You may think that libido is all about what\u2019s going on \u201cdown there,\u201d but there is far more to it than just that. Women, especially, can\u2019t quite get their libido into gear if other factors are messing with it. For example, a\u00a0study\u00a0found that smell can really kill a women\u2019s sex drive, like, completely put it out of commission.<\/p>\n
Women have a sense of smell unlike men. We\u2019re far more sensitive to different scents, and it can fluctuate during our menstruation cycle, as well as be confused a bit if we\u2019re on the pill. There\u2019s an evolutionary reasons for this, of course, because as bearers of the wee ones we need to have an acute sense of smell to avoid putting toxins in our bodies, but when it comes to our sex life, it also plays a major hand in the process.<\/p>\n
The study revealed that when people get older, their smelling ability declines, this, unfortunately, can get in the way of sexual bonds and communication with our partners. As Professor Tim Jacob, at Cardiff University explains, \u201cWe\u2019re drawn to people who have a different set of immune genes from us \u2014 an evolutionary mechanism to encourage us to pass different immune genes to our offspring. And our own body odor is determined by our immune genes.\u201d Remove that from the equation, and we\u2019re looking at a libido that just might be high and dry.<\/p>\n
Smell aside, here are a few weird, but true other things to put on the \u201clibido killing\u201d list.<\/p>\n
1. Sex toys<\/strong> 2. Cash register receipts<\/strong> 3. Oysters<\/strong> 4. Sleep deprivation<\/strong> 5. Alcohol<\/strong> 6. Corn Flakes<\/strong> 7. Body image<\/strong> Source: Yahoo.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You may think that libido is all about what\u2019s going on \u201cdown there,\u201d but there is far more to it than just that. Women, especially, can\u2019t quite get their libido into gear if other factors are messing with it. For example, a\u00a0study\u00a0found that smell can really kill a women\u2019s sex drive, like, completely put it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36],"class_list":["post-86876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-corruption"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86876\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSure, sex toys can make your bedroom play even more fun, but they can also\u00a0kill your desire\u00a0to have that fun in the first place. Sex toys made of vinyl are not your friends, you guys. Thanks to all the chemicals within all vinyl products, not just the ones you use on or near you tender bits, that both mess up hormones and lower testosterone, your libido can just up and die. Basically, it\u2019s worth investing in a glass or silicone sex toy as opposed to hanging on to the plastic thing you\u2019ve had since high school.<\/p>\n
\nBefore you start thinking this is money related, stop. It\u2019s not, but something so much weirder. According to a\u00a0study\u00a0published in Fertility and Sterility, about 40 percent of receipts are coated with a \u201chormone-disrupting chemical bisphenol A,\u201d which has been linked to not just lower sex drives, in men especially, but heart disease. What the wha? So \u2026 stop shopping, I guess. Now.<\/p>\n
\nThat\u2019s right. Put down the supposed aphrodisiac and reach for a lobster roll. Oysters are high in zinc which is what we can thank for that elevated libido, but the reality is that oysters are nothing but chock-full of\u00a0parasites and toxic ocean substances\u00a0which, of course, are absorbed by your body upon consumption, and actually negate any positive effects of that zinc you\u2019re trying so desperately to get in your blood stat for the sexy times. Leave the oysters in the ocean to play with their fellow toxic friends.<\/p>\n
\nIf you\u2019ve ever been too exhausted to get it on, then you know that not getting enough Z\u2019s is definitely a mood killer. But while you may not, mentally, want to have sex because you\u2019re so tired, inside, your body doesn\u2019t want to do it either.\u00a0Studies\u00a0have found that lack of sleep directly affects the production of hormones, which, in turn, directly affects your desire to have sex. Getting enough sleep is paramount in all corners of your health, but especially if you want to keep your sex life on par.<\/p>\n
\nI\u2019m sure you\u2019ve all had one of those nights where alcohol fueled a pretty unforgettable one-night stand, right? Drinking does let your inhibitions fall and provide for you to become, well, the other you, but it also does a number on your insides. Long-term use of alcohol and\u00a0binge drinking\u00a0will not only result in menstrual irregularities, but will rob you of your libido \u2014 not to mention what it does to your liver.<\/p>\n
\nIf your sex drive is low, maybe now you can blame your breakfast. Fun fact:\u00a0John Harvey Kellogg, the inventor of your beloved morning cereal, was a die-hard believer in abstinence. So what did he do? He spent a lot of his time coming up with bland foods that just might kill sexual urges in people. I know! What a lunatic! But, that was the man\u2019s original intention, apparently.<\/p>\n
\nIt should come as no surprise to anyone that a women\u2019s\u00a0body image\u00a0has everything to do with her desire to want to have or not have sex. While there\u2019s no quick way to deal with body image, just in realizing you have a body image problem takes you at least out of the denial category and on your way to body acceptance. Remember: no one is perfect and perfect is boring, anyway.<\/p>\n