Introduction
obesity, diabetes mellitus, Metabolic syndrome
OBESITY, TESTOSTERONE DEFICIENCY, MALE HYPOGONADISM, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, HYPOGONADISM, DIABETES MELLITUS, METABOLIC SYNDROME, OVERWEIGHT OR OBESITY, DISEASES, METABOLIC SYNDROME, ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
Metabolic syndrome has been widely studied in recent years, mainly due to its role as a risk factor for several diseases. Overweight or obesity, which is one component of metabolic syndrome, has a high prevalence and is considered a public health problem. Brazilian data show that the obesity rate in individuals aged ≥ 20 years more than doubled (from 12.2 to 26.8%) between 2003 and 2019 and, during this period, male obesity rose from 9.6% to 22.8% [Testosterone deficiency, also called hypogonadism, is also a prevalent condition, affecting around 5 million Americans [Metabolic syndrome and all of its risk factors (eg, cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus and obesity) are associated with erectile dysfunction, raising the hypothesis that correcting these factors could improve the sexuality of men who suffer from this condition [We found no studies reporting specific effects of a low-carbohydrate diet on male hypogonadism. Therefore, we performed a study to verify the effects of this type of diet in men with metabolic syndrome, mainly focusing on serum testosterone level and erectile function, due to the possible correlation between them after an extensive literature review.