My personal favorites are regularly consumed things like pistachios, pumpkin seeds, bananas, proteinshakes, hot chocolate with tons of real dark cocoa powder, real vanilla , ginseng, green tea and plenty water, feta cheese, olives, chilis, hot sauce, freshly ground black pepper, almonds and tons of berries....raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, cherries, all kinds of berries, frozen or fresh.

So, to all those horny orgers ....what does your diet look like ?

Here´s some interesting stuff....


Some Interesting History
Source: Cambridge World History of Food
Aphrodisiacs were first sought out as a remedy for various sexual anxieties including fears of inadequate performance as well as a need to increase fertility. Procreation was an important moral and religious issue and aphrodisiacs were sought to insure both male and female potency.

Why Certain Foods?
In ancient times a distinction was made between a substance that increased fertility versus one that simply increased sex drive. One of the key issues in early times was nutrition. Food was not so readily available as it is today. Undernourishment creates a loss of libido as well as reduces fertility rates. Substances that "by nature" represent "seed or semen" such as bulbs, eggs, snails" were considered inherently to have sexual powers. Other types of foods were considered stimulating by their "physical resemblance to genitalia"

It's important to realize these food substances were identified (documented) by the likes of Pliny and Dioscordes (ancient Greeks) first century AD and later by Paul of Aegina from the seventh century. Later more credence was given to foods that "satisfied dietary gratification".

Other foods deemed to have these aphrodisiac qualities were derived from mythology. Aphrodite, the love goddess was said to consider "sparrows" sacred because of their "amorous nature" and for that reason were included in various aphrodisiac brews.

There was not always agreement upon what foods were actually aphrodisiacs or "anaphrodisiacs" (decrease potency). But the ancient list included Anise, basil, carrot, salvia, gladiolus root, orchid bulbs, pistachio nuts, rocket (arugula), sage, sea fennel, turnips, skink flesh (a type of lizard) and river snails.

The ancients suggested you steer clear of dill, lentil, lettuce, watercress, rue, and water lily.

Food List

Aniseed
A very popular aphrodisiac with many culinary uses. It has been used as an aphrodisiac since the Greeks and the Romans, who believed aniseed had special powers. Sucking on the seeds is said to increases your desire.

Asparagus
Given it's phallic shape, asparagus is frequently enjoyed as an aphrodisiac food. Feed your lover boiled or steamed spears for a sensuous experience. The Vegetarian Society suggests "eating asparagus for three days for the most powerful affect".

Almond
A symbol of fertility throughout the ages. The aroma is thought to induce passion in a female. Try serving Marzipan (almond paste) in the shapes of fruits for a special after-dinner treat.

Arugula
Arugula or "rocket" seed has been documented as an aphrodisiac since the first century A.D. This ingredient was added to grated orchid bulbs and parsnips and also combined with pine nuts and pistachios. Arugula greens are frequently used in salads and pasta.

Avocado
The Aztecs called the avocado tree "Ahuacuatl which translated means "testicle tree". The ancients thought the fruit hanging in pairs on the tree resembled the male's testicles. This is a delicious fruit with a sensuous texture. Serve in slices with a small amount of Balsamic vinegar and freshly ground pepper.

Bananas
The banana flower has a marvelous phallic shape and is partially responsible for popularity of the banana as an aphrodisiac food. An Islamic myth tells the tale that after Adam and Eve succumbed to the "Apple" they started covering their "nudity" with banana leaves rather than fig. From a more practical standpoint bananas are rich in potassium and B vitamins, necessities for sex hormone production.

Basil (sweet basil)
Is said to stimulate the sex drive and boost fertility. It is also said to produce a general sense of well being for body and mind.

Chocolate
The Aztecs referred to chocolate "nourishment of the Gods". Chocolate contains chemicals thought to effect neurotransmitters in the brain and a related substance to caffeine called theobromine. Chocolate contains more antioxidant (cancer preventing enzymes) than does red wine. The secret for passion is to combine the two. Try a glass of Cabernet with a bit of dark chocolate for a sensuous treat or let us temp you with our recipe for Chocolate Espresso Pots de creme.

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(Set of 4 pots de creme cups with matching tray)

Carrots
Another good reason to eat carrots--believed to be a stimulant to the male. The phallus shaped carrot has been associated with stimulation since ancient times and was used by early Middle Eastern royalty to aid seduction. High vitamins and beta-carotene. Perhaps a justification for a piece of carrot cake?

