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Aphrodisiacs to Spice Up Your LifeCan Aphrodisiacs Add Something Extra to Your Love Life?
If your blaze of passion has turned into the smoldering ashes of a dying fire, you may be considering ways to spice up your love life.
External and Internal StimuliThroughout history, stimulants known as aphrodisiacs were used to regain vigor in waning love affairs. Aphrodisiacs (named after Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love, beauty, and fertility) are classified into two groups: psychophysiological stimuli and preparations taken internally. Psychophysiological effects are reactions to exciting visual, tactile, olfactory, and aural stimuli. Romantic comedy movies, music videos, magazines, romantic literature, perfumes, scented candles and oils are all psychophysiological stimulants. Internal preparations include food and drink. Fruits and vegetables (apples, prunes, dates, bananas, cherries, cucumbers, and pomegranates), beans (vanilla beans and coffee beans), seafood (caviar, clams, snails, snakes, and eels), and spices (ginseng, pepper, garlic) are among the most popular foods considered to be endowed with aphrodisiacal powers. Their reputation is more folklore than fact -- supposedly erotic foods have not been found to have any direct physiological effect. Facts and Findings About AphrodisiacsIf you’re considering spicing up your love life, then consider these facts and findings before investing time or money on love potions.
So the safest (and perhaps most effective) way to heat things up may be lighting a scented candle, and sharing a cup of coffee and a box of chocolates while you watch a romantic DVD at home.
The copyright of the article Aphrodisiacs to Spice Up Your Life in Herbs & Spices is owned by Leslie C. Halpern. Permission to republish Aphrodisiacs to Spice Up Your Life in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.
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