1 Try to avoid using food as a stress reducer. 2  A brisk walk or a cup of herbal tea might work instead. 3  If you feel the need to eat, hard crunchy foods help relieve stress by putting tight jaw muscles to work. 4  Try snacking on a handful of almonds, soy nuts or baby carrots. 5  Cut back on caffeine.
This article is about penile erection. For the similar arousal in females, see clitoral erection. For other uses, see Erection (disambiguation). An erection (clinically: penile erection or penile tumescence) is a physiological phenomenon in which the penis becomes firmer, engorged and enlarged.
Erectile dysfunction (ED), formerly known as impotence, is the inability to achieve or maintain an erection long enough to engage in sexual intercourse. Under normal circumstances, when a man is sexually stimulated, his brain sends a message down the spinal cord and into the nerves of the penis.