Effective Natural Ways to Support Sexual Wellness
Embracing your sexuality means feeling comfortable and confident about sexual inclinations and activities. This includes recognizing any shame around this taboo topic, and accepting and feeling comfortable exploring and embracing your sexuality.
Whether your acts of love are in the form of self-love, or with a partner, there are unique benefits that come with sexual pleasure. Several hormones are released during an orgasm, including oxytocin, and DHEA, both of which have protective and preventive properties. Endorphins have also been found to work as relaxants, help to decrease stress, and boost mood.
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Effective Natural Ways to Support Sexual Wellness
Top Foods for Sexual Wellness
Our food choices create a measurable impact on all areas of health and wellness. Getting in enough omega-3 fats can help to support nerves and neurotransmitters that support sexual function. Foods that are rich in zinc, such as pumpkin seeds, chickpeas, spinach, and eggs to support healthy blood flow to all the right places.
A diet that lacks nutrient-dense foods and essential vitamins and minerals and includes chemical preservatives and sweeteners may have a dulling effect on your libido. Research shows that processed and chemically derived sweeteners found in products such as diet soda can increase weight gain and create hormonal dysfunction, and weaken sexual desire. (1)
Whereas inadequate fat intake and low-fat diets can significantly decrease testosterone levels, which makes it harder to get in the mood. For both men and women testosterone plays a key role in muscle mass, strength, energy levels, and bone density. Women and men with low testosterone may experience decreased libido and persistent fatigue. (2)
Top Natural Botanicals for Sexual Wellness
Herbs for Her
Improve sexual desire and physical stimulation, balance hormones and increase gratification of sex with time-honoured botanicals.
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Ashwagandha: Heightens sexual experience and balancing hormones
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Horny Goat Weed: Increase sexual desire and alleviate menopausal symptoms
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Hops: Natural phytoestrogen for balancing hormones
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Damiana: Mayan aphrodisiac and energy stimulatorand circulation
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Maca: Adapotgenic and aphrodisiac support for energy, increasing sex drive and balance hormones
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Puncture Vine: Natural testosterone support
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Velvet Bean: Supports dopamine production with naturally occurring L-dopa
- B-Vitamins (B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B9, B12): Blood circulation and supports sexual hormone production
Herbs for Him
Boost performance and endurance naturally, without the side effects of pharmaceutical drugs. Balance and rejuvenate the reproductive system.
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Horny Goat Weed: Increase libido and chronic renal fatigue
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Korean Ginseng: Increase blood flow, performance, endurance and stamina
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Damiana: Mayan aphrodisiac and energy stimulator
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Maca: Adapotgenic and aphrodisiac support for energy, increasing sex drive and regulating hormones
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Puncture Vine: Used in the natural treatment of spermatorrhea, impotence and infertility
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Saw Palmetto: Supports healthy prostate and urinary system
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Velvet Bean: Supports dopamine production with naturally occurring L-dopa
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Green Tea: Powerful antioxidant for preventative and protective support
- L-Arginine: Converts into nitric oxide to enhance arterial blood flow for firmer erections
Article References
1. Diet Soda Intake and Risk of Incident Metabolic Syndrome https://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/32/4/688.full
2. Decrease of serum total and free testosterone during a low-fat high-fibre diet https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6298507/
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