Libido literally translates to sexual desire which is influenced by biological, psychological and social factors. Age, stress, personal and professional problems, medications and lifestyle can affect your sexual desires or libido. If you have been experiencing a roller coaster ride between the sheets, maybe it is time to boost your libido. According to various health experts, what a man eats can have a massive effect on his sex life and making simple changes can spice it up.
Here are 6 foods that have been identified to boost your libido:
1. Dark Chocolate
Dark chocolate increases serotonin and dopamine levels in the brain making us happy and in the mood. So popping in a few pieces of chocolate is an excellent way to pump up the mood.
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Dark chocolate helps boost libido.
2. Nuts
These energy boosters increase libido and are believed to reverse impotence in men. Walnuts and peanuts provide the raw material for a man's healthy hormone production.
Nuts may help reverse impotence in men.
3. Broccoli and Celery
Broccoli helps in removing excess oestrogen, and in turn, increases testosterone. Celery contains androsterone, which is an odourless hormone released through male perspiration.
Broccoli helps remove excess oestrogen and increases testosterone.
4. Garlic
Garlic contains high levels of allicin and increases blood flow which might help men with erectile dysfunction.
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Garlic helps men with erectile dysfunction.
5. Fish
Fish is high in vitamin B, which helps in increasing libido. Vitamin B3 is in charge of anaerobic metabolism that offers sexual energy and raises blood flow to the genitalia.
6. Oats
Oats help increase the amount of testosterone available in your bloodstream. Research at the San Francisco Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality found that including oats in your diet improved men's libidos in just 8 weeks.
Scientifically, oats can improve men's libidos in just 8 weeks.
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