buy this one soon, here in brazil everything is so expensive it blows my mind. but you cant go wrong with this.