How does frequent pornography use
can lead to unrealistic expectations and
distorted views of sexuality, which can
negatively impact sexual relationships?
- Porn may create unrealistic expectations about
one's body, sexual performance, and partner's
preferences, which can lead to dissatisfaction,
insecurity, and anxiety. Porn may also trigger
negative body image, especially in women, who
may compare themselves to the idealized images
of porn stars and feel inadequate or unattractive.
- Porn may interfere with one's ability to form
meaningful attachments and emotional bonds
with sexual partners, which can affect one's mood
and self-esteem. Porn may reduce the release of
oxytocin and vasopressin, hormones that help to
create intimacy and trust24
• Porn may also increase
the risk of infidelity or divorce, which can cause
emotional distress and lower self-worth.
- Porn may affect sexual function and satisfaction,
which can influence sex hormones and libido. Porn
may cause erectile dysfunction, premature
ejaculation, or delayed ejaculation in men, and
reduced arousal, lubrication, or orgasm in women.
Porn may also reduce sexual sensitivity and
enjoyment, as one becomes desensitized to natural 
stimuli and requires more intense or novel 
stimulation to achieve pleasure. 
Can you create a sequence of steps on how different 
factors such as hormones, nervous system, digestion, 
inflammation, immunity, liver function, and eating 
habits are interconnected and affect each other in a 
vicious cycle that can cause or worsen IBS and hormone 
dysregulation?
Here is my attempt to create a sequence of steps on how different factors such as hormones, nervous 
system, digestion, inflammation, immunity, liver function, and eating habits are interconnected and 
affect each other in a vicious cycle that can cause or worsen IBS and hormone dysregulation:
The cycle starts with blood sugar instability, 
which can be caused by erratic eating patterns 
due to IBS symptoms or other factors such as 
stress, lack of sleep, or poor diet.
Blood sugar instability causes the body to 
release more insulin to lower blood sugar levels. 
High insulin reduces the production of motilin, a 
hormone that stimulates gut motility. Low 
motilin causes food to stay longer in the small 
intestine and ferment, leading to gas and 
bloating.
Blood sugar instability also causes the body to 
release more adrenaline and cortisol to raise 
blood sugar levels. These stress hormones switch 
the body from the PNS to the SNS. The PNS 
stimulates digestive enzyme production and the 
SNS inhibits it. Low enzyme production causes 
food to be poorly digested and absorbed, 
leading to malnutrition and inflammation.
The SNS also affects the ileocecal valve, a valve 
that separates the small and large intestines. The 
SNS can cause the valve to malfunction and 
allow waste from the large intestine to flow back 
into the small intestine or food from the small 
intestine to pass too quickly into the large 
intestine. This can cause IBS symptoms such as 
constipation or diarrhea.
In women, stress hormones also affect the 
production of sex hormones such as 
progesterone and estrogen. Stress hormones 
cause pregnant alone steal, where pregnant 
alone, a precursor hormone for progesterone, is 
used to make cortisol instead of progesterone. 
This leads to low progesterone and high 
estrogen levels in women.
Low progesterone and high estrogen levels in 
women increase serotonin levels in the gut. 
Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that regulates 
mood, appetite, sleep, and pain perception. High 
serotonin levels in the gut cause pain and 
discomfort due to increased sensitivity and 
reduced motility.
High serotonin levels in the gut also increase 
histamine levels in the gut. Histamine is a 
chemical that is involved in immune responses 
and inflammation. High histamine levels in the 
gut cause inflammation and food intolerance 
due to increased sensitivity and reduced motility.
The liver is an organ that performs many 
functions such as detoxifying substances, 
producing bile, storing glycogen, regulating 
hormones, and metabolizing drugs. When there 
are excess hormones such as estrogen, cortisol, 
and serotonin in the body due to stress or 
hormone dysregulation, the liver becomes 
overwhelmed and cannot process them 
efficiently. It then dumps them into the bowel 
where they can cause further problems such as 
IBS symptoms or hormonal imbalance.
