November 20, 2009
I saw this yesterday on the Today Show, and it was so interesting I thought I’d repost it here.
Food and sex are two of the strongest and most closely linked human desires.
“The satisfaction from eating a delicious meal and the satisfaction from having sex both activate pleasure receptors in the brain,” says Audrey T. Cross, Ph. D., formerly a professor of nutrition at Columbia University’s School of Public Health. “This explains why humans often associate eating with sex.” And while the notion of aphrodisiacs is largely unfounded, there are certain foods that can energize you, trigger your … Read more »
