| Aphrodisiac foods have a long history,
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| | among these aphrodisiacs were foods with
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| the word aphrodisiac itself is derived
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| | a strong symbolism of seed or semen,
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| from the name of the ancient Greek
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| | hence eggs, bulbs, snails etc were
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| goddess Aphrodite, goddess of love,
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| | favoured for their outward resemblance to
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| fertility and sexual rapture. In olden
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| | testicles, but also aniseed, rocket
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| days, aphrodisiacs were much sought after
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| | seeds, sage and pistachio nuts were
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| as promoters of fertility as well as
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| | thought to increase male potency.So far,
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| sexual appetite, in light of this perhaps
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| | so tasty (possibly apart from the snails
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| the link between foodstuffs and sex does
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| | depending on your tastes) and it does
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| not seem so tenuous. Sexual appetite and
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| | become tempting to attribute the
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| fertility are both linked to nutrition;
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| | association of foods and sex to a simple
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| the better fed a person is, the more
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| | parallel between corporeal pleasures;
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| likely he or she is to be able to
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| | namely that food and sex are the things
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| conceive successfully, whilst a
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| | that we find most enjoyable on a basic
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| malnourished person will be not only less
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| | level, and that people with full bellies
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| fertile, but less libidinous. It is
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| | are better disposed to look around for
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| perhaps hardly surprising then that, in
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| | other distractions, but wait! We haven't
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| ancient and older modern cultures where
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| | yet delved into the more stomach churning
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| malnutrition was common and reproductive
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| | side of aphrodisiac 'foods'! Fancy a
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| imperative for survival, the belief that
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| | stewed sparrow, anyone? How about a spit
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| certain foods were linked to sexual
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| | of roasted skink (a type of lizard)?
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| appetite and fertility emerged.Chief
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