Get Your Desire Back

As if there weren't enough reasons to shop for good food, here's one that your partner will love, too: an ability to take your libido from so-so to off-the-charts. While no one food is likely to consistently work romantic magic, any of these might spice up your menu and your evening (and morning, and midday):

• Apples: Help keep bad breath away (and your partner closer than ever).
• Bananas: Contain bromelain, an enzyme thought to boost male libido.
• Celery: High in androsterone, a hormone released in male sweat that turns women on.
• Chocolate: Its ingredients phenylethylamine, tryptophan, and anandamide have a feel-good effect that can boost your desire for some tonsil hockey (and maybe more). The caffeine in chocolate may have a positive effect on female libido.
• Figs: Rich in amino acids that may set your desire afire.
• Garlic: Likely to cancel the sweet breath provided by the apples, but can boost blood flow to sexual organs.
• Licorice: Its scent may increase blood flow to the sexual organs. Guys respond to the smell of doughnuts, too. Eating them? Not good; that slows down blood flow.
• Oysters: Contain lots of zinc, an ingredient necessary for the production of testosterone.
• Wild yams: May enhance genital sensitivity.

No time for the supermarket? Then try this aphrodisiac: Think of one thing that would please your spouse (and we don’t mean in bed). Do it right now. Whether it’s giving a foot massage or writing a thoughtful note, the fact that you unexpectedly took time to do something special can help you both reconnect with your sexy sides.