Sunday 2 June 2013

9 Foods to Rev Up Your Sex Life

If lately you have been more eager to sleep than have sex, your sex drive may need a booster shot.
All you need is to add a few key foods into your diet to boost libido and get back in the mood. Here are a few:
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  • Black Raspberries
This phytochemical-rich food enhances both libido and sexual endurance.
Consume 10 black raspberries or a tablespoon of seeds a few hours before getting busy.
  • Broccoli
They are high in vitamin C content, which aids in blood circulation to organs and has also been associated with improved female libido.
  • Cloves
In India, cloves have been used to treat male sexual dysfunction for centuries, clove extracts produce an increase in the sexual activity of normal male rats.
Add a little cumin and cinnamon and you’ve got a tasty, multifaceted aphrodisiac.
  • Figs
They’re considered excellent stimulants of fertility and enhance the secretion of pheromones
  • Watermelon
A sweet libido-booster, although it’s 92 percent water, that remaining 8 percent of fruit is jam-packed with vital nutrients for sexual health.
Watermelon has ingredients that deliver Viagra-like effects to the human body’s blood vessels and could even aid in increasing libido, it contains a phytonutrient called citrulline, which the body converts to arginine, an amino acid that boosts nitric oxide levels in the body, which relax blood vessels in the same way a medicine like Viagra does.
  • Eggs
Eggs are high in protein, which is a source of stamina, and they’re also low in calories, in addition, they’re a good source for amino acid L-arginine, which has been shown effective in treating types of heart ailments and erectile dysfunction.
  • Saffron
Saffron can improve sexual performance.
  • Lettuce
Iceberg lettuce contains an opiate that helps to activate sex hormones.
  • Ginger
Ginger helps circulation, temperature adjustment, mucoid detoxification, and is also a libido enhancer. Ginger also lends itself to defense against winter’s hard cold and flu season.
Sources:
From: Home Remedies from a country Doctor from Jay Heinrichs, Dorothy Behlen Heinrichs, and the editors of Yankee Magazine, 2013.
From: Natural Remedies for Healthy Living , The Readers Digest Association,2011
From: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Healing Remedies, C. Norman Shealy 2002
From: http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/health/sex/better-sex-guide/libido-boosting-foods/

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