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Pumpkin Pie increases Male Sex Drive
Dr. Alan Hirsch, Director of Chicago's Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Center, says the key to a man's heart, and other parts, is pumpkin pie. Out of the 40 odors tested in Hirsch's study, a mixture of lavender and pumpkin pie got the biggest rise out of men ages 18 to 64. That particular fragrance was found to increase penile blood flow by an average of 40%. "Maybe the odors acted to reduce anxiety. By reducing anxiety, it acted to remove inhibitions," said Hirsch.
So everyone remember that as your mother serves you pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving in two days.
FTA: "Every odor we tested aroused the participants," said Hirsch. ... "Nothing turns a man off."
Now, what pie will arouse women? THAT'S the pie I need.
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"Oh, you're a scientist? What do you research?"
"Well, today I measured penile blood flow of a bunch of guys who were smelling pumpkin pie to compare it to penile blood flow of those who weren't."
Science fail.
How does it feel to be a liar with pants constantly on fire?
I believe baby powder was the odor most arousing to women, although you could probably use fresh babies if you don't have any powdered.
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"Have you ever noticed that you never get laid on Thanksgiving? I think it's because all the coats are on the bed."
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Yes they have.
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What'd be an interesting follow-up is whether this is because of the odor itself or what it reminds us of. Do the same study where no one eats pumpkin pie and see if the effect is the same.
The author's hypothesis seems to suggest the former, but that's what science is for.
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Then how can you say it doesn't evoke any feelings?
It's not pie you want, it's Cheesecake. Trust me.
Actually, August is the most common month of the year for birthdays. So...
How can I believe you when you tell me what I don't want to hear?
When she complains about having a headache AFTER sex, rather than before
I hear that all the time, it's a side effect of the chloroform.
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Trolling is a art,
According to Michelin, there are more three star restaurants in New York than Rome. In any case it is pathetic that you think you can judge and an entire continent-spanning nation of hundreds of millions based on whatever handful of random restaurants you happened upon. Grow up.
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I'm not sure if I should be shocked, or if I should be ordering...
I just use the coffee table. It also encourages the guests to leave quickly.
They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance. - Terry Pratchett
It's the combination of pumpkin pie and lavender that scores significantly higher than anything else (in this test).
Pumpkin pie & lavender 40% increase in blood flow
Next highest is 20%
Pumpkin pie alone 8.5%
Single highest smell is orange at 19.5%. Even vanilla is 8.5%.
No, I never been to a McDonalds there -- or rather, I entered one, saw a monstrously dirty place that stank and quickly ran away. Heck, in a backwards place like Poland McDonalds are safe food, among the better fast food places, priced so the poor can't afford to eat there (or at least couldn't ~10 years ago, things change fast) -- yet in the US they seem to be the lowest of the low.
My sample comes mostly from going out several times with people from that university I've been to for the summer, and trying out various eateries in the city on my won the rest of the time.
It might be something like those mythical microbrews people on /. praise whenever someone dares to mention American beer -- yet try going into a shop and choose a beer you didn't try yet. There's 99.9% chance it's pure shit.
I don't deny there's good food and good beer there -- but if anything you pick at random is that bad, it says well what the _average_ is.
I been there a month, and did put some effort into trying to find something good -- other Polacks there usually made their own food, I'm an abysmal cook and I wanted to try the local food rather than eating things I can have at home. A guy from China recommended to me several places, these served real Chinese food instead of the westernized faux stuff we're used to so it was too weird to me -- but not bad.
In the end, the only sources of good food I managed to find were a couple of Italian places and a bar that served omelettes.
On the other hand, when in Switzerland I failed to find a single bad consumable -- everything I tried was superb (been there only 3 days, but still...), and in Germany or Denmark, the food quality is as good as in Poland. And in Sweden, you just need to know to avoid gems like sugared sausage.
The creatures outside looked from Alt-Right to Antifa; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
Being seventeen makes you want to have sex.
