Whether you eat out at a romantic restaurant or in your living room, different foods can be extremely sexy. Deb and David Weir have been married for 10 years. They try to keep their sex life exciting by making it fun, romantic and delicious. "I think that eating is romantic. It's very sensual, sex is very sensual," says Deb Weir, a certified Sex Therapist. Deb and David aren?t your average couple. They are both certified sex therapists. They say couples often have problems in the bedroom, especially after they?ve been together for a while and get bored. "A lot of libido problems because of how busy we are or how stressed we are," adds Deb. They advise clients to go out to intimate restaurants or eat in other areas of a home, just to be different. Even a picnic on the living room floor could end up being an experience rich in excitement. David says, "So, whether it's the food that symbolizes sex, or the atmosphere, any of it can be helpful." They say finger foods may help a person feel sexy. Snacks like bananas, carrots and even asparagus could help create the right mood. Deb says, "They might resemble parts of the body. Like raw oysters, things like that. I think maybe the asparagus thing has to do with that. Some of those aphrodisiac-type things." David says chili peppers can help make an evening hot. "Makes you feel warm and activates your senses." Strawberries and champagne may be something you have on a really romantic night. But nutritionists say there's no real research to prove that certain foods will enhance your sex life. "People that are exercising and eating a good diet do have sex more frequently and do have less problems with sexual dysfunction and those types of problems," says Dr. Charles Rice, a certified Clinical Nutritionist. Certain foods are good for our bodies. So the healthier we are, the better sex we?ll probably have. Dr. Charles Rice adds, "Oysters and other seafoods are high in certain nutrients that help produce the sex hormones that do help with our sex drives." He says nuts and seeds can also create a good production of hormones. "So, over the long term, having nuts and seeds in our diet may help our sex life, even though it may not be an aphrodisiac at the moment." Even ginger, tomatoes and garlic could inadvertently help our sex lives by being nutritional. "When you have those things as part of an overall diet, it's going to help out." Deb and David Weir also say there?s no evidence that certain foods can improve your sex life, but they can make it more romantic. David says some men probably don?t care what they eat, but do it for their spouse's sake. "For a man to feel loved, he needs to make love," says David. "For a woman to make love she needs to feel loved. So that's why the foreplay, the romance, is so much more important to a woman." Nutritionists say one or two glasses of alcohol may help relieve stress and lower inhibitions, so a person can relax and have sex. But too much alcohol could make a person sleepy, numb and change a personality. Written by Valerie Boey
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