How to Have a Healthier Sex Life
How to Have a Healthier Sex Life
Believe it or not, you can eat your way to a healthier sex life. Our bodies are like machines — the fuel we put in greatly effects the actions that we take. It is no surprise, then, that eating junk food and not receiving proper nutrition has a negative effect on our sex lives.
Since a healthy sex life is a big part of an all-around healthy lifestyle, eating for sexual health is the easiest way to improve your quality of life. If you and your partner enjoy loving and intimate moments, you will feel more excited about life, energized, and complete. We know that sex offers plenty of physical benefits that help your body stay healthy, why not push your body to engage in a healthier sexual routine?
Better Sex for Better Health
Before we get into what foods will ignite your healthy sex life, let’s talk about why healthy sex makes your body well.
There are many reasons why a positive and healthy sex life is linked to general good health. Sex is naturally relaxing and stress reliveing — just think of all the chemicals and hormones rushing around your body during sexual activity. It is like giving yourself a potent cocktail of health drugs without getting out of bed. Since sex creates an intimate bond with your partner, and since sex produces an endorphin rush, your body’s is hardwired to provide things like natural pain relief and stress relief just by having sex. Many doctors believe that a healthy sex life is also key to a healthy immune system, though studies have been inconclusive.
Outside of these physiological reasons that sex is good, the psychological impact of sex is as important. Since stress is a major factor in heart disease and other chronic conditions, any activity that relieves stress while at the same time providing exercise (like sex) is a positive way to put distance between yourself and disabling medical problems. Stress can impair the creation of white blood cells which is part of your natural defense against sickness. Being generally happier is tied to longevity, and people who are happy tend to have less of a chance of contracting a chronic condition.
How to Eat Healthy for Sex
A generally healthy diet that is low in fats and high in fiber and complex carbohydrates is the best start for a sexually healthy meal plan. Carbs and fiber will increase your natural sexual energy while cutting out fats and oils makes you less lethargic and could lead to losing weight and increasing sex appeal. Any diet or lifestyle change that promotes heart health and a return to average weight will lead to better sexual function, and by this logic, vitamin rich fresh foods and garden vegetables are your best weapons to attack unhealthy sex.
Though you may not want to hear it, doctors tell us that a multi-vitamin regimen along with some sort of antioxidant presence is a vital component of the sexually healthy couple’s lives. Though you don’t think about the nutrient zinc very often, it is considered the most important nutrient when it comes to sex. It is no wonder that many “aphrodisiacs” naturally contain zinc — many of them are sourced from the ocean. Think about oysters and clams, thought by many to be the ultimate foods for sexual ignition — they contain high levels of zinc, by virtue of being ocean bound creatures, which is also probably why they are considered sexual enhancers. Other (healthy) sources of zinc are beef, lamb, pork, crab meat, turkey, chicken, lobster, clams and salmon. Since these are all protein sources, make sure to eat them in moderation.
Medical herbalists agree that stress is the number one culprit when it comes to sapping a couple’s otherwise healthy sexual energy. Herbalists use different techniques for combating that “run down” feeling that comes from poor diet and low energy, and many of those same techniques can be used to enhance your sexual life. The following foods and herbal products are used to put your mind and body in a state that leads to sexual release — and herbalists say that proper sexual mindset is the exact opposite of the way the body feels during stress, so get your hands on the following four herbal products to ignite a spark in the bedroom.
Cacao (chocolate) – I know it will be such a chore to add more cacao or chocolate to your diet, but leading authorities in both sex and herbalism say that chocolate is not only a renowned aphrodisiac throughout history — science is showing that it really works. Chocolate is a mild euphoric substance, elevating and lightening the mood. This is the perfect concoction for sex. Cacao is a natural nervous system stimulant, again a mild one with very few if any negative effects on your cardiovascular system, unlike other stimulant substances. The higher the cacao content in the chocolate that you eat, the better it is for your health.
Damiana — Though you’ve probably never heard of it, a substance called Damiana is known to contribute to overall health and is also a slight mood elevator in the vein of cacao. Damiana is extracted from a shrub found in Central America, Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean, and people who take it say they end up more alert without being jumpy or hyper. If you need an energy boost without the side effects of caffeine, try Damiana.
Passion Flower – The effects of the passion flower are mysterious but effective when it comes to keeping your relationship’s sexual health at peak performance. Passion Flower is calming and was once used by different tribes of American Indians to soothe their nerves and relieve pain. Calm nerves leads to better (and more frequent) lovemaking.
Muira Puama – Derived from a tree in the Amazon, this herb is specifically meant to restore a person’s libido. Herbalists also say that the way that Muira Puama works is a mystery — not a stimulant and not a euphoric drug, it is unclear why it works. Many people with libido problems swear by this herb.
Natural health products give you lots of different options for enhancing your sexual energy. You don’t need to take herbal products to keep your sexual health up. Any food or activity that ups your energy level will also enhance your sexual health.
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