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This Valentine’s Day, Don’t Say It With Flowers, Diamonds, or Words from the Heart. Say It With Garlic!!

5/31/2004

AllHerb.com Survey Tests and Proves Which Aphrodisiacs Make You Sexy, Cuddly or, Even Which Makes You Want to "Spoon" for Valentine's Day

Do oysters really get you in the mood? Or does chocolate actually make you romantic? People have always questioned whether aphrodisiacs really work. Well, finally someone has actually put aphrodisiacs to the test. According to the study conducted by AllHerb.com, an online herbal resource, the number one foods that couples who spoon frequently ate during the week they were surveyed were made with garlic, followed by dishes prepared with shiitake mushrooms, chocolate, and lemon.

The survey, which queried 314 couples nationwide for a week to determine what aphrodisiacs make you feel sexy, romantic and cuddly, had couples fill out a form documenting how many times they had sex, orgasms, felt romantic, and did different "nuzzling" activities comparable to what they ate that evening. The study also discovered that couples who cooked regularly with certain ingredients found themselves to be "in the mood" more often: the top five spices that couples who had sex the most often during the week cooked with were: cayenne pepper, followed by rosemary, garlic, onion, and basil.

"Food is a source of many natural ingredients that can do anything from curing a headache to stimulating your hormones," explained Ken Hakuta, CEO of AllHerb.com. "Many of the foods we eat everyday affect us in ways we're not even aware of, and with Valentine's Day approaching, we wanted to take a look to find natural ingredients that act as aphrodisiacs."

Other interesting findings include: Couples who regularly ate chocolate during the week they were surveyed were three times as likely to spoon at night compared to couples who said they never ate chocolate at all. Also, men who drank hot chocolate after dinner were three times as likely to give their "lady friend" a massage that same evening, compared to those who had another nighttime beverage or no beverage at all. And, 64% of women who said that they ate artichokes for dinner reported having an orgasm that night during sex, while 6% of women who ate the entire artichoke ? including the heart ? reported having multiple orgasms that night. Couples who cooked dinner during the week with one full clove of garlic, said that sex that night lasted twice as long as usual, and if two or more cloves of garlic were used, sex lasted four times as long as normal.

AllHerb.com is a comprehensive web site that provides a complete introduction to herbs and serves as a resource for people to learn about the latest news on alternative medicine, check out expert-recommended supplements, seek advice from a panel of experts, and purchase a myriad of herbal supplements online.

Ken Hakuta, CEO of AllHerb.com, is available for interview.

Contact: Marisa Milo
Jericho Communications
212-645-6900 x126

Did You Know That According to a study of 314 couples nationwide

We Finally Found The G Spot, But It's Actually The A Spot
64% of women who said that they ate artichokes for dinner during the week they were surveyed said they had an orgasm that very same evening when they had sex. 6% of those women who ate the entire artichoke, including the heart, said that they had multiple orgasms that night.

Dinner and a Movie
Couples who had a chocolate dessert at dinner during the week that they were surveyed were four times more likely to go see a romantic movie after dinner, compared to those couples who didn't have dessert at all. Surprisingly, couples who ate a fruit-based desert were twice as likely to see a drama compared to other dessert eaters.

Real Men Don't Eat Asparagus
Men who said that they ate asparagus three or more times during the week they were surveyed were four times as likely to watch Ally McBeal than those who said they never ate asparagus during the week.

Spice Up Your Life
Couples who regularly seasoned their food with cayenne pepper during the week they were surveyed had sex at least five times that week, compared to people who seasoned with black pepper, who, on average, had sex only once that week. On the nights during the week when couples used no seasonings on their food, only 3% of them said they had sex that night.

Your Breath May Stink But Who Cares
When dinner was prepared with one full clove of garlic during the week they were surveyed, 83% of those couples said that sex that night lasted twice as long as usual, and if two or more cloves of garlic were used, astoundingly, 90% of those couples said that sex lasted four times as long as normal.

A Chocolate Spoon and Fork
Couples who regularly ate chocolate during the week they were surveyed were three times as likely to spoon at night compared to couples who said they never ate chocolate at all. 9% of those chocoholic couples said that they were more open to bringing a third party into the bedroom with them.

I Said Orega-NO
Of those women who said that they ate a meal that was seasoned with oregano during the week they were surveyed, a whopping 24% of them said "no" to sex that very same night.

Are You Gonna Wear Your Night-Tea?
71% of women who drank ginseng tea before bed during the week they were surveyed said that they wore sexy lingerie to bed that same night, compared to 60% of women who drank regular tea during the week they were surveyed who said they wore pajamas to bed on those nights.

Green Tea Is Not Only Good For You, It's Good For Me Too!
Oddly enough, 18% of women who said that they drank green tea before bed during the week that they were surveyed wore "nothing" to bed. The highest percentage of nude sleepers in the survey.

Do You Want The Rosemary Chicken Again, Dear?
On nights when couples ate a dish prepared with rosemary during the week they were surveyed, 59% of them said that they had morning sex that following day, compared to only 17% of those couples that had other types of dishes for dinner that night that partook in the morning ritual.

The Human Sundae
Couples who had a bottle of whipped cream in the fridge during the week they were surveyed were twice as likely to have at least 1/2 hour of foreplay during that same week, compared to couples whose fridges were "creamless."

Breakfast is Served
Couples who cooked with onions in their breakfast during the week they were surveyed were four times as likely to eat it in bed together, compared to couples who had an onion-free breakfast during the week they were surveyed.

An After Dinner Massage
Men who drank hot chocolate at night during the week they were surveyed were three times as likely to give their "lady friend" a massage that same night, compared to those who had another nighttime beverage or no beverage at all.

What's Up, Doc?
Men who regularly ate carrots during the week they were surveyed said that appearance was the number one thing they looked for in a woman versus men who didn't regularly eat carrots who said that personality was the number one attribute they looked for.

I Take Care of Myself and My Wife
On average, men who said that they regularly took vitamins during the week they were surveyed said that they were planning to spend four times as much on a Valentine's Day gift than men who didn't take vitamins at all during that week.

Could You Pass Me A Tissue and Some Cabbage
Men who ate cabbage at least three times during the week they were surveyed were five times as likely to cry at movies, compared to men who didn't eat cabbage at all that week.

Top Five Foods If You Cook With That Will Make You "Spoon"
1. Garlic
2. Shiitake Mushrooms
3. Chocolate
4. Olives
5. Lemon

Top Five Spices That Induce Sexual Activity
1. Cayenne Pepper
2. Rosemary
3. Garlic
4. Onion
5. Basil

Top Five Foods/Spices That Induce Romance in Men
1. Chocolate
2. Cabbage
3. Artichokes
4. Mashed Potatoes
5. Red Meat

Top Five Foods/Spice That Induce Romance in Women
1. Strawberries
2. Chocolate
3. Artichokes
4. Shrimp
5. Garlic