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.
“That Night Train is a mean wine.”
But can you seal the deal without resorting to alcohol.
Been decades since I was a player, but didn’t the dopey lib chicks just have something about them? Not in a rush, and just no inhibitions. I remember once: It was like Haight Asbury. She had flowers in her hair. I wore bell bottoms. Then the nazis came. I left for Casablanca where...
Wait, I think I am confusing reality and fantasy somehow.
parsy, who is shocked
LOL! They had no inhibitions and no common sense.
Its girls like these that can get a guy into trouble.
Seriously, who makes all these stupid studies and how do you get a job doing it? What do they do, hire a bunch of women and feed them Red and White wines and then have sex with them and see which ones put out the most often? Makes you wonder doesn't it?
Two fingers of Bourbon or 2 margarita’s is the magic number.
I recall chasing the lib chicks in my tux, white gloves, spats, monocle, top hat, white shirt with arrow collars and walking stick.
The girls at the club have wondered where you've been....
I believe it was Ben Franklin who said “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”
This research confirms this, as well as the injunction from Proverbs 5:19.
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