I’ve often shared about aphrodisiac foods being essentially healthy foods.
The underlying principle is this: Reproduction of the fittest and healthiest. Reproduction needs a lot of vital energy and plenty of the body’s resources.
As such, before turning us on, aphrodisiacs perform another fundamental aspect: they strengthen and energize our bodies, in order to make them better equipped for multiplication.
If you ever check lists of aphrodisiacs, you will see most foods are healthy foods.
There are no heavy drinks, deep-fried meats, or highly processed foods. You’ll mostly see raw nuts & seeds, fresh fruits, exotic roots and veggies, lean meats, a few assortments of wine, chocolate (or the basic ingredient: cacao). Some aphrodisiac lists also contain several algae or other herbs that most vegans nowadays use as daily supplements.
#1. Let food be thy turn-on
Like Hippocrates said millennia ago, let food be thy medicine, I say: let food be thy turn-on. What I mean by this is to choose carefully your food and its quantity too.
A full stomach, or one processing heavy foods and alcohols, isn’t helpful before an intimate encounter. It goes without saying, but many people need to hear this: digestion uses a lot of energy. Fine dining comes in small doses not just because it only takes so much for dopamine to release until the brain gets used to it, but also because you cannot stay present and enjoy the experience if you are in a too heavy digestion process.
I often build bridges between fitness and sexual intimacy. Though they’re not identical, they have many similarities.
One fundamental thing: eat with measure and allow your body to not go down a heavy digestion route. Food might be delicious and exotic, but a full stomach will not make you feel aroused.
Any type of physical activity needs light eating in advance. Or at least a two-hour break since the last meal. I encourage you to use this rule in sexual intimacy also.
#2. Take aphrodisiac foods that match your metabolic bio-individuality
Okay, this might sound alien for most of us. I’m going to say it anyway: what works for me might not work for you. And vice versa. Our bodies react differently to food and other substances we ingest in our daily routine. Also, your health requirements might be different from mine and of those around you.
As such, you must learn what foods work for you and how. And how do you do that? With a personalized full set of tests and a nutritionist (if not even an MD) checking out your results.
I take inspiration from lists of aphrodisiacs, but I make sure my food foundation is based on my body’s needs and health requirements. For that, I do blood tests periodically and take them to an M.D. for interpretation. That’s how I build my own regimen.
It’s something I’ve learned since 2014, after dealing with a very irritated colon. Translation: I had a lot of bloating and gas. That was not pretty, nor arousing. I had to fix it. As such, I went through many blood tests, discussions with doctors, and a drastic change in my diet – I reduced animal protein to the maximum.
Though I am not super strong, I feel so much better, and my stomach so much lighter than it used to be.
But my diet might not be suitable for everyone out there.
#3. The foundational principle of aphrodisiacs
Strictly in terms of sex, aphrodisiacs fulfill several precise functions. They help regulate sex hormones in both men and women—different foods & herbs for men and women. They improve blood circulation, which helps erectile dysfunction in men and lack of vaginal sensitivity in women. Aphrodisiacs also balance our minerals, which in their turn boost libido (again, different foods for men and women).
To work, however, aphrodisiac foods need time. It’s never overnight. That’s not how plants work. You need several months of changing your diet to see results.
That is why aphrodisiac foods are essential to our diet. And they can be consumed in the long run. They are healthy foods primarily, so they really are to be ingested regularly.
#4. Keep it in context
Aphrodisiacs alone can’t solve our sexuality. Our lifestyle, psycho-emotional health, and choices in life will affect everything, including our sexuality.
So, if you take care of your food, but not the rest aspects, you might be disappointed to still see yourself having a low libido or not-so-great experiences in intimacy.
Food isn’t a synthetic substance that pushes your body to extremes—which is what the famous blue sex pill does. Food only blends in with the rest of our life’s aspects. It only works when our sexuality has an integrative approach.
So, keep everything in context, including aphrodisiac foods.
Work on all aspects of your life if you want to see satisfying or even fulfilling results.
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