Coffee
Caffeine is a well-know stimulant but remember, too much and it becomes a depressant. Serve small amounts of rich dark coffee in special little demitasse cups. Coffee stimulates both the body and the mind so partake of a little in preparation for an "all-nighter".

Coriander (Cilantro seed)
The book of The Arabian nights tells a tale of a merchant who had been childless for 40 years and but was cured by a concoction that included coriander. That book is over 1000 years old so the history of coriander as an aphrodisiac dates back far into history. Cilantro was also know to be used as an "appetite" stimulant.

Figs
An open fig is thought to emulate the female sex organs and traditionally thought of as sexual stimulant. A man breaking open a fig and eating it in front of his lover is a powerful erotic act. Serve fresh Black Mission figs in a cool bowl of water as it is done in Italy and be sure to eat with your fingers!

Garlic
The 'heat' in garlic is said to stir sexual desires. Make sure you and your partner share it together. Garlic has been used for centuries to cure everything from the common cold to heart ailments. This is a good time for moderation. Enjoy a pasta with a lightly garlicky sauce and it and lead up to something spicy in the bedroom later.

Ginger
Ginger root raw, cooked or crystallized is a stimulant to the circulatory system. Perhaps a stir-fry with freshly grated ginger can stir something spicy up in the bedroom later.

Honey
Many medicines in Egyptian times were based on honey including cures for sterility and impotence. Medieval seducers plied their partners with Mead, a fermented drink made from honey. Lovers on their "Honeymoon" drank mead and it was thought to s "sweeten" the marriage.

Liquorice (licorice)
The Chinese have used licorice for medicinal purposes since ancient times. The essence of the Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) plan, glycrrhizin, is 50 time sweeter than sugar. Chewing on bits of licorice root is said to enhance love and lust. It is particularly stimulating to woman.

Mustard
Believed to stimulate the sexual glands and increase desire. Prepare a tenderloin roast (filet mignon) for two with a mustard and peppercorn sauce.

Nutmeg
Nutmeg was highly prized by Chinese women as an aphrodisiac. In quantity nutmeg can produce a hallucinogenic effect. A light sprinkling of the spice in a warm pumpkin soup can help spice up your evening.

Oysters
Oysters were documented as a aphrodisiac food by the Romans in the second century A.D as mentioned in a satire by Juvenal. He described the wanton ways of women after ingesting wine and eating "giant oysters". An additional hypotheses is that the oyster resembles the "female" genitals. In reality oysters are a very nutritious and high in protein.

Pine Nuts
Zinc is a key mineral necessary to maintain male potency and pine nuts are rich in zinc. Pine nuts have been used to stimulate the libido as far back as Medieval times. Serve pine nut cookies with a dark espresso for a stimulating dessert.

Pineapple
Rich in vitamin C and and is used in the homeopathic treatment for impotence. Add a spear to a sweet Rum drink for a tasty prelude to an evening of passion.

Raspberries and Strawberries
Perfect foods for hand feeding your lover. "Both invite love and are described in erotic literature as fruit nipples" Both are high in vitamin C and make a sweet light dessert.

Truffles
The Greeks and the Romans considered the rare Truffle to be an aphrodisiac. The musky scent is said to stimulate and sensitize the skin to touch.

Vanilla
The scent and flavor of vanilla is believed to increase lust. According to the Australian Orchid Society, "Old Totonac lore has it that Xanat, the young daughter of the Mexican fertility goddess, loved a Totonac youth. Unable to marry him due to her divine nature, she transformed herself into a plant that would provide pleasure and happiness." Fill tall Champagne glasses to the rim and add a vanilla bean for a heady, bubbly treat.

Wine
A glass or two of wine can greatly enhance a romantic interlude. Wine relaxes and helps to stimulate our senses. Drinking wine can be an erotic experience. Let your eyes feast on the color of the liquid. Caress the glass, savor the taste on your lips. Do remember that excessive alcohol will make you too drowsy for the after-dinner romance. A moderate amount of wine has been said to "arouse" but much more than that amount with have the reverse affect.

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I accidentally discovered that the sleep aid Ambien is a fierce aphrodisiac.

For all you passionate people out there...here are some more !
30 Major Diet Secrets for a Successful Love-Life

Ori Hofmekler
What You Absolutely Should and Shouldn’t Do To Boost Your Sex Drive and Enhance Performance


1. Eat meat. Meat is high in the amino acid Arginine and the minerals Zinc and Iron that are essential for sexual performance.

2. Make sure you eat complete protein such as eggs, cheese or meat. Missing even one of the eight essential amino acids in your diet may cause deficiencies of enzymes, hormones, neurotransmitters or catalysts that regulate healthy sexual performance. Amino acid deficiencies can lead to impotence and infertility.

