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[Rags847]

In time for Valentine's Day...

Are there supplements to enhance and create the biochemistry of love?
Do you have favorites?



And here is a NPR radio program on The Science Of Love:

http://www.onpointra...0213_b_main.asp

The program will be available for streaming by 3 pm today.

Why We Love Aired: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 11-12PM ET


(AP) By host Tom Ashbrook

Maybe we don't want everything to boil down to science, but scientists keep chipping away at the mystery of everything we see and do. Now, they're burrowing in on love.

You may think it's moonlight and roses. They see evolutionary biology and neurotransmitters. Ninety-seven percent of mammals don't pair up to raise their young. We humans pair up -- and break up -- with a vengeance. Why?

"Oh that you and I escape from the rest, and go utterly off, free and lawless," wrote Walt Whitman. What is that about, Valentine?

This hour, On Point: Science speaks. This is your brain on love.



·Helen Fisher, biological anthropologist at Rutgers University

· Arthur Aron, social psychologist at the State University of New York at Stony Brook

· Susan Hughes, professor of psychology at Albright College, conducted a survey on kissing.

[Shannon Vyff]

Dark chocolate and good red wine! (you asked for supplements ) Thanks for the link, I'm listening now--I've read Fisher before and like her views. Oh, and I love Love--Happy Valentines Day all ! I've got a bevy of gifts for my family ready--I'm still in the throws of hardcore love chemicals (only been with my husband now for a year and a half, but I still love my ex who I was married to for 10 years--dislike too rationally, let down and sad--but a part is always there that is love...so now I love the feeling of being head over heals still for my husband now, I don't think it will fall that much since we don't get into big fights often, and after breastfeeding my three kids for a total of 8 1/2 years my brain produces more oxytocin--I'm 'programmed' to love more--the discussions of hormones in the program are spot on, how vasopressin surges after orgasm 'the bonding hormone' how you unintentionally can fall in love from 'casual sex' and why sex is so important for long term relationships, even sex without orgasm for the woman produces oxytocin 'the love hormone' --quite interesting).

So far I've heard of all the things in the interview, but it is great. The science of love, well those hormones are obsessive, they control our brains--but I love 'em

(Yeah I know some would like to program that out, so they could be more efficient rational humans )

[maxwatt]

What is Love? 'Tis not hereafter.
Present mirth hath present laughter,
What's to come is still unsure.
In delay there lies no plenty;
Then come kiss me, sweet and twenty!
Youth's a stuff will not endure.

Poetry is the best love supplement for Valentine's Day.

[Shannon Vyff]

What is Love? 'Tis not hereafter.
Present mirth hath present laughter,
What's to come is still unsure.
In delay there lies no plenty;
Then come kiss me, sweet and twenty!
Youth's a stuff will not endure.

Poetry is the best love supplement for Valentine's Day.

Who wrote the poem? Can I share it? Ah, I love poetry too, majored in it for a while in college before I got into Early Childhood Education, then Nutrition.

[Rags847]

What is Love? 'Tis not hereafter.
Present mirth hath present laughter,
What's to come is still unsure.
In delay there lies no plenty;
Then come kiss me, sweet and twenty!
Youth's a stuff will not endure.

Poetry is the best love supplement for Valentine's Day.

Who wrote the poem? Can I share it? Ah, I love poetry too, majored in it for a while in college before I got into Early Childhood Education, then Nutrition.

That would be Spakespeare (Twelfth Night)!
Here it is in context:
http://etext.library..._night.2.3.html

Edited by Rags847, 14 February 2008 - 06:21 AM.

[Shannon Vyff]

Ah, I thought I recognized it--oh if we had such a word smyth today

[michaelscott]

Maybe vitamin C:

High-dose ascorbic acid increases intercourse frequency and improves mood: a randomized controlled clinical trial.

Brody S.

Center for and the Psychosomatic and Psychobiological Research, University of Trier, Germany.

BACKGROUND: Ascorbic acid (AA) modulates catecholaminergic activity, decreases stress reactivity, approach anxiety and prolactin release, improves vascular function, and increases oxytocin release. These processes are relevant to sexual behavior and mood. METHODS: In this randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled 14 day trial of sustained-release AA (42 healthy young adults; 3000 mg/day Cetebe) and placebo (39 healthy young adults), subjects with partners recorded penile-vaginal intercourse (FSI), noncoital partner sex, and masturbation in daily diaries, and also completed the Beck Depression Inventory before and after the trial. RESULTS: The AA group reported greater FSI (but, as hypothesized, not other sexual behavior) frequency, an effect most prominent in subjects not cohabiting with their sexual partner, and in women. The AA but not placebo group also experienced a decrease in Beck Depression scores. CONCLUSIONS: AA appears to increase FSI, and the differential benefit to noncohabitants suggests that a central activation or disinhibition, rather than peripheral mechanism may be responsible.

Link

[FunkOdyssey]

I consider Phenibut a "supplement for love". An elevated mood, lowered inhibitions, increased sociability, etc takes an evening with your special someone to a whole new level. Of course you can go further in this direction with recreational drugs (MDMA etc) but Phenibut is legal, safe, subtle, non-intoxicating, and will not impair your memory of whatever events may transpire.

The kind of use I'm describing is a moderate dose once every couple weeks -- larger and/or more frequent dosing will fast track you toward building a tolerance to its magic.

Edited by FunkOdyssey, 14 February 2008 - 04:49 PM.

[pro-d]

Ever heard of something called Horny Goat Weed? I don't know about it's effects, but the name alone could make you and your partner break out in laughter.