If you love eating sweets and chocolates you may be killing your sex drive without realising it. Apart from the obvious “bad” things like heavy smoking, excessive alcohol use, and chronic stress, too much sugar also plays a major role in upsetting the finely balanced sex hormones.
Sex hormones such as testosterone and estrogen, are infinitely linked to healthy blood sugar, and insulin balance. High blood sugar prevents the body’s cells from effectively using insulin, and is a risk factor for diabetes, heart disease, and sexual malfunction. Continue reading…