Posted on 08/07/2009 10:13:41 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Move over sex toys and tantric art, a glass or two of red wine are more than enough to increase a woman''s libido, say researchers.
Now you can sip on this to boost your sexual desire (Getty Images)
As for the reason: Italian doctors, who carried out the study, claim that chemical compounds found in red wine may boost sexual functioning by increasing blood flow to key areas of the body, The Telegraph reported.
To reach the conclusion, doctors at the University of Florence recruited 800 women aged 18 to 50. None of the women had ever reported a sexual health problem.
The volunteers were split into three groups - those who regularly consumed one or two glasses of red wine a day, those who consumed less than one glass a day of any sort of wine or other alcohol, and those who were teetotal.
In order to avoid the possible confounding effects of drunkenness, females who drank more than two glasses a day were excluded from the study.
The participants finished a questionnaire, the Female Sexual Function Index. It included 19 questions with a total score range between two and 36, with higher scores meaning better functioning.
Overall the red wine drinkers scored an average of 27.3 points, compared to 25.9 for the less-frequent tipplers and 24.4 for the non-drinkers.
From analysis, it was found that levels of sexual desire were higher in women who were moderate drinkers of red wine than in their counterparts who preferred other alcoholic drinks, or were teetotal.
The researchers said: "While this finding needs to be interpreted with some caution, it nevertheless suggests a potential relationship between red wine consumption and better sexuality."
The study has been published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
O these scientists. Wine is fine, but liquor is quicker. Dorothy Parker.
parsy, who thinks if all the girls from Wellesley were laid end to end...
This study could just as easily be interpreted as “sex drive increases women’s desire to drink red wine.” No evidence of causation is provided - only evidence of correlation.
Candy is dandy
But liquor is quicker
(Ogden Nash)
Exactly. Stupid study.
I see you’ve read your Dorothy Parker.
Good point. One of my professors in college used to highlight this difference by noting that the rate of out-of-wedlock births had increased (to that point) in the same proportion as the increase in tehuse of canned peas. Obviously, the canned peas were causing the out-of-wedlock births, right?
> Red Wine Boosts Sexual Desire in Women
Yes but most of the time, a man with a Ferrari or a Black Amex card will also do the trick.
Oops, did I mess this up?
parsy, who is starting to have senior moments
Mebbe not. I may have misquoted. Let me try some Bird of Avon stuff. (Shakespeare to those less literate.)
parsy, who says “For want of a lass, poor Yorick was lost...”
Champagne is also good but I must one of the “well dressed” mob/nazis that El Duce Pelosi hates.
I recall chasing the lib chicks in my tux, white gloves, spats, monocle, top hat, white shirt with arrow collars and walking stick.
OK, so where are the groups that drank white wine, beer and liquor.
The way this study was done they can only correlate the use of alcohol to increased sexual desire.
This can hardly be news.
What about Tequila?
Years ago I played Puff the Magic Dragon on my guitar. That hasn’t worked since 1973.
parsy. whose green scales are falling like rain.
I do not need wine for that.
And no mention of soju...
I have my Mo Jo
Red, red wine...
LOL! I was in a band. The good old days. Humoring dopey lib chicks who thought Reagan was the anti christ.
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