Reminds me of this Rorschach test. "What do you see here?" "People having sex." "And this one?" People having sex" "And the next one?" "The same".
You seem to have a very dirty mind?
- Me? You are the one showing me all those dirty images!
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
You have to grate it yourself at the table, as the essential oils disperse almost immediately.
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
How the hell do you measure how boneriffic a boner is?
With a Plethysmograph
http://www.wpbf.com/download/2010/1122/25875732.pdf
The linked study is from 1998. It is unclear if the news source was responding to some follow-up research that was published, or (more likely) was searching the archives for some holiday-related news on a slow news day.
Pretend I said something meaningful or insightful here.
Your inviting the wrong guests.
Given this new information, you should never eat pumpkin with your relatives, it may give you the urge to pump-kin.
...and tryptophan puts us to sleep. So, isn't it upsetting the Order of Things when we eat the turkey and ~then~ the pie? Shouldn't it be the other way 'round?
but have you considered the following argument: shut up.
Haha! Because women are gold-diggers rather than people with diverse and complex attractions and that's why you they sleep with other, richer men and not you! Classic! ...Wait, they also find penniless badasses attractive? Brb, reevaluating.
Whether they admit it or not, women seek men who will contribute something to offspring. For some, what they seek is financial security. Why else would we have terms like "Good provider." when they discuss potential mates? Other women prefer physicality, a strong man will make strong children who will have a good chance at survival.
When you learn to read the signs that they put out, you know when to pass on a woman that would be a waste of your time or how to manipulate her perception of you to get closer to her. I happen to be lucky in that I'm over 6 feet tall and over 200 pounds. I'm not really in good shape, but if I dress properly, I can make it look like I'm more muscular than I am. I also make a decent living, but I'm not well off. However, I make enough to appear that I make more than I do. I'm off of the market now, but when I was still out there I learned a lot by watching guys who were successful with women and adapting their techniques to suit me.
What's crazy is that there is a subculture based on this, they call themselves Pick Up Artists (PUAs). I wish I had discovered the basics when I was younger.
LK
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It's a half truth. Eating lots of turkey will indeed make you sleepy due to the tryptophan content. However, this only works if you don't eat any other proteins... and there is a fair amount in the rest of the food. As far as a Thanksgiving dinner in toto goes, it is indeed the overeating that makes you sleepy. A little bit from rerouting resources to digest those 3,000 calories (no really, that's the AVERAGE calorie load in an American Thanksgiving feast) and a fair amount due to insulin shock from all the carbs. Wine also contributes to the drowsiness, and I have read, although I can't find any sources now, that simply being around family may lead to an oxytocin release that could lead to drowsiness among males.
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Oh yeah, I forgot that there is irony in part of the mechanism behind how insulin shock leads to drowsiness. Insulin triggers uptake of a large number of amino acids into muscle tissue. One of the few amino acids whose uptake does not increase is... tryptophan. This leads to a higher ration of plasma tryptophan levels, so it is then preferentially transferred across the blood/brain barrier. This then allows higher than normal production of serotonin and melatonin, which then depresses the sympathetic nervous system leading to drowsiness. So, it is tryptophan that triggers the drowsiness, but not necessarily dietary intake.
Eating turkey or other high tryptophan foods within a moderate sized meal will not, however lead to drowsiness. The other amino acids contained in the food ensure that the relative ratio of tryptophan doesn't increase enough to cause drowsiness. Eating turkey by itself can cause enough of a spike to lead to drowsiness.
Of course the whole thing is probably even more complicated than that, and I'm sure you'll find that there is a perfect storm of factors involved that lead to thanksgiving post-prandial somnolence. Working hard all day to get things just right, travel, kids running around, rapidly declining sunlight levels, stress of upcoming shopping madness, eating by candlelight, a warm fire and heat turned up a little bit for guests would all add on to any dietary induced slumber. And then there's watching the Lions get beat yet again.
I'll never make that mistake again, reading the experts' opinions. - Feynman