I believe that everyone has eaten tomatoes in everyday life. In everyone’s eyes, the main function of tomatoes is to supplement trace elements and vitamins, and there are not many other effects. However, in fact, tomatoes can tonify Yang. Moreover, eating them regularly can prevent prostate cancer and diseases related to the prostate, and are beneficial to male sperm.

Tomatoes are indeed beneficial to men, as they can prevent prostate cancer and improve sperm concentration and vitality, making sperm stronger and more robust. However, people mistakenly equate sperm quality and fertility with tonifying Yang, and thus believe that eating tomatoes can tonify Yang, making tomatoes seem miraculous. [Recommendation: Study shows tomato soup improves male fertility]

Lu Boding points out that some foods contain trace elements and bioactive substances that can strengthen vital energy, improve sperm quality, and enhance sperm vitality. However, it should be noted that while these foods are beneficial to sperm, it does not necessarily mean they will tonify Yang. Moreover, sperm quality and sexual ability are two different matters. Therefore, the claim that tomatoes can tonify Yang is too weak.

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Similarly, many so-called “Tonifying Yang foods” such as sea dog kidney, bull penis, deer penis, sparrows, and male moths, as well as some nutritional supplements such as human milk, cow milk, royal jelly, etc., almost all of these foods do not have a direct effect on strengthening the reproductive organs. Moreover, long-term and excessive blind use can lead to an increase in hormone concentration in the blood, resulting in “feedback inhibition,” causing the testicles to stop producing hormones, thereby aggravating the disease further. [Recommendation: Five foods for tonifying Yang are not to be believed]

“Tonifying Yang” is a treatment method for kidney deficiency in traditional Chinese medicine. Lu Boding reminds everyone that healthy people should not blindly tonify Yang, nor should they believe in those false advertisements. Whether to tonify Yang and how to do so should be carried out under the guidance of a specialist doctor.