IBS causes erratic eating patterns such as 
skipping meals, bingeing, or restricting food 
intake due to pain, fear, or discomfort. This can 
lead to blood sugar instability which can trigger 
more stress hormones such as insulin, 
adrenaline, and cortisol which can worsen IBS 
symptoms.
This cycle can repeat itself over and over again 
unless it is interrupted by interventions such as 
medication, therapy, diet changes, lifestyle 
modifications, or other treatments that can help 
restore balance and harmony among these 
factors.
Hello, this is Bing. I will try to explain what I 
mean by "Stress hormones cause pregnant alone 
steal, where pregnant alone, a precursor 
hormone for progesterone, is used to make 
cortisol instead of progesterone."
Pregnant alone is a hormone that is produced 
from cholesterol in the body. It is the starting 
point for the synthesis of other hormones such 
as progesterone, cortisol, testosterone, and 
estrogen. 
Progesterone is a hormone that supports 
pregnancy and menstrual cycles in women. It 
also has anti-inflammatory and calming effects 
on the body and brain. 
Cortisol is a hormone that helps the body cope 
with stress by increasing blood sugar, blood 
pressure, and alertness. It also has inflammatory 
and stimulating effects on the body and brain.
Normally, the body produces a balanced amount 
of these hormones depending on the needs and 
signals from various organs and systems. 
However, when the body is under chronic or 
acute stress, it prioritizes the production of 
cortisol over progesterone because cortisol is 
more essential for survival in a dangerous or 
challenging situation. This means that the body 
uses more pregnant alone to make cortisol and 
less to make progesterone. This results in low 
progesterone and high cortisol levels in the body.
This phenomenon is called pregnant alone steal 
because it seems like cortisol is stealing pregnant 
alone from progesterone. It can have negative 
consequences for women's health such as 
hormonal imbalance, menstrual irregularities, 
infertility, mood disorders, weight gain, 
insomnia, and increased inflammation and pain.
As Watching porn increases different stress hormones like 
cortisol, so it can have a adverse ripple effect on the different 
normal bodily functions and different hormonal (cortisol, 
progesterone, estrogen, histamine, testosterone )functions 
because of the hormone dysregulation caused by different 
stress hormones resulting from watching porn, right? And if so, 
how this can affect different factors that are interconnected 
which affect each other in a vicious cycle that can cause or 
worsen IBS? answer in a sequence of steps as you did earlier.
Watching porn can trigger cortisol-like stress hormones, 
potentially initiating a negative domino effect on the 
interconnected factors, ultimately exacerbating IBS 
symptoms:
1. Watching porn elevates stress hormones like cortisol,
which can lead to blood sugar instability, exacerbating
diet-related issues and potentially worsening IBS
symptoms.
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2. Blood sugar instability increases insulin output and
adrenaline release, further activating the SNS and
inhibiting PNS function, leading to impaired digestion and
inflammation.
3. The SNS dominance hampers 
the ileocecal valve, 
contributing to constipation or 
diarrhea and related IBS 
symptoms.
4. Stress hormones caused by watching porn can also
induce hormonal imbalances like pregnenolone steal,
affecting progesterone and estrogen levels in women,
resulting in gut serotonin dysregulation.
5. Serotonin and histamine imbalance in the gut amplifies
inflammation, food intolerance, and IBS symptoms.
6. Overproduction of stress hormones due to porn
consumption can overwhelm the liver, hampering its
ability to process the excess hormones effectively and
exacerbating IBS.
7. The stress induced by watching porn can perpetuate
erratic eating patterns, further instigating blood sugar
instability, hormone fluctuations, and IBS symptoms,
sustaining the vicious cycle.
Pregnenolone steal is when stress makes your body use more pregnenolone to make cortisol (a stress 
hormone) and less to make sex hormones (like estrogen and testosterone)^1^ ^2^. This can cause 
hormonal imbalances and symptoms like fatigue, mood swings, low libido, etc.
To prevent or reverse pregnenolone steal, you may need 
to reduce stress and support your adrenal glands^3^. 