3. If you’re a vegetarian, make sure you combine legumes or beans with whole grains as a source of complete protein. For example, black beans and rice or humus with pita bread are complete protein foods.

4. Minimize your eating during the day to mostly raw fruits and vegetables. This ensures a daily detoxification of your body’s harmful toxins. It will also protect your tissues and blood vessels from the daily assault of free radicals. Protection from toxins and free radicals is imperative for healthy blood circulation and sexual performance. Detoxification is the first line of defense against aging. It will rejuvenate sexual desire and overall performance.

5. Take Arginine. Arginine, as noted, is vital for the production of Nitric Oxide, which regulates vasodilation and erection. Arginine is also an important amino acid that plays an essential role in sperm count and mobility. Taking supplemental L-Arginine is a good idea as long as you balance it with Lysine in a safe ratio of 1:2 (1 Arginine to 2 Lysine)

6. Eat protein on an empty stomach during the day to ensure a healthy supply of amino acids to your brain. Deficiencies of free form amino acids such as Tyrosine, or Methionine may compromise your ability to deal with stress and may eventually lead to sexual dysfunction.

7. You can also take supplements of free form amino acids such as Tyrosine and Methionine on an empty stomach (to insure assimilation). Take it together with B vitamins that are co-factors in the production of brain neurotransmitters.

8. Bee pollen is food for sex. Bee pollen can help boost your sperm count. Bee pollen isn’t just a fancy item in health food stores. Bee pollen is made from millions of particles of a semen-like substance. Pollen’s natural primal role is to fertilize.

9. Avoid diets that are very low in fat. Fat is the building block for your sex hormones. When you try to lose weight, be smart. Keep fat on your plate. It makes your food tastier and your life sexier.
10. Using essential fatty acids such as Flaxseed and Primrose should be your top priorities. Essential oils are the precursors of Prostaglandins (hormones on the cellular level that regulate performance and potency related functions).

11. Hydrogenated oils may put the brakes on your sex life. Stay away from rancid fats or hydrogenated oils. They may interfere with healthy fat metabolism and may adversely affect sexual performance. Stay away from food that smells stale or funky. Check the ingredients on the back of the label.

12. Aphrodisiac food is for real. Any food that you believe is an aphrodisiac may be so. The placebo affect is real. If you believe that chocolates or passion fruit, fertile eggs, figs, nuts or wine are aphrodisiacs go for them. Follow your instincts.

13. Eat beans. They are high in proteins, minerals and polysaccharides that can fuel your sex machine. Some beans contain the protein L. Dopa that is associated with boosting libido.

14. Take multi-vitamins & minerals daily. Vitamins and minerals are essential for the complex of biological actions (enzymatic hormonal and neuro-action that regulates healthy sexual performance).

15. Eat almonds. Almonds are believed to be a most aphrodisiac food. They’re naturally rich in the minerals Zinc, Manganese and Copper. The above minerals are precursors for the antioxidant enzyme SOD that is essential for sexual potency. Almonds are rich in good fats, protein, and phytonutrients. This nut in its raw state has an alkalizing affect on the body. Almonds were regarded in the past as a symbol of male genitals and overall fertility. The high content of zinc makes this nut an extremely potent supplemental food for an active male.

16. Take extra Vitamin E to ensure maximum protection from free radicals and oxidized fat. Vitamin E helps maintain the integrity of your blood vessels as well as your brain cells that play an active role in sexual performance.

17. Stay away from excess sugar. Insulin insensitivity may cause blood sugar fluctuations that adversely affect energy production. Insulin insensitivity may also compromise neuro and circulatory actions that are BR>imperative for healthy performance.

18. Coffee can boost your libido. Coffee boosts dopamine. Dopamine is a major neurotransmitter that is correlated with keeping the level of blood testosterone from dropping.

19. Hot chocolate is an aphrodisiac. It has both stimulating and sedative properties. Cocoa is a powerful anti-oxidant for your brain cells. Chocolate and cocoa liquor was considered to be most aphrodisiac by the Aztecs and later on by the Spanish conquistadors.

20. Eat fish and seafood. Fish is high in essential fatty acids especially omega 3 in it’s most active forms - DHA and EPA. Essential fats are important for healthy prostoglandins balance and thus are vitally important for sexual performance. Seafood is considered to be aphrodisiac food because of its high content of zinc, protein and especially iodine.

