{"id":19922,"date":"2014-05-21T11:49:12","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T11:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=19922"},"modified":"2014-05-21T11:49:12","modified_gmt":"2014-05-21T11:49:12","slug":"six-surprising-ways-food-affects-your-love-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/05\/six-surprising-ways-food-affects-your-love-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Six surprising ways food affects your love life"},"content":{"rendered":"

In honor of National Women’s Health Week, we’re taking a closer look at how our lifestyle choices influence our\u00a0love\u00a0lives.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Single\u00a0or taken, our relationship with food is by far the most emotional. When you stop and think about it, food sneaks into our\u00a0love\u00a0lives in ways we don’t even realize. We bond over dinner dates and share our deepest secrets with each other over cups of late-night coffee. We toast glasses of wine to our significant other when we reach our anniversary milestones. And we indulge in sweets in the throes of a\u00a0breakup \u2026 only to start the cycle all over again when a new person catches our eye.<\/div>\n

But there’s no denying that eating \u2014 emotional or not \u2014 affects our lives in ways we don’t fully appreciate. From being a vegetarian to late-night snacking, these healthy (and not so healthy) ways that food is affecting your love life. (And if you’re trying to spice things up in that area, check out the video above for tips from Millionaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger on how to rev it up).<\/p>\n

#1. Men Prefer Vegetarians and Women Prefer Meat-Eaters<\/strong>
\nFirst of all, we’re told not to judge someone on a first date by what they order, but let’s be honest: We all do. And men are the biggest judgers. Luckily, lady vegetarians will love to hear this news: According to research from the dating app AYI\u00a0,<\/span>researchers found that men were 11 percent more likely to reach out to vegetarian women than carnivorous women. Interestingly enough, the opposite proved true for women: They were 13 percent more likely to reach out to meat-eating men than vegetarian men. (So what happens when two vegetarians meet on a date? Hmmm, I wonder \u2026 )<\/p>\n

#2. Feeling ‘Hangry’ Causes Couples to Fight<\/strong>
\nHere’s a reason not to skip lunch: Do you ever notice that you start to feel a building anxiety and even rage around the time you forgo a meal?It’s called being “hangry” and its ruining your relationship.Brad Bushman, a professor of communication and psychology at Ohio State University, and his colleagues recruited over 100\u00a0married\u00a0couples, and asked them to fill out a relationship satisfaction questionnaire. They measured their blood-glucose levels each night, seeing the biggest drops in blood sugar about five hours after supper. They noticed a direct link between the low blood sugar levels and feelings of aggression towards their spouse, proving that couples fight when they’re hungry.<\/p>\n

#3. Soda Could Be the Culprit Behind Your ‘Headache’ Excuse<\/strong>
\nYour daily afternoon can of soda could be hurting your chance of getting lucky between the sheets later that night. That’s because these artificially sweetened energy boosters are also known mood killers. And if you’re opting for the diet variety, you’re also consuming an artificial sweetener called “aspartame”.\u00a0This sugar substitute causes headaches and low libido \u2014 not sexy.<\/p>\n

#4. Watch Out If You’ve Been Drinking<\/strong>
\nIf you find yourself getting hit on left and right at the bar, it might not have anything to do with you, but what’s in your glass. Researchers at the University of Toronto and the University of Washington set out to observe young singles mingling in bars. They found that a man’s sexual advances against a woman didn’t match his level of intoxication. Instead, it had to do with whether the\u00a0woman<\/em>\u00a0appeared intoxicated. In the study, published in Alcholism: Clinical & Experimental Research\u00a0\u00a0the team concluded that a man was more likely to approach a woman if he thought she was drunk out of her wits. (What a bunch of creeps!)<\/p>\n

#5. Eating Avocados Helps Couples in the Baby-Making Department<\/strong>
\nResearch has found that women who follow a Mediterranean diet \u2014 including avocados \u2014 triple their chances of success for having the fertility treatment. Scientists funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health conducted a study\u00a0of 147 women undergoing IVF at the Massachusetts General Hospital Fertility Center. They discovered that monounsaturated fat \u2014 found in olive oil, sunflower oil, nuts and seeds \u2014 is better than any other kind of dietary fat. Those who ate the highest amounts were 3.4 times more likely to have a child after IVF than those who ate the lowest amounts.<\/p>\n

#6. People Agree: A Homecooked Meal Is an Act of Love<\/strong>
\nLast year, YourTango conducted their annual Breakfast, Love and Dinner survey \u00a0of over 1,000 readers and 75 of respondents agreed that preparing food for a date or partner is a significant act of love. I guess it goes to show that the way to someone’s heart really\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0through their stomach. So get cookin’!<\/p>\n

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Source: Magazine.foxnews.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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