Some possible ways to do that are:
• Eating a balanced diet rich in protein, healthy fats,
antioxidants and fiber
• Avoiding caffeine, alcohol, sugar and processed foods
• Taking supplements such as vitamin C, B-complex,
magnesium, zinc and adaptogens
• Getting enough sleep and rest
• Practicing relaxation techniques such as meditation,
yoga, breathing exercises or massage
• Exercising moderately and regularly
PORN ADDICTION: CORTISOL LEVEL & OTHER
HEALTH CONCERNS
April 3, 2013 · by abdullah21munna · in Uncategorized · Leave a comment
Porn addiction: Cortisol level & other health concerns
Sufficient sleep is essential to health. Research has shown that insufficient sleep which can be caused by porn addiction can
lead to increase cortisol levels
Cortisol, also known more formally as hydrocortisone (INN, USAN, BAN), is a steroid hormone, more specifically a
glucocorticoid, produced by the zona fasciculata of the adrenal gland.[1] It is released in response to stress and a low level of
blood glucocorticoids. Its primary functions are to increase blood sugar through gluconeogenesis; suppress the immune
system; and aid in fat, protein and carbohydrate metabolism.[2] It also decreases bone formation. Various synthetic
forms of cortisol are used to treat a variety of diseases. (Source: Wikipedia: Cortisol)
Essentially that is saying that sleep depravation caused by porn addiction can lead to suppression of the immune system and
decrease bone formation. And porn addiction is now promoted by the wide availablity of porn via the pervasive Internet. All
you need is a computer, mobile or otherwise, and all those porn on the Internet will be easily available to you.
What food should I avoid to
maintain my pancreatic health?
Avoid all foods containing saturated fat and trans-fatty acids.
Tuna, mackerel, and salmon are some of the many types of fish that contain 
high amounts of omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3s are great for your heart health 
and reduce inflammation linked to IBS. Add more fatty fish to your diet.
1. Cut down the intake of
refined carbohydrates such as white bread, sugar-laden foods, cakes, cookies
and pastries, pastas as these foods can make it hard for the digestive system to
process and also increase attack of acute pancreatitis.
Avoid citrus foods, curd, processed foods, carbonated beverage and obviously
ALCOHOL
Eat on a regular schedule
Eat a well-balanced diet
Eat smaller portions
Eat slowly
Drink plenty of water
2. Plenty of regular exercise
3. Take cinnamon
4. Greek Yogurt
5. Proper sleep
6. Omega-3 rich foods ,EGGS & Watermelon for SEROTONIN And DOPAMINE
HORMONES AND IBS 
Olafur S. Palsson, Psy.D. 
William E. Whitehead, Ph.D. 
One of the common questions asked by individuals who suffer from irritable bowel syndrome is 
whether hormones might play a role in causing the problem. In particular, some women with IBS 
wonder about this based on their own observations of changes in their bowel symptoms with the 
menstrual cycle. The possible role of hormones in IBS has been investigated in recent years by 
several researchers, including our group. 
Hormones are internal messenger chemicals in the body. They are released by special cells into the 
blood stream, in varying amounts that depend on how much activity is called for at each time. 
Hormones circulate through the body and regulate the activity and growth of cells and organs by 
stimulating or inhibiting specific functions. 
The most widely recognized examples of hormones are the sex hormones estrogen and testosterone, 
as well as adrenaline, which is the hormone that increases strength and energy to prepare the body 
for action. However, numerous other hormones also play varied roles in ensuring the normal 
functioning of the human body. 
SEX HORMONES 
There are indications that sex hormones, and in particular estrogen and progesterone, influence 
irritable bowel syndrome. Receptors for these hormones have been found on gastrointestinal cells, 
which suggest that the gastrointestinal tract is designed to sense and react to them. There is also 
evidence that such reactions do indeed occur: Both women with and without IBS tend to experience 
systematic changes in gastrointestinal symptoms at the times in their menstrual cycle when the 
amounts of these hormones in the blood change most(1,2). Symptoms such as stomach pain, diarrhea, 
nausea, and bloating are generally greatest during menses, when estrogen and progesterone drop 
down to the lowest levels in the body. Bloating is the only IBS-type symptom which also seems to 
be worse during the second half of the cycle (the luteal phase) before the beginning of menses(3)
. 
