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"Researchers believe that the hormone can help stimulate feelings of intimacy and romance, which is a fine way to jump-start a stale sex life. Holding and hugging, it turns out, may one day be prescribed by sex therapists as commonly as the classic foreplay exercises long espoused by Masters and Johnson. Watch Those Medications—Carefully For many couples, it's tough enough to keep sex lively and fun over the years without battling unknown enemies of a healthy, vigorous sex life." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"Wilson argued that HRT was a near-miracle remedy that could stem a woman's aging process and improve her sex life. By defining a natural process as a disease he helped the pharmaceutical industry convince healthy women that they needed to take a drug every day for the rest of their lives. For the pharmaceutical industry this notion created a dream situation of finding a huge segment of the normal population to whom it could sell its pills. No matter that there were no controlled trials to support industry claims." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"And with testosterone treatment, men with Klinefelter's can grow hair and have a better sex life to boot. LOSING EYEBROWS OR EYELASHES If you notice that your previously lush lashes or bushy brows are nowhere to be seen, it may be another unfortunate sign of aging. But eyelash loss—known med- SPEAKING OF SIGNS A hairy body, and arms stiff with bristles, give promise of a manly soul. —Juvenal, ancient Roman poet ically as madarosis—can also be an early warning sign of hyperthyroidism (see Prematurely Gray Hair, above) or a tip-off that you're consuming too much vitamin A." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"But if circulation or blood flow is an issue, this "natural cure" may indeed give your sex life a boost. Chris Kilham points out that many people in this country think of herbs as drugs and figure that a little amount will do some good. He believes, as I do, and as many people in our field do, that consumers often take far too little of most herbs to get the real benefits that are available. "Rare is the herb that works in small doses," Kilham says. To use maca as the Peruvians do, for example, you'd have to take about 3,000 to 5,000 mg a day or more." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.) "If you're a Japanese quail hoping for a hot sex life, melatonin's probably not the best hormone to take on a regular basis. Switching off gonadatropin releasing hormone shrinks the testes and ovaries as part of the bird's yearly cycle. What that has to do with humans we have no idea, but I thought you'd like to know. Though some claims have been made for melatonin as an "antiaging" hormone supple- Melatonin may interact with certain medica- ' -a tions, especially benzodiazepines, antidepres- C sants, and central nervous system depressors m like alcohol." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.) "If you got herpes back then it was considered the death knell for your sex life. There were herpes support groups, for goodness' sake. (Remember, this was pre-Oprah.) Having herpes was the deepest, darkest secret you could possibly harbor. Well, times have changed a lot, but herpes is still not something you'd exactly put on your "must-have" list. Herpes simplex virus is a recurrent viral infection that causes outbreaks on any area of the body, particularly the mouth or genitals. (HSV-1 is the cold sore variety, HSV-2 the genital variety." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.) "Two to four 500 mg capsules per day should be enough to help with libido and heat up your sex life. Peruvian Ginseng Maca, also known as "Peruvian ginseng," has been used for sex enhancement since the time of the Incas. It's actually a radish-shaped vegetable that grows well in the Andes Mountains. I first heard about maca when I interviewed a researcher on my New York radio show who found that feeding maca to rodents increased their spontaneous erections. (This study was published in the April 2000 issue of the medical journal Urology." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"HRT was also purported to improve a woman's looks as well as her sex life. None of this, however, held up to the test of time. The original evidence that HRT prevented heart attacks was based on what are called observational studies. Women who chose to take HRT were compared to those who didn't and were found to have fewer heart attacks. It turned out that the women who took HRT also were more proactive in matters concerning their health. They did other things, like exercise and diet, that helped to prevent heart attacks; the HRT was superfluous." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.) "There was also the purported benefit that HRT would make you look better and improve your sex life. However, none of these claims held up to the test of time. The original evidence supporting the claim that HRT prevented heart attacks was based on what are called observational studies. Women who chose to take HRT were compared to those who didn't and were found to have fewer heart attacks. It turned out that the women who took HRT also were more health conscious and did other things, like exercise and eat a healthy diet, that protected them from heart attack. The HRT didn't do anything." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.) "You could give a woman HRT, and she would have a 25% improvement in her sex life. But you could give a woman a sugar pill, and it would have the same effect—plus it wouldn't give her a heart attack. There has been a lot of interest in whether memory and cognition are affected by HRT. Both men and women experience the decline in memory that normally occurs with aging. Estrogen affects brain areas involved in memory like the hippocampus, which has led to the idea that the decline in estrogen after menopause is associated with a decline in memory function." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"The pills, she added, even helped her sex life. With menopause, "you get irritable so you don't feel like doing anything," she said. "You don't even want to go to the movies, much less have sex. But once I got it all worked out, I sometimes go to the movies two or three times a day." Six months after that December 2000 video, government researchers announced they had shut down a study of Prempro after finding it caused a higher risk of breast cancer, heart disease, and stroke." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"If it is negative for high-risk strains of the virus, and you have never had a problem with HPV or abnormal smears, Pap smears can be reduced to every two to three years—as long as you have a stable sex life (that is, a monogamous sex partner whom you trust.) If you have had a hysterectomy and no longer have a cervix, you do not need Pap smears. I still recommend yearly internal exams (or ultrasounds) to monitor your ovaries." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"Saying Viagra treated a disease also allowed advertisers to quietly appeal to the public's desire for self-improvement and -enhancement—while simultaneously pretending the drug wasn't really about improving anybody's sex life. Viagra was for a disease, not for wild, all-night sex." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"The participants reported many other beneficial effects, such as improved sex life ?one man even saying it was like being 15 years younger! ?reduced cravings for bad foods, better sleep and elimination and much more. For further details on this study, read Green for Life by Victoria Boutenko. See Appendix C for more on her revolutionary raw green smoothie diet. 41." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"So, if antidepressants are at the root of your low libido, and your doctor approves, take a vacation (even if you don't leave the bedroom) and recharge your sex life. Coital Amnesia" Got You into Trouble? Ever forget your lover's name? Blame it on neurons. If you've ever uttered the wrong name during sex, now you may be able to claim it's not really your fault. A recent report in a leading journal of neurology stated that "transient global amnesia" may explain why people sometimes forget their lover's name during heated moments." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.) "Watch Those Medications—Carefully For many couples, it's tough enough to keep sex lively and fun over the years without battling unknown enemies of a healthy, vigorous sex life. In countless cases in recent years, women and men have complained to doctors and therapists about an unaccountable lack of desire for sex. Health professionals are now aware that many patients who take medication need to understand the possible side effects on their sex drive. At least five major classes of drugs can depress sexual desire markedly (in some people). They include: • AIDS Prevention?" - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"The Roseburg Study: sex life, Stomach Acid and More Improved on Raw Diet Victoria Boutenko and Dr. Paul Fieber, MD, conducted this study on the effects of raw green smoothies on patients who had low levels of hydrochloric acid (HC1). HC1 is necessary in the gastric juices for proper protein digestion. Twenty-seven participants drank a quart of green smoothies prepared by Victoria's husband every day for 30 days, adding it to their normal diet. Three participants dropped out; 66.7% of those 24 remaining showed vast improvement in their HC1 levels." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"If you're in your teens or twenties and you're a huge soda drinker or cookie muncher, it may be hard to imagine that your sugar habit could put a damper on your sex life. Ironically, eating lots of sweets might actually appear to benefit your bedroom life. "Initially, sugar can increase sexual desire," explains Dr. Schwarzbein. "In the early phases of sugar addiction, you're not going to complain of sexual problems, but later on, down the road, in, say, 10 to 15 years, sugar can burn out your system so you have sexual problems." - Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track (Get the book.)

