20 Inexpensive Foods to Eat for Your Sex Drive

An apple a day keeps the doctor away… and may just help women have a better sex life, suggests a study published in Archives of Gynaecology and Obstetrics.

Cost: $4 per kg

One avocado has 21% of the daily value for vitamin E. It’s a powerfood because of this antioxidant, which helps widen blood vessels (hello blood flow) and is good for sperm health.

Cost: $5 for a bag of 5

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Dubbed by some as “natural Viagra,” blueberries are said to help with blood flow to a particular area on a man. Because of the fibre content (1 cup has 4 grams), blueberries may help relax blood vessels and improve circulation.

Cost: $1.50 per 100 g

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This superfood is also loaded with fibre, but it also has loads of vitamin C – a half cup has 65 percent of the daily value. And that helps blood circulation to organs and may help improve the female libido.

Cost: $3 per lb

Celery may be the basic part of a veggie and dip platter, but eating it will make you feel anything but basic. Celery contains androsterone and adrostenal, which are pheromones that make you feel sexy.

Cost: $2 a bunch

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Eating chocolate may make you feel happy. And there’s a scientific reason for that. Chocolate contains the chemicals anandamide and phenylethylamine, which are linked to endorphins, aka happy hormones.

Cost: $1.25 for a bar

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We already talked about how vitamin C can help with blood flow, so you knew oranges, grapefruit and other citrus fruits would be on this list of inexpensive foods to boost sex drive. But it can also help with sperm health in infertile men, reports a study in the International Journal of Reproductive BioMedicine.

Cost: $4 per kg

Eggs are good for your body for lots of reasons. It’s a great source of lean protein and it’s good for brain health. Plus, eggs contain vitamins B6 and B5, which are known to help balance female hormone levels and put you in a good mood. `

Cost: $3.50 for a dozen

In case you're wondering, yes, eggs were one of those things more expensive this year than last year.

These power seeds are a great topper for your salad or add-on ingredient for any smoothie. They are loaded with good fats and estrogen-like effects, which can help increase blood flow to sexual organs.

Cost $3 for 400 g

Oatmeal, or plain ol’ oats for that matter, can help boost testosterone in both men and in women. It may be obvious that more testosterone in men is better for sex, but it’s good for women sexual health, too, helping with sex drive and achieving orgasm.

Cost: $2.50 per kg

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You may have expected oysters to be on top of this list, but we’re doing things in alphabetical order, okay. Some speculate oysters’ texture or the straight hand-to-mouth eating method that gets people in the mood. But nutritionally speaking, it’s the zinc, which helps produce testosterone, which helps with sexual function in men and women.

Cost: $3 for a tin

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Pomegranates rich red coating make pomegranates a sexy-looking fruit, but it is its polyphenols that will put you in a good your mood and boost sex hormones.

Cost: $2.50 for 4 oz

All meat proteins contain the amino acids carnitine and L-arginine, which help with blood flow, which is key to good sex. While a large expensive steak works, so do cheaper meats such as chicken and pork.

Cost: $7 for 3 pork loins/6 chicken thighs

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What do pumpkin seeds and oysters have in common? Zinc! That testosterone booster helps men’s and women’s sexual health. But pumpkin seeds are also a good source of the muscle-relaxing mineral magnesium (1 oz has almost half of the daily value).

Cost: $1.50 per 100 g

You will also get magnesium from spinach, which improves is a potent source of magnesium, which helps dilate blood vessels and improve sexual arousal.

Cost: $4 for 150 g

Bring on the vitamin C again! A half cup of strawberries offers 75 per cent of the daily value for vitamin C, which may be a natural libido booster for men and women.

Cost: $4 for 400 g

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There’s something fishy about fish. And it’s the omega-3 fatty acids. DHA and EPA fatty acids are key in raising dopamine levels (happy hormones again), which help to trigger sexual arousal.

Cost: $1.50 a tin

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Walnuts, like other nuts, contain good fats, the monounsaturated kind. It helps with cholesterol, which work to help with sex hormone functions.

Cost: $3 per 100 g

Watermelon, like blueberries, have been described as “nature’s Viagra.” The juice in watermelon contains citrulline, which improves blood flow which may improve sexual arousal, suggests, Medical News Today pointing to a few studies.

Cost: $7 each

Wine is often touted as a health food because of its antioxidant content. But when it comes to sex, wine does more than loosen our inhibitions. It also increases arousal and blood flow to private parts.
Cost: $40 for 4L (boxed, of course)

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