Although GI symptom changes related to the menstrual cycle are common in women in general, 
those who have IBS are significantly more likely to report an exacerbation of bowel symptoms 
during menses. Our group found that 50% of female IBS patients, compared to 34% of non-IBS 
patients, report worsening of bowel symptoms during menses(2). Lee and colleagues(4) similarly 
reported that 40% of their female IBS patients experienced menstruation-related worsening of GI 
symptoms. 
It should be noted, however, that even though gastrointestinal symptoms are more responsive to 
sex hormone fluctuations in women with IBS, the amounts of these hormones in the body do not 
seem to be different in women with the disorder(1) 
. 
Interestingly, women who have IBS-type symptoms also appear to experience worse menstrual 
symptoms, such as water retention and concentration difficulties, compared to other women(1)
. 
It is unclear how changes in sex hormones cause gastrointestinal symptoms to change. However, 
balloon distention studies have shown that women who suffer from IBS are more sensitive to 
discomfort in the intestines during menses(5,6). This suggests that heightened pain sensitivity in the 
gut, which many researchers think is a key factor in IBS, might play a role in the increase in 
symptoms due to hormonal changes. Epidemiological data suggest that IBS in women becomes less 
common after menopause. In a national survey of 5430 householders in the United States (7)
conducted by our group under the direction of Dr. Drossman, we found that the frequency of IBS 
decreased after age 45 in women but remained unchanged in men. Decrease in IBS symptoms has 
similarly been reported by other researchers(8-10) British data also show(11) that clinic consultations for 
IBS by women, which are generally more common than in men, decrease down to rates equal to 
men after age 65. The decline in IBS after menopause indicates again that sex hormone fluctuations 
play a part in producing the symptoms, because such fluctuations cease after menopause. 
With all these indications of female sex hormones playing a role in IBS symptoms, one might ask 
whether the male sex hormone testosterone also influences IBS. Houghton and colleagues in 
England recently attempted to address this question, to our knowledge for the first time, by 
comparing testosterone levels in men with and without IBS(12). These investigators did not find a 
significant difference in testosterone levels between IBS men and those without the disorder, but 
they did find that men with the highest testosterone levels also had the highest gut pain sensitivity 
in balloon inflation tests. They also noted that another hormone - luteinizing hormone 
- tended to be lower in men who had IBS, but that finding was not statistically significant once
emotional variables (which can influence it) were taken into account.
GUT HORMONES 
Even though several hormones (including gastrin, secretin, cholecystokinin, and motilin) 
specifically control the activity of the gastrointestinal tract, there has been curiously little research to 
date on the role these hormones might play in IBS. However, there are a few indications that 
aberrations in gut hormones may be a factor in IBS symptom production. 
A substantial proportion of patients with IBS experience bowel symptoms soon after eating a meal. 
There is now some evidence indicate that these so-called postprandial symptoms may be brought 
on by abnormal reactivity in the hormones cholecystokinin (CCK) and motilin, which are thought 
to initiate the activity of different parts of the intestinal tract in response to eating. 
Sjolund and colleagues in Sweden(13) observed that patients with IBS had an exaggerated CCK 
response to a fat-rich meal, and a decreased motilin response to both a meal and water. Another 
Swedish group has found motilin to be elevated in IBS patients(14). Japanese research by Fukudo 
and Suzuki(15) furthermore reported 15 years ago that IBS patients show an increase in motilin in 
response to mental stress in a laboratory test, and that hormone rise is associated with abnormally 
increased gut activity. All of this may point to abnormal reactivity in the hormones that control the 
gut's reaction to internal stimuli being at fault to some degree in eliciting bowel symptoms in IBS 
patients after eating, and possibly (if the Japanese findings turn out to be replicable) in response to 
psychological stress. 
Our group has conducted two small studies, which indicate that another gut hormone, vasoactive 
intestinal peptide, or VIP, is abnormally concentrated in IBS. In the first study(16), we measured the 
concentration of several substances in samples of the mucosal lining of the rectum, looking for 
evidence of possible low-grade inflammation of the bowel. While we found no evidence of 
inflammation, we noted that the gut hormone VIP was twice as concentrated in the samples from 16 
IBS patients compared to the 17 control subjects. This group difference was statistically significant. 
