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Feed Your Sex Drive

Wednesday, Jul 22, 2009 | Updated 5:14 PM EST

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Dinner is the new foreplay. In order to give your time in the sack a boost, watch what you eat.

When it comes to sex, you may want to watch what you put in your mouth. What we eat can help – and hurt – us in the sack. According to David Zinczenko, Editor-in-Chief of Men’s Health magazine and author of Eat This, Not That, these foods can help feed our sex drives.

Bananas: Yes, the fruit that has spawned billions of penis jokes in sex ed classes is good for more than just practicing putting on a condom. The potassium and vitamin B-rich fruit helps boost the production of sex hormones.
Chocolate-covered strawberries: Not only are they delicious and fun to feed each other, but chocolate-covered strawberries also work behind the scenes. A chemical in chocolate releases the same hormone that is released during sex and the vitamin C in strawberries gives the libido a boost.
Pomegranates: The antioxidants help increase blood flow to ALL parts of the body.
Asparagus: The vitamin E stimulates the production of sex hormones to get you in the mood.
Steak: A nice hunk of red meat will boost dopamine and norepinephrin, which heighten sensitivity.
Ice cream: Want everyone to scream in the sac? Then reach for the cool and creamy. A bowl of vanilla ice cream contains calcium and phosphorous, which give your libido a boost and help make your big m-oh-ment more scream-worthy.

There are also come foods to avoid. According to Zinczenko, you may want to skip these foods.

Oysters: Really? Really. The zinc and iodine in this nugget from the sea help with respiration (think heavy breathing), body temperature (keeping cool while things heat up) and testosterone (for a manly boost). But experts say you’d have to eat at least 50 oysters at once in order to get these boosting benefits. We’ll pass.
Tomatoes: The lycopene in tomatoes actually decreases testosterone levels. Even though the effect is mild, you might want to steer clear before sexy time.
Wine: All things in moderation. One glass will help blood vessels relax, but more will have a reverse affect.

Try dining on these aphrodisiacs. A five intercourse meal might lead you to, well, five intercourses!

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