Even worthy efforts to eat a whole-foods diet can leave us short of certain nutrients, and nutrient deficiencies can contribute to a variety of health issues, including decreased libido. Supplementing with a good multivitamin, vitamin D, and fish oil can be helpful for everyone, while adding zinc, B vitamins, flavonoids, and certain herbs to your routine can support a healthy libido.
Zinc and B vitamin supplements are generally safe and can benefit most people, but your healthcare practitioner can test blood, urine, or saliva to ascertain the best approach for you. Herbs such as ashwagandha, shatavari, Tribulus, and shilajit can be useful, but because many herbs work collaboratively or can interact with other medications, it’s highly recommended to partner with a licensed herbalist to receive a personalized selection.
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Learn more about libido-supporting nutrients and other lifestyle tips to improve your sexual health by reading the following articles.
How Vitamin D Helps to Support Your Sex Drive
The sunshine vitamin plays an important role in our overall health, including helping to maintain a healthy libido. Learn more.
How Do B Vitamins Help Support Your Sex Drive?
Discover how to optimize your intake of this important nutrient to support a healthy libido.
How DHEA Levels Affect Your Sex Drive
DHEA (Dehydroepiandrosterone) is a precursor to testosterone, which stimulates the libido in both men and women.
How Flavonoids Help to Support Your Sex Drive
Flavonoids naturally occur in berries, citrus fruits, tea, and dark chocolate. Discover how to maximize the benefits of this nutrient to improve your libido.
Can Zinc Help Increase Your Sex Drive?
Studies have shown that maintaining optimal levels of zinc can play a significant role in improving libido. Find out more.
4 Herbs to Boost Your Sex Drive
An Ayurvedic practitioner offers her go-to herbs for libido support.
5 Strategies to Get Your Sex Drive Back
A healthy libido is about more than desire. It’s about experiencing pleasure that’s essential to our minds, bodies and spirits. And in the face of stress, it often goes into hiding. Here, expert Marcelle Pick offers tips on how to rediscover your desire.
How Stress Affects Your Libido
Tension, exhaustion, and worry are the ultimate libido killers. A renowned sex educator offers tips on how to restore intimacy.
9 Questions to Ask Your Partner About Sex and Intimacy
Deepen your connection with your partner with these questions about deepening intimacy.
4 Aphrodisiac Foods to Increase Your Libido
An integrative dietitian recommends four favorite foods to increase sex drive.
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