"Needless to say, that has put quite a damper on our sex life and the tension around the house is so great you can almost see it." Tom was showing signs of both impaired glucose tolerance (prediabetes) and sleep apnea, so he was sent in for a sleep study. As suspected, he had sleep apnea. Tom began to use CPAP and set a goal to quit smoking and to lose weight through diet and exercise. He embarked on his new lifestyle with the same passion that brought him success in business, and 6 months later he was like a new man." - Michael T. Murray, Beat Diabetes Naturally: The Best Foods, Herbs, Supplements, and Lifestyle Strategies to Optimize Your Diabetes Care (Get the book.)

"If you want to improve your sex life or fertility rates, rather than using one of the currently available costly treatments and risking your health due to their serious side effects, I would recommend that you first try the sun. Women, of course, benefit from sunlight, too. Their levels of female hormones rise when they are exposed to particularly one specific portion of UV light, i.e., 290-340 nanometers (UVB), which is assumed to be dangerous and useless. Women who have only very little exposure to sunlight often suffer from menstrual problems or have no menstrual periods at all." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"Think about your sex life for a second. Can you perform adequately for yourself and your wife if you don't have the energy to get off the couch? Can you get your business off the ground if you are being laid low with every bug that hits your neighborhood? Jokes aside, sex is really important to most men, and the change to my diet resulted in radically improved performance and pleasure. But, if the transition to this lifestyle has done anything for me, it has given me energy. It has also helped me to understand this body that I will have to live in for the rest of my life." - Mary-Ann Shearer, Perfect Health the Natural Way (Get the book.)

