Posts Tagged ‘phenylethylamine’

The Aphrodisiac Power of Cheese

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

You may have heard that chocolate releases the same rush of hormones as sexual intercourse? As strange as this may sound, scientists have found this theory to be true, but there is another food which delivers the same rush of sexual excitement…cheese.

In actual fact, cheese not only delivers a rush of phenylethylamine, but has also been proven to deliver ten times as much phenylethylamine than chocolate or even sexual intercourse itself.

So the next time you feel like romancing your partner, why not dim the lights down low and offer a sexy assortment of cheese, to go with that fine wine.

Read more on this discovery as well as Australian researcher, Dr Max Lake’s research by clicking here