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"Good sex is something that&amp;#x27;s on just about everybody&amp;#x27;s minds right now, what with Valentine&amp;#x27;s Day and all&amp;amp;#8212;oh, heck. Who am I kidding? It&amp;#x27;s on most people&amp;#x27;s minds, always! According to Steven Masley, M.D., C.N.S., author of The 30-Day Heart Tune-Up: A Breakthrough Medical Plan to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, there&amp;#x27;s good reason that oysters are considered aphrodisiacs&amp;amp;#8212;not so much because of how they taste, but for what nutrients they contain. Certain nutrients actually improve your blood circulation and enhance adrenal function, which, in turn, can increase your ability to experience pleasure. For example... Nitrates: Right, they&amp;#x27;ve got a bad rep&amp;amp;#8212;at least in processed foods, says Masley. In natural foods, they actually help your body make &amp;quot;nitric oxide, the master compound that regulates the function of your arteries,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;If you increase nitric oxide levels, your arteries will dilate, your blood vessel function will improve, and along with it, you will enhance your athletic, sexual, and blood vessel performance.&amp;quot; Eat these: beets, cooked spinach (at least one cup! It takes 7.5 cups of raw spinach to equal a cup of cooked spinach). Arginine: Masley says the body also uses this compound to make nitric oxide. &amp;quot;Clinical studies have shown than arginine improves romantic and sexual function,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;Increase arginine and you&amp;#x27;ll increase blood flow.&amp;quot; Eat these: oysters, shellfish (shrimp, lobster, crab), turkey breast Tyrosine: To make dopamine&amp;amp;#8212;a neurotransmitter that helps control the brain&amp;#x27;s reward center (and, ahem, increase your ability to feel physical pleasure)&amp;amp;#8212;you need this amino acid. ??? Eat these: shrimp, lobster, caviar, turkey breast, soy protein Endorphin precursors: &amp;quot;Endorphins allow us to feel relaxed, calm, and satisfied,&amp;quot; says Masley. Eat this: dark chocolate (Masley says it needs to have at least 70 percent cocoa to qualify) Zinc: This mineral helps enhance adrenal function&amp;amp;#8212;but also helps stimulate your sex drive. &amp;quot;To have drive, you need good adrenal function, and in particular you need zinc,&amp;quot; he says. Eat these: oysters, dark chocolate Oh! And Masley says there&amp;#x27;s also one super-surprising thing that actually makes your sexual performance worse: alcohol! &amp;quot;You need hydration, so enjoy sparkling water and iced green tea,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;Stick to one to two servings of alcohol per person; clearly not more than one serving per hour.&amp;quot; Let&amp;#x27;s file this away in the &amp;quot;good to know&amp;quot; category, shall we? Do you have any favorite sexy foods?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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