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Article: Oysters, chocolate, apricots as aphrodisiacs: fact or fantasy?
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- Environmental Nutrition
- Article date:
- June 1, 1994
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As early as 160 B.C., the Greek poet Eunuchus wrote, "Without good eating and drinking, love grows cold."
Casanova is said to have braced himself with oysters and a cup of chocolate before venturing into a lady's boudoir.
Chocolate was also a favorite of the Aztec emperor Montezuma II. He drank 50 glasses of honey-sweetened chocolate each day to sustain his virility.
Early American settlers--Puritan heritage notwithstanding--believed that dandelion weed would cure impotence.
Food, drink, herb and aroma have been used as aphrodisiacs through the centuries in the hope that their special ingredients would somehow enhance a person's ...