This Will Surprise You! 7 Foods That Can Stir Up The Feeling Of Love 

Did you know that you could actually express love through food? Just like we have food for thought, we have food for love.  Okay, some people know that already but they only know about Chocolate bars when there is a whole lot of food that can be used to express love.

A way to a person’s heart is through their stomach. Some of these foods will leave you surprised because you never knew. Even common vegetables like asparagus and carrots were at one time thought to contribute to the healthy love lives of those who ate them. The Roman physician Galen reported them to be warm, moist and windy. Some food will make someone’s emotional compass point in the direction of Love and affection. Chocolates contain the chemical anandamide, also known as AEA, as well as phenylethylamine, or PEA, which releases dopamine in the pleasure centres of the brain. People will agree that it brings out strong feelings of Love.

If you are looking for a way to ‘spice up’ your relationship with food of course, then this article is for you!

7 Foods That Can Stir Up The Feeling Of Love 

1. Chocolates: Chocolate contains theobromine, a mild caffeine-like chemical that dilates capillaries, increases energy and stimulates the heart—all euphoria enhancing. Chocolates have a chemical that helps the brain produce an exciting hormone called serotonin. Chocolates are so Divine that Mayans called the tree its bean pod grew on, cacao meaning, “God’s fruit”. Some chocolates can also be used to enhance sexual desires. 

2. Chili Pepper: Something spicy! It makes our heart race, skin flush and it makes our body warm. Chili peppers are known to contain endorphins which gives you a feel-good feeling. It blocks pain and spreads the sensation of pleasure throughout the body. Sometimes a lip swelling or a plumping effect after eating Chili Pepper can appear attractive to the opposite sex.

They should be taken moderately anyway, otherwise, you’ll end up disgracing yourself and I’ll be in my house watching you cause that’s not what you were asked to do. Please take a moderate size. Thank you.

Chili’s are believed to be aphrodisiac because of their shape, heat and bright colours. Aphrodisiac means food, drink, and snacks that stimulate love or sexual desires.

3. Vanilla; Many believe an increased scent of vanilla increases lust. The Totonacs of Veracruz, Mexico are said to be the original cultivators of vanilla. Their legend had it that when princess Xa’nat’s father forbade her from marrying or being with her lover, they ran away together to the forest. They were captured later and beheaded. Their blood spread all over the ground and the Vanilla tree grew on it making vanilla a symbol of undying love. Now you know why vanilla chocolate is cherished so much. 

4. Apples: Even In the garden of Eden and snow-white, Apples were used to lure people. It is a symbol of temptation. In Greece, they are symbols of love. Their mystical goddess known for athletic prowess, goddess Atalanta said she was going to marry anyone that could beat her in a foot race. The god of Hippomenes met the goddess of love for help and the goddess gave him three apples to throw on the track. He did and the apples distracted goddess Atalanta, making her lose her race. This to them means, love won.

Red apples are round like life, red like the heart and nourishing like true love. Apple’s were so associated with love that when they saw the first tomato in the new world, they called it the Golden apple.

5. Honey: Honey helps the body use and metabolize estrogen. It is a good source of B Vitamins. Honey is also known as an aphrodisiac because it helps to increase sperm count and it’s regarded as a natural fertility buster.

How do you think the word ‘honeymoon’ came about? It comes from taking honey on the union of marriage.

6. Spices: Spices like Ginger, Garlic and cinnamon. Ginger warms the body and forcefully pumps blood to stimulate sensitive parts. Garlic they say, is a famous way of keeping vampires and bad incidents on your first date. It is more like a lucky charm to make sure your date goes well. Don’t eat too much, it has a funny smell. It’s full of Allicin which is known to increase blood circulation. 

Cinnamon, raise sex drive. It is known to have an amazing and enticing scent that hits the body. It’s one of the oldest aphrodisiac and it was used in the old testament of the Bible in the book of Proverbs 7 vs 17

“I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon. Come let us take our fill of love till morning.”

In Rome, the word Cinnamon was used to call a lover, darling or sweetheart.

7. Wine And Grape: Grapes were an ancient symbol of fertility in many of the world’s major religions and followers believed that fertility only came from the touch of the goddess of love, Venus. When grapes were squeezed and turned into wine, they represented Venus’s offspring, Ero, who was the god of sexual attraction. This made wine the ultimate love potion. Red wines are full of chemical resveratrol, an antioxidant that increases blood flow and stimulates circulation. This sets the body up for excitement and pleasure.

Basically, every food you eat has a significance, an origin and a story behind it. These are the foods of love and you can have them while on a vacation with you partner. You are an article wiser!