Another name that you are probably familiar with after reading my blogs is Brigitte Mars. She is the author of Love, Sex & Health and in an interview that I had with her last year she shares some of her thoughts on how we should use food, our minds and our hearts to ensure our sexual vitality. Many of us have experienced the changes in our sexual desire and function as we age.
Some of the changes can be great and some of them can be a little less than great. I loved this interview that I had with Brigitte. I learned so much and couldn’t wait to share some important points that came out of it. Brigitte is also one of my favorite herbalist authors to date!
Nancy: A common complaint I hear from women is that they gain a bit of weight, feel lethargic and have trouble sleeping. They suffer mood swings because of uncontrolled blood sugar levels and if that's not bad enough, their sexual vitality flies out the window. Since most of our problems can be traced to the foods we eat, what sexual Super Foods would you recommend to change all that?
Brigitte: I've been 99% raw foodist for the past eight years, and I
do think raw foods are where it's at. In the raw food world, nuts and
seeds are Super Foods. They contain the life force to create new life.
Anything that's good for fertility is also good for sexuality. So if
anyone is thinking they'd like
to get pregnant, know that if it's good for sexuality, it also improves fertility.
Raw
nuts and seeds like almonds, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds are great
foods to consume on a regular basis. Pumpkin seeds help to improve the
male prostate gland. Both sunflower seeds and
pumpkin seeds are
high in zinc, which is a component of sexual fluids. Zinc is considered
one of the sexy vitamins. All of those foods are also high in Vitamin
E.
If you've ever looked at a bottle of Vitamin E, you've probably seen
tocopherol on the label. All that means is to bring forth life, because
there have been many years of observation that when Vitamin E is
included in animal foods, it helps to prevent miscarriages and
helps to promote healthy pregnancy. And I encourage anyone to eat more
leafy, green vegetables, because greens are high in minerals.
It's
also possible to have low libido because of low thyroid function, so I
want to remind people to eat seaweeds: kelp, dulce, hijiki.
There are some wonderful seaweeds grown along the Canadian coast. Seaweeds are so high in minerals. Remember that sexual energy is extra energy. If someone is exhausted and depleted, it's part of your body's nature to protect itself and conserve the energy. So your body is going to say, "It's not a good time to make a baby."
Our sex drive really has a lot to do with this divine plan to make children. I know we may think that having kids is not what this is about, but when we are depleted, our body goes into protection to conserve our energy so that we don't get pregnant. It's natural for our libido to decrease in those conditions, so we want to be in the best health possible. I know we'll talk about herbs later on, but other Super Foods are roots, foods like rutabaga, carrots, beets, burdock, turnip.
Roots are said to energize the lower chakras, the lower parts of the body. The best thing is just to be in good health. I know that many men are taking things like Viagra for erectile dysfunction, but erectile dysfunction, if it's not emotional, is often a form of hardening of the arteries. If blood flow can't get to the genitals in men or women, it's going to be very desensitized there. So cut back on animal foods like meat and dairy products.
If it's full of mercury, it's not so great either. Wild caught fish from cold water is probably the best. You could certainly do this on a vegetarian diet as well. But just as people are compulsively addicted to junk food, I think that people are on a quest for junk sex. Sex should be an expression of our highest being. Be with the right person. Every day, you read about someone who did something sexually inappropriate and they've just ruined their family life and their career, and now their picture is in the paper, because they couldn't keep their head together.
We want our motivation to be for the highest good, and not let our sexuality govern us so that we make poor decisions. I'm sure that your listeners are thinking about making wise decisions about food. We also need to put that right energy into our lovemaking decisions.
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