Thread: Are oysters an aphrodisiac?

On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:47:48 -0700 (PDT), Pits09
<[email protected]> wrote:

>For discussion

Not a very good one..... I recently ate 2 dozen,
but only 19 of them worked. <G>

Seriously, they have long been considered a sexual
enhancer, but it seems to be due to a high level
of phosphorus, which helps to make adenosine
mono and tri phosphate, necessary for human
energy metabolism, including sexual function. The
stimulation of desire you have to seek elsewjere,
like maybe yohimbine.

HTH

Alex

Pits09 said...

> For discussion


The idea IS highly suggestive but I doubt it.

Andy

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Pits09 <[email protected]> wrote:

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Maybe.

If you can get raw oysters down, that might be a sign that you can
ingest other things by mouth.

:-)

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Chemiker wrote on Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:53:29 -0500:

>> For discussion

> Not a very good one..... I recently ate 2 dozen,
> but only 19 of them worked. <G>

> Seriously, they have long been considered a sexual
> enhancer, but it seems to be due to a high level
> of phosphorus, which helps to make adenosine
> mono and tri phosphate, necessary for human
> energy metabolism, including sexual function. The
> stimulation of desire you have to seek elsewjere,
> like maybe yohimbine.

The Romans considered lettuce an aphrodisiac too!


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On Sep 25, 11:47�am, Pits09 <spamlis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For discussion

Well, if you think they are.... then they are...


Rosie

Told my MIL that one time. Had to explain what aphrodisiac meant. LOL


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On Sep 25, 10:19*am, "James Silverton" <not.jim.silver...@verizon.net>
wrote:
> *Chemiker *wrote *on Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:53:29 -0500:
>
> >> For discussion
> > Not a very good one..... I recently ate 2 dozen,
> > but only 19 of them worked. <G>
> > Seriously, they have long been considered a sexual
> > enhancer, but it seems to be due to a high level
> > of phosphorus, which helps to make adenosine
> > mono and tri phosphate, necessary for human
> > energy metabolism, including sexual function. The
> > stimulation of desire you have to seek elsewjere,
> > like maybe yohimbine.
>
> The Romans considered lettuce an aphrodisiac too!
>
> --
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
> Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

hmmm..an oyster & lettuce salad.....I'm getting horny just thinking
about it.

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> On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:47:48 -0700 (PDT), Pits09
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>For discussion
>
> Not a very good one..... I recently ate 2 dozen,
> but only 19 of them worked. <G>
>
> Seriously, they have long been considered a sexual
> enhancer, but it seems to be due to a high level
> of phosphorus, which helps to make adenosine
> mono and tri phosphate, necessary for human
> energy metabolism, including sexual function. The
> stimulation of desire you have to seek elsewjere,
> like maybe yohimbine.
>
> HTH
>
> