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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.
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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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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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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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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.
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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%.
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!
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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.
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.
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