"This information, psychologically challenging his pain, and psychotherapy in combination led to marked improvement so he could enjoy a sex life. Likewise, women with chronic pelvic pain have improved. I have successfully treated many patients who carry the diagnosis of fibromyalgia. Patients with this diagnosis have more physical symptoms than the patient with only a backache, or neck ache, or insomnia, or irritable bowel syndrome, or ringing in the ears. However, I think of the patient with fibromyalgia as the most seriously affected with TMS and other patients as having less severe TMS." - John E. Sarno, M.D., The Divided Mind: The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders (Get the book.)

"You may find that you cannot play vigorously with your grandchildren (or your children), walk long distances, participate in sports, find a comfortable seat in a movie theatre or airplane or have an active sex life. In fact, even sitting still in a chair may be impossible without experiencing back or joint pain. For many, standing is hard on the knees. Carrying around too much weight can dramatically affect physical mobility, work, mental health, self-perception and social life. So you see, this isn't about death; it really is about missing many of the more enjoyable things in life." - T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Campbell II, The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health (Get the book.)

"Lamm, Hayden, and others have noted, decreased libido isn't the only way wildly swinging blood sugar levels can screw up your sex life. Particularly for men, the sexual organs work best when blood glucose stays within a normal range. When those levels are either too high or too low, your body may lose its ability to perform up to snuff. The dilemma of male diabetics is best illustrated by an intimate incident described by Nancy. "I was getting involved with a guy, and the first (and last) time we went to bed together, he couldn't get it up." - Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track (Get the book.) "I tried to keep our sex life up enough so that he wasn't miserable and insecure, but I just didn't have much interest." Soon after stopping her sugar sprees, however, Marianne discovered a surprise benefit—a big rise in libido. "My sex drive improved a lot. I also began to have more energy and fewer headaches. I just felt better all around." Steve (mentioned above) also found that when he was "in the sugar, sex was the farthest thing" from his mind. "I would even be angry if my partner brought it up. But when I'm not eating sweets, I'm interested in making love." - Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track (Get the book.)

"Many marketers want you to believe that boosting HGH blood levels can reduce body fat; build muscle; improve sex life, sleep quality, vision, and memory; restore hair growth and color; strengthen the immune system; normalize blood sugar; increase energy; and turn back your body's biological clock. But the flip side is that it causes swollen and painful joints, carpal tunnel syndrome, gynecomastia (big breasts are a big price to pay for men), and a trend toward the onset of diabetes (a big price for both genders)." - Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D., You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty (Get the book.) "And it's the hormone that partly controls "P your sex life, we recommend chocolate how much sex men want—and whether or not for a different reason-Cnocolate-in the form , .., , , of pure cocoa, hasflavonoidsthat increase they re going to experience erectile dysfunction. r nitric oxide to dilate those arteries, and it's Most men produce 4 to 7 milligrams of testos- . „ „ . . „. r ° especially effective in people over fifty." - Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D., You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty (Get the book.)

"Saying Viagra treated a disease also allowed advertisers to quietly appeal to the public's desire for self-improvement and -enhancement—while simultaneously pretending the drug wasn't really about improving anybody's sex life. Viagra was for a disease, not for wild, all-night sex." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"It is not the same thing as impotence, but it too can diminish the quality of one's sex life. Premature ejaculation—reaching orgasm too quickly to satisfy one's partner—is thought to be a learned trait, acquired through the habit of masturbation and immediate gratification, that can be unlearned through counseling. However, if PE begins suddenly, when there was no history of it before, it is probably due to problems with the arteries and veins that run to the penis." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"But when you stop to think that diabetes could cost you your eyesight, your kidney function, your sex life, or your heart, it is worth the effort. A relatively modest weight loss, even just 5 percent of your initial weight, can help lower blood pressure and triglycerides and reduce insulin resistance.207 This works out to just under 10 pounds for a 195-pound man. Such a loss may even reduce the likelihood that you will need medication. But how can you get the pounds off? Most experts agree that a two-part approach works best: Change the diet, and increase the exercise." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.)

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