Sex and Nutrition

Robert J Sternberg, professor of psychology and education at Yale University, was one of the first modern researchers to investigate and develop a model of love. After studying successful loving relationships, Sternberg put together a love triangle (no, not that kind of triangle). Sternberg's love triangle represented 'complete' love and consisted of an equal sided triangle having a commitment side, an intimacy side and a passion side.

Sternberg described complete love as something we should all strive for - a love that encompassed a short term decision to love someone and a long term decision to maintain that loving relationship (commitment), closeness, sharing, communication and support (intimacy), and of course, physical arousal, the sexual aspect of any loving relationship (passion). A relationship in which one of these sides is very small or lacking may be, according to Sternberg, in danger, although our triangles are constantly changing in shape.

Think about your relationships. What would your triangle look like? If you're like many people, the passion side is way to short. Oh, it's not that you don't try. You get home early so that you and your mate can have a little more time together, you help around the house so the chores are done earlier, etc. But chances are that one of you is going to be too tired.

You may have tried everything you could think of to add a bit more passion to your relationship, but by the time 10 o clock rolls around all your good intentions are forgotten - you realize that there's nothing you want to do more than sleep. But you figure your relationship will survive. It just has to be this way for now. Or does it?

Did you consider that your nutrition may have something to do with the way you feel - at night or anytime? Nutrition related to sex? Of course. Just as nutrition is related to any aspect of physical performance.

What to Try

Here are a few ideas to help you become more passionate when it counts.

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