How to Have A Healthy Sex Life

Do pop some pepper to boost your sex life. Instead of a romantic dinner, champagne or chocolates, eat spicy food, and pop a pepper. As with many aspects of health, including a healthy sex life, what you put in your body makes a big difference. What counts in sex is circuitry as in nerves, and circulation as in blood. And if you're overweight, lose it.

Eat food high in omega-3 fatty acids such as mackerel, salmon, wild salmon and chilly peppers.

"Omega-3 makes your nervous system function better. Sex is really about circuitry," said research team leader Dr (Ms) Barbara Bartlik, a professor of psychiatry and a sex therapist with the Human Sexuality Programme at Weil Cornell Medical Centre.

Researchers have said that multivitamins and minerals will help too. Both improve the neurological function which contributes to good circulation. Improved circulation results in greater erectile response. To accomplish that, reach for food rich in "L-Arginine" such as granola, oatmeal, peanuts, cashews, walnuts, dairy products, green vegetables, root vegetables, garlic, ginseng, soya beans, chickpeas and seeds.

L-Arginine is helpful for improving sexual functions in men. There haven't been studies done on women, but remember, erectile response is something both sexes share.

"Women have erections too, in their clitoris and the tissue surrounding the vulva," said Ms Bartlik.

"What a man puts in his stomach is important, but the heart is the key that opens the door to sexual performance. From an erection standpoint, anything that's good for your heart is good for your penis," Dr Prof John Mulhall, director of the Sexual Medicine Program at New York Presbyterian, and professor of urology at the WM College of Cornell University told reporters.