Ever wondered what fuels your sexual desire?
The latin root of the word libido means sexual lust. It's the driving force behind our fantasies and urges and a marker of our health and vitality.
But what happens when it takes a nosedive? Your body might be trying to tell you something's off balance.
The libido is a marker of our health and vitality. So when it plummets, our body is telling us that something is out of balance.
Some common causes of low libido include:
~ Chronic stress
~ Lack of time for self-care and connection
~ Hormonal imbalances (low testosterone in both women and men)
~ Nutrient deficiencies
~ Relationship struggles
~ Hormonal contraception
~ Perimenopause or menopause
~ Pregnancy and postpartum
Give your libido a boost naturally
- Practice stress management - whether you choose to meditate, spend time in nature, or do some yoga. Find a practice that helps to ground and regulate your nervous system.
- Prioritise rest, self-care and connection - fill your cup by doing something fun or creative that brings you joy. And take some time out to connect with yourself and your partner.
- Avoid inflammatory and nutrient-deplete foods like processed food, refined sugar, refined grains and vegetable seed oils.
- Ensure you’re getting enough protein at every meal to support the production of neurotransmitters like dopamine, implicated in libido.
- Eat plenty of healthy fats like avocado, extra virgin olive oil, fatty fish and grass-fed butter and ghee to support healthy cholesterol levels, for the production of testosterone, oestrogen and other hormones that play a role in the libido.
- Boost your zinc intake to support healthy testosterone production - including oysters and other shellfish, red meat, activated pumpkin seeds.
- Get enough sunshine exposure to support vitamin D production.
- Move your body in a way that is enjoyable - the blood pumping action of our heart and muscles contracting helps to oxygenate our tissues, which is associated with a higher sex drive.
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