Tuna: packed with nutrients to keep you frisky
Nutritionally, tuna, like all other oily fish, is rich in calcium and B vitamins, both valuable in maintaining sexual health. It also offers omega-3 fatty acids, touted for their role in lowering cholesterol and promoting the production of sex hormones. The fish is also a source of selenium, a mineral that aids in sperm production and has been shown to be beneficial in enhancing mood.
The Japanese, who shunned tuna until the mid-twentieth century, now consume an estimated fifth of the world tuna supply. In Japan, it is often served raw as sashimi, a noted Japanese aphrodisiac.
Can fish oil make you frisky?
In 2000, British scientists discovered that a blend the fish’s oil coupled with vitamin E aided in the friskiness of male pigs used as studs. (Early studies showed Prosperm, the name with which the oil blend was anointed, to increase both semen output and the quality of sperm.) The plan was to develop the product as a human dietary supplement. Unfortunately, makers were unable to eliminate one rather disturbing side effect: the product enlarged the pigs’ testicles by twenty percent.
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Amy is considered a leading authority on aphrodisiacs. Her work in aphrodisiacs is quoted in publications including National Geographic, The New York Times, Epicurious, Wine Enthusiast, Health and Playboy magazines. She speaks internationally on aphrodisiac foods and has brought her knowledge of aphrodisiac history and science to national television shows including The Today Show and CBS Early Show. She is a frequent guest on relationship and lifestyle radio and podcast shows and has been interviewed by BBC and NPR radio, Cosmopolitan radio and popular podcasts including My Dad Wrote a Porno.
Amy is also a freelance food, wine and health researcher and writer as well as a wine competition judge. Her work has appeared in publications ranging from Variety to The Daily Meal. She is an MSN content provider. And she is also a former wine editor for Gayot.com and wine & spirits editor of Las Vegas magazine.
Fun fact: Amy was the creator of the first ever comprehensive food and wine apps, Amy Reiley's Pocket Gourmet and Amy Reiley's Pocket Vineyard for Palm.
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