Six aphrodisiacs to overcome loss of libido during menopause

It may seem too good to be true that a food can not only be healthy for you, but also help boost sexual desire that may have decreased due to your menopause. After all, no one wants the kind of “raging hormones” that cause chin hair and weight gain. It may be comforting to realize that loss of libido is a problem for almost 40% of menopausal women.

However, there isn’t necessarily a love potion that appears in special foods. Some foods do contain nutrients and vitamins that affect sexual hormones, but some foods trick you into the mood with their suggestive sizes and shapes. Like they say, the biggest sex organ is your brain.

Banana

High school classrooms have been using bananas for years to demonstrate proper use of prophylactics, so it’s easy to see why your brain might wander toward the male anatomy at its sight. But the banana also possesses two male libido enhancing substances; chelating minerals and the bromeliad enzyme. Eat that for breakfast.

Garlic

Next time he takes you to your favorite Italian place, don’t be mad because you’ve figured out what he’s up to. Roll with it. Let him feed you full of blood-pumping allicin. He must really love you if he’s willing to endure garlic breath.

Oysters

Perhaps the most legendary of the bunch, and with good reason. Oysters have a very high zinc content, which is said to increase testosterone production which aids sexual desire. Other foods rich in zinc are kidney beans, red meat, and liver.

Chocolate

A double entendre when it comes to dessert! Chocolate actually contains the “love chemical” phenylethylamineor PEA.

Asparragus

Not a particularly sexy shape, so it must be full of stimulating chemicals. It is! Asparagus contains beta carotene, vitamins B, C, and K, and zinc. It’s also well known to increase oxygen flow to the genito-urinary system.

Avocado

No wonder the state of California is so overpopulated; they don’t know when to put down the avocados! Much like every other trend in So Cal, the love affair with avocados began somewhere else. The Aztecs referred to it as a “testical tree” and the Spanish were so disgusted they outlawed it. However, unlike California, avocados have substance, possessing both vitamin E and potassium, two sexual health boosters.

Recommendations to heighten libido

Don’t rely on chemicals alone to enhance your sexual desire. Try getting in touch with the inner you by making other lifestyle changes. The above list is good to add to your diet, but you need to incorporate exercise, too. If you can’t find relief, try talking to your doctor. For more information on treatment for loss of libido, follow this link.