Want to spice up the lovefire in your romance? Here are five natural aphrodisiacs to light the spell of love in your relationship. These five aphrodisiacs are the natural way to spark your desire and drive. Many of these foods, herbs and ingredients contain the hormones, chemicals and compounds to spark functions in your brain that produce the extra blood flow to various parts of your body and get your heart pumping.
1. Chocolate~ Who would have guessed? Wink*. The King and/or Queen of natural aphrodisiacs. Chocolate is notorious for its "feel good" properties. Anandamide is the pyschoactive compound found in chocolate that releases the feel good quality. PEA, or phenylethylamine, also found in chocolate is known as the chemical of love that produces the feeling of euphoria and attraction . PEA releases dopamine which is at the pleasure center of the brain. No wonder we all have our own secret love affair with chocolate!
2.. Asparagus~ Believe it or not three courses of these tender spears of love were given to bridesgrooms in ninteenth century France at prenuptial dinners to boost their sex drive. Herbalists for hundreds of years have suggested this green vegetable stirs up lust in both women and men. Thiamin and folic acid boosts histamine production necessary for a satisfying sex drive.
3. Peppermint~ This herb is all about stimulation. Seventy percent of peppermint is made up of menthol, a major source of stimulation, skin cooling, and mind alerting. Peppermint helps focus the mind and facilitates the power of concentration necessary during arousal.
4..Almonds~ Does anyone else love the smell of almonds like I do? In myth the almond has been the symbol of fertility, the aroma said to have arousal qualities in females.
5. Oysters~Long considered the food of love, oysters carry a hefty dose of zinc— zinc being linked to male fertility, sex drive and sperm production. In Legend, Casanova was known to eat oysters to seduce virgins by slipping oysters from his tongue!
With Happy Hearts Day right around the corner, why not try to to light the love fire the natural way?!
By jennifer H McGee