We followed up on this finding with another study(17) where we examined whether the amount of 
VIP circulating in the blood in IBS and control subjects was different, by taking blood samples from 
the arm of 30 IBS patients and 30 age- and gender-matched healthy individuals. We found again 
that VIP was present in greater concentration in IBS patients. Together, these two findings provide 
intriguing indications that elevated levels of VIP, which stimulates the bowels and can cause 
crampy and watery diarrhea when highly concentrated in the gut, may be characteristic of IBS. 
Further research will be needed to clarify the influence of this hormone in IBS. 
STRESS HORMONES 
It is widely recognized that stress has a negative influence on irritable bowel syndrome. The 
adrenal hormone Cortisol is central to producing many of the physical effects which emotional 
stress causes in the body. Heitkemper and her colleagues(18) reported in 1996 that Cortisol was 
unusually high in women with IBS. It was unclear from their study, however, whether the increase 
was the result of greater psychological stress levels of women with the disorder, or whether the 
higher hormone level was independent of mental stress. 
More recently, Patacchioli and colleagues in Italy(19) have also reported exaggerated Cortisol activity 
in patients with IBS. Cortisol is generally higher in the morning and lower in the evening. These 
investigators found this natural pattern to be exaggerated in IBS patients compared to control 
subjects. They furthermore evaluated the psychological stress of the subjects, and found that these 
Cortisol differences in the IBS patients could not be explained by differences in psychological stress. 
Another stress hormone that may be a promising lead for understanding how stress increases IBS 
symptoms is Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), which has been shown to cause stressrelated 
intestinal muscle activity in laboratory animals. Fukudo's group in Japan has reported(20)
that the intestines of IBS patients show stronger and longer-lasting muscle contractions in response 
to this hormone compared to control subjects. 
SUMMING UP WHAT WE KNOW 
As we have detailed above, research has uncovered several clues indicating that hormones 
influence IBS, but to date these findings have done more to raise interesting new research questions 
than provide useful answers. Much more work is called for to sort out the exact role of different 
hormones in IBS. So far, what we know can be summarized as follows: 
• fluctuation of female sex hormone levels appear to influence the severity of IBS symptoms,
and the cessation of this fluctuation at menopause seems to have a beneficial effect on IBS;
• both male and female sex hormones influence the intestinal pain sensitivity of individuals
with IBS;
• the stress hormone Cortisol may be over-reactive and intestinal responses to CRH
exaggerated in IBS patients;
• the gut hormones motilin and CCK show abnormal reactions in IBS patients, and VIP
appears to be elevated in IBS.
It must be kept in mind in reviewing this research that even though measurable differences in 
hormone levels are found in IBS, this might not mean that such changes play a critical role in the 
disorder. Furthermore, the observed abnormalities may only be an intermediate step in a chain of 
dysfunction; hormones are message chemicals, and the source of the abnormal "message" may lie 
elsewhere. Nonetheless, the accumulating findings of hormone involvement in IBS are encouraging. 
For if hormones play a significant role in producing the symptoms, it may provide hope for better 
control of IBS symptoms in the future with medications that neutralize or correct the disturbing 
messages carried by hormones to the gut. 
FURTHER RESEARCH ON SEX HORMONES AND IBS 
There are several common events in women's lives that cause their sex hormone levels to change 
dramatically. These include the use of birth control pills, pregnancy, surgical removal of the ovaries, 
hormone replacement therapy, and estrogen-suppression with drugs (sometimes used to reduce 
breast-cancer risk). 
The influence of these events has not been studied systematically to date, and doing so is likely to 
provide important information about the relationship between sex hormones and IBS in women. 
We are presently preparing a large survey to attempt to get a clearer picture of how hormone 
changing events in women's lives affect IBS. 
We will be inviting thousands of women to participate in this important investigation. 
We are also planning a study to measure directly in our laboratory the relationship between female 
hormones, pain sensitivity in the gut, and IBS symptoms at different times in the menstrual cycle. 
We hope that these efforts will soon help to provide more detailed knowledge about the exact role 
hormones play in the manifestation of IBS.

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