Chocolate. The world’s best known aphrodisiac. We have all seen commercials and ads showing strawberries dipped in chocolate and being bitten by bright red female lips. This luscious treat is a staple sex for or prelude to sex food. But let’s face it, eating chocolate is not the path to a sweet, sexy body…or is it? Can you have the sweet treat without wrecking your diet? Yes you can, and I’m going to tell you how.
First, of chocolate can make anybody feel better. It is THE love food. That’s why every freakin’ thing in the store around Valentine’s Day is chocolate. It actually imitates the feeling of being in love. So as a quick side note, if you are feeling lonely…have some chocolate. Dark chocolate in particular helps to increase your libido. A compound in dark chocolate called phenylethylamine releases the same endorphins triggered by sex and will increases the attractive feelings between two people. Phenylethylamine is also known as the “love chemical.” The Journal of Sexual Medicine reported that individuals that consume at least one cube of dark chocolate everyday experience greater desire and better overall sexual function than those who do not.
Also, chocolate has a chemical called theobromine which is a mild anti-depressant. It has been found that women who eat chocolate feel more calm and relaxed after eating it. The effect of theobromine is long lasting and remains in the blood stream for 6 to 10 hours. It also stimulates the muscular and cardiovascular systems.
So basically:
If you’re lonely, EAT CHOCOLATE
If you’re sad, EAT CHOCOLATE
If you want to feel good, EAT CHOCOLATE
(Wow…do we really need a man???)
If you’re feeling froggy and in the mood, EAT CHOCOLATE
(Yea…we need one!!!)
If your man is feeling froggy and in the mood and you’re not, EAT CHOCOLATE
But wait…just because we want to increase our libido by eating chocolate, we don’t want to wreck our diets. Chocolate does make you feel good and help to get you in the mood, but that is not a license to go out and load up on Hershey’s bars and M&M’s! Those are not the types of chocolate I am suggesting to add to your diet. The key is DARK CHOCOLATE…not MILK CHOCOLATE.
The only chocolate you should add to your diet is dark chocolate. I mean the kind of chocolate that is at least 72% cocoa. Why? Well, it’s healthier for you due to flavanols. Research has shown that flavanols help to lower blood pressure and assist in vascular function. They also improve cognitive function. These are additional benefits to those mentioned above. So… more cocoa means more flavanols. Here are a few brands of chocolate I recommend. You can find these almost anywhere.
Godiva
You should get the Godiva chocolate with at least 72% cocoa. If you want to go higher you can. I don’t particularly care for anything with a higher cocoa content, but everyone is different. Go with whatever floats your boat girl!
Ghirardelli Intense Dark
Again you can go with which you like here….72% or 86%.
Lindt
Lindt has a 70% bar which is okay. It’s about 2% less than what I would suggest, but 2% is not a huge difference.
Green & Black
Green & Black also has a 70% bar which is fine. Green & Black is also organic. So for all you ladies that strictly eat organic products, this will work for you.
Okay so, you have my recommendations for specific chocolate to eat. But here is one more thing…probably the most important thing. You know the serving portion label on the packaging….well it’s there for a reason! Use it! Only eat 1 or ½ serving. These serving portion amounts help to give you control and boundaries. If you go overboard with eating this chocolate, you will put on weight. And guess what…more weight could very well kill your sex drive…the opposite of what we are trying to do here. So only eat one serving or ½ of a serving when you consume chocolate.
I also recommend not eating chocolate every day. Let’s face it…most of us don’t have sex every day. If you did, you probably would not be reading this. So there is no need to try and take advantage of the libido promoting effects of chocolate every day. Hopefully you don’t feel sad and lonely EVERY day, so you shouldn’t need the mood boosting effects of chocolate every day. Therefore, you should probably only eat it about 2 -3 times per week.
EXCEPTION: On the rare occasion your man brings some chocolate covered strawberries home as a prelude to a “meeting in the bedroom” throw caution to the wind and eat up girl!!! It may be a long time before that happens again.
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Melinda
melinda@libifit.com