“Passion is the element in which we live; without it, we hardly vegetate.” Lord Byron

A healthy diet goes hand in hand with regular work out to help guarantee that when you’re ready, you’ll get best possible performance from all your parts. Avoid big-time fat and cholesterol (as in egg yolks). Anything that will, over time, clog up the plumbing of life will clog the plumbing of love. If circulation is hampered by fat deposits in your blood vessels, your sexual parts won’t get as much blood, either, and you could have erection or sensation problems. Following are a few more performance basics to keep in mind.

1. Go ahead and enjoy your coffee.

Over the years a huge collection of studies has explored the association between caffeine, sex and reproduction. Researches have looked into whether caffeine causes birth defects or increases the risk of breast cancer. And for the most part, your hot cup of coffee has been cleared of reproductive wrong doing, as long as you drink only a cup or two.

But what about sexual performance? Another group of studies has shown that caffeine can deliver a performance-boosting jolt to sperm cells, increasing both their velocity (speed) and motility. Practically speaking, the only value of this finding is to suggest a way of improving the chances of in vitro fertilization.

2. Go easy on the booze.

Alcohol has its sexual ups and downs, most of them downs. For one, it’s the greatest performance-squelcher of all. After two, maybe three glasses of wine, your skill curve begins to plummet like a mud chicken hit by a Sidewinder. A general rule if thumb is that the amount of alcohol it takes to affect your driving (for an average-size man, anything more than two drinks in an hour) will also affect your libido. On the other hand, one glass of champagne by candlelight, with some moody music in the background, could haze you both with passion, and you may end up racing to the bedroom. The tiny bubbles can work magic, but remember, you don’t want to be anesthetized for passion.

3. Go lighten on heavy meals.

Big meals can affect you in much the same way that alcohol does. For one thing, they make you sleepy. You don’t want the seven-course dinner or the time rib with potatoes and gravy before the planned night of passion. You will be exhausted just as all her/his senses are waking up. Beside usual large meals not only mess up your short-term plans for passion, they almost certainly guarantee that you’ll have love handles the size of soccer balls.

4. Go follow your nose. (for men)

Now, just to contradict myself, you might want to stop by the bakery before your hot evening of love. Why? The human nose works in mysterious ways when it comes to sex. It’s not perfume, coconut suntan oil, or musk that turns men on; it’s plain, old, innocent (until now) cinnamon buns.

Neurologist measured penile blood flow in medical students and found that only the fragrance of cinnamon buns seemed to turn the men on. But remember don’t go eating a half dozen, even if the are still warm, because you’ll just take a nose dive for the pillow as the blood in your body rushes to your stomach to help digest al those buns. Sure. The fragrance is delicious (sensual), but if you must, eat just one. Or even better, eat only half of one.

5. Go put out the light.

If you really want more chances at puffing in the bedroom, stop puffing on the cigarette. Cigarette smoking accelerates the formation of blockages in the heart’s arteries, and there’s every reason to believe that it does the same to the vessels that supply blood to your love machine. In fact, smoking is now considered a major factor in erectile dysfunction, with the first signs of harm appearing by age 40. Besides leading to plaque buildup along artery walls, nicotine in tobacco is also a blood vessels constrictor.

6. Go hit the sack, literally.

You don’t want to be sinking before you ever set sail. And since exhaustion is one of the biggest roadblocks to a good night of passion, it’s important that you make sure you’re getting the sleep you need. Sufficient rest goes hand in hand with good diet and exercise to keep that fine sexual tool, your body, functioning at its peak. It’s easy to fall into the routine of having sex just before falling asleep at night, but for many people that’s the worst possible time. Your love life gets what little energy is left after the day is done, and sometimes there’s almost nothing left. Try reversing your priorities for a change, beginning the day with lovemaking instead of ending it that way. If Saturday morning is the only time possible to linger abed. And you’ve got kids, try having a sitter come early Saturday morning; them lock the bedroom door, and don’t come out till you’re through.

Among all the priorities in your life, do you really think love should be last in line? If you have something to add, or woud like to leave your answer to this question just leave a comment below.

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