Natural aphrodisiac foods work through one of two different means. The first way is through stimulating the sex drive through external psychological means. This generally means that the food insinuates sex to the person mentally through sight, smell, or some other external means. The other way that food serves as male aphrodisiacs or female aphrodisiacs is by stimulating the sex drive internally. The sex drive is created through increases in hormones in the body, or by increasing the body’s overall health. Nearly every human civilization since the dawn of man has had their own Aphrodisiacs cookbook of sorts. The concept that food could improve upon a person’s sex drive and fertility has been very important to man since antiquity. Below are some of the foods believed to be the most effective as aphrodisiacs.

Chocolates have always been considered especially good female aphrodisiacs. Chocolate is naturally both a stimulant and a relaxing agent simultaneously. The aspect that causes the person to relax also helps him or her to lower his or her inhibitions. The stimulant side of the food, which is predominantly caffiene, causes the person to have greater attentiveness which can allow desire to also increase. No aphrodisiacs cookbook would be complete without a few chocolate recipes.

Oysters, on the other hand, have been known to be one of the best male aphrodisiacs. The food is considered to be partially one of the psychological aphrodisiacs as the oyster, upon further inspection, can resemble the female sex organ. Also, the oyster has been scientifically proven to help the body’s levels of progesterone, which is another hormone that can positively influence the libido. Zinc deficiency has also been known to be a leading cause in male impotence. Oysters have a great deal of zinc naturally, which helps a lot of men to increase the desire for sex.

The use of celery as an aphrodisiac was widely considered a myth until recent years. The vegetable contains a hormone called androsterone, which is known to incite sexual desire in women. Studies are still unclear as to whether or not the ingestion of that hormone directly influences desire in women, but it is certainly more likely than most other foods.

Many foods are considered to be aphrodisiacs that are not actually able to influence the body in any scientific kind of way. The convenient thing about this is that even if the natural aphrodisiac foods do not actually increase the libido, if the mind believes that it will, then it will. For sex, the placebo effect of natural aphrodisiac foods is usually as effective if not more effective than the food itself.