21. Your libido needs iodine. The mineral Iodine plays an indirect role in healthy sexual performance. Iodine interacts with protein L-Tyrosine to produce Tyroxine, the thyroid hormone that regulates body heat and cellular energy production. Iodine deficiency may slow down the thyroid gland. Low thyroid is corrected with low testosterone and low libido.

22. Overtraining may lead to impotency. Do not overtrain. Overtraining can exhaust all bodily systems. Too much physical or mental stress may lower your testosterone level. Overstressing yourself may take away your appetite as well as your sexual desire.

23. Be romantic – don’t rush. Play it right. Let the fire build itself up. Make love – don’t just have sex. You know.

24. Be hungry – hungry for life!!!

25. Follow a daily cycle of undereating and overeating. Every day represents a complete cycle of events. Take advantage of the The Warrior Diet, it will ensure your best performance. Daily detoxification through the undereating phase will help you stay young, lean and maintain your vigor higher. Overeating at night will compensate you with the unrestricted pleasure of complete nourishment. You’ll learn how to trust your instincts and control stress. You will in time maximize your potential to be at your best. Following this daily cycle will naturally force your body to redesign itself. That’s when you’ll learn your real self-image. You’ll have more energy at your disposal. Your sex appeal will be boosted and so will your performance.

26. Stay away from crash low calorie diets. A sudden drop in your daily calorie intake may cause a decline in sex hormones and a lagging libido.

27. Stay away from long-term no-carb diets. Carbs in the form of whole grains are powerhouses of vital nutrients such as oils, vitamins & minerals, antioxidants, essential fiber and polysaccharides that help maintain healthy performance. The germ of grains is considered by many nutrition experts to be one of nature’s most potent foods. All life forces of a plant are condensed in the germ. From that point of view, any life-bearing food is a potent fertility enhancer. Carb nourishment is important for relieving stress and calming down. Carbs also help maintain healthy Thyroid function. Optimum thyroid functions and managing stress are necessary for healthy performance.

28. Wine is aphrodisiac. A glass of wine can calm you down and from that perspective wine is good for sex. Wine is traditionally served to celebrate romantic moments.

29. Do not binge drink. For men, heavy alcohol drinking has a diminishing effect on testosterone and sperm count. Alcohol may send a man to sleep instead of making love.

30. Alcohol may have the opposite effect on women. Due to its highly estrogenic stimulation and the calming down feeling associated with drinking, many women feel sexually aroused after a couple of shots of liquor.

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Wine, chocolate, strawberries . . . .

KoolEaze said:

or chow on whatever u want and just neck a viagra when ya good to go

jess555ja said:

Or champagne with hand dipped strawberries in dark chocolate in bed...

XTC..X!...EEE!!

shanti0608 said:

now that sounds like my kind of evening

MoniGram said:

Well it was actually early afternoon

as far as I know it's only one thing and he knows who he is

shanti0608 said:

Hell at this point..I will take morning, noon, or night!

MoniGram said:

Yes me too!!

shanti0608 said:

a bunch of preverts i tell ya

BlackAdder7 said:

You included!

hey I was not the one serving the champagne or strawberries...just thought it would be rude of me to turn it down.
[Edited 7/30/07 18:34pm]

shanti0608 said:

no..but the thought of dirzzling just a little champagne on my lover's flesh..then licking it off...well...um....

BlackAdder7 said:

now that sounds like a fun time!

this whole protein thing is interesting!
i had a major increase in libido a while after i started doing my shake routine
except when i started to put weight back on that increase dropped off again

I started a thread almost like this a week and a half back!
http://prince.org/msg/100/235363

KoolEaze said:

Granted frijoles have medicinal purposes but they're notorious for other reasons which could stifle the mood if overly consumed in abundance.

shanti0608 said:

It started at about 11am.....i don't recall when we finally got up

muscles...and chardonnay

mdiver said:

OH MY!

MsLegs said:

Somebody didn't want to admit their error about mention frijoles as an aphrodisiac because they had mind slip. Interesting. Speaking of sliping, with all the beans their consuming, mindslipping isn't the only thing their doing on the regular.

MsLegs said:

Beans, beans good for your heart. The more you eat the more you...

hokie1 said:

Co- sign

MsLegs said:

For some reason gas is always funny. Even if you are a grown up.

hokie1 said:

Like facets of life, Methane Gas can multiple given dietary factors .
[Edited 7/31/07 8:37am]

MsLegs said:

I eat these absolutely delicious granola bars called "Fiber One". They have oats and chocolate chips. One bar supplies 35% of your daily fiber requirement. They're yummy, but they do cause certain things to happen...It really helps the digestive tract!