Unless you’ve been living on Venus or Mars, you’ve probably heard that in spite of what goes on between your legs, it’s what goes on between your ears that is fundamental to a happy and appropriate sex life. Yes, it’s true – your brain is your largest sex organ. And, if your largest sex organ isn’t healthy, your sex life is probably unhealthy, too.
Your brain’s health can affect some really fundamental aspects of your love life. How you treat that special person in your life, the one important to you in a sexual way, can be a good indicator of your brain’s health. An unkind remark, shortness of temper, withdrawal of affection, along with other unhappy symptoms, often indicate that your brain chemistry is somehow awry. An unhealthy brain can cause all sorts of mental and physical problems. Perhaps the saddest is the loss of the physical and mental sensations of love and affection that are fundamental to your well-being.
You can consider your libido like the proverbial canary in the coal mine. If the canary dies, the miners know that something’s not healthy and that they should seek safety immediately. If your libido is dwindling, you need to find the reason why and do it quickly.
An unhealthy brain can cause all sorts of mental and physical problems.
You may be tired of hearing about diet and lifestyle. Yet, the foods you eat, the liquids you drink, the atmosphere you breathe, the exercise routine you follow, are all tied closely to your well-being and the vitality of your physical, mental, and spiritual self. Our sexuality embraces all those aspects.
Just a few tips – some you already know, but bear repeating – to urge your brain toward a happier sex life:
- Protect your brain from injury. This is a no-brainer and means everything from wearing a helmet while bicycling to avoiding noxious fumes and vapors. Though not unheard of, it is difficult to be sexy if you somehow end up paralyzed. Be safe – watch after yourself and your partner; you live in a tumultuous world.
- Protect your brain from bad food. Start looking for ways to improve your diet to enhance your brain power. Re-evaluate your food and your eating patterns. Especially cut out sugars and trans-fats. Look for those dreaded words on the ingredient labels of too many western/American food products: High-Fructose Corn Syrup. Don’t eat the over-processed foods that contain it. Avocados, blueberries and walnuts are examples of brain-boosting foods, and therefore sex-boosting foods. Start reading and researching to discover other foods that are good for your brain and your sex life. You’ll find that the foods that are considered aphrodisiacs are also foods that are good for your brain’s health, too.
- Keep your brain active. Do crosswords with your lover. Play cards and board games. The challenges keep the blood in the brain circulating and the interaction can lead to more intimacy. Between-the-sheets games are good, too. Research shows that men have a shorter attention span than women, especially when it comes to sex. The female partner needs to take the upper hand in many instances to “train” her lover. She must show him time and again how to please her. Don’t worry, if he’s brain-healthy, he should find this lots of fun
- Quality versus quantity. Research also shows that men who experience orgasm frequently on a weekly basis tend to live longer. On the other hand, the same research indicates that with women it wasn’t so much the frequency, but the quality and depth of orgasm that was a big assist toward longevity. What could be a better partnership? One partner pushing for more, the other pushing for better. Look for a happy medium that has both. And, if you’re fighting the battle of the bulge, remember that vigorous “sexercise” burns calories, too.
Keep that big sex organ, the three-pound supercomputer between your ears, in tip-top condition so that you can have a tip-top sex life full of love and affection – and FUN!
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