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Anecdotally, I've noticed a consistent marked increase in my sexual desire from eating certain things. Cayenne pepper, ginger root, garlic, and in particular to
by thomyorkie 10y ago
Anecdotally, I've noticed a consistent marked increase in my sexual desire from eating certain things. Cayenne pepper, ginger root, garlic, and in particular tongkat ali. I naturally have a very high sex drive so perhaps I'm more susceptible than most.
- M_Grey 10y agoThe problem with anecdotes in this case is that the libido fluctuates a lot anyway, and a sample size of "1 person" is just not going to tell us much. To the best of anyone's ability to rigorously test though, there are no aphrodisiacs. That should honestly make sense, since if there were any, they would be the subject of intense scrutiny and attempts to synthesize a version you could stick in a pill; it would be a gold mine like no other.
- im3w1l 10y ago> sample size of "1 person" There are a few different problems here which should not be confused with each other. 1. Variance. This is what people normally talk about when they talk about sample size. Maybe thomyorkie just happened to randomly be horny in those specific instances? If they tried it sufficiently many times that would give a high sample size and eliminate variance problems. 2. Blinding / placebo. Maybe believing that they will be horny causes them to be horny. 3. Representativeness. Maybe thomyorkie just works in their own way and the results wont generalize to other people.
- thomyorkie 10y agoIt appears there are indeed drugs that have libido enhancing qualities. These include bremelanotide, and phenethylamines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodisiac https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodisiac
- M_Grey 10y agoFirst was discontinued in safety trials, and phenethylamines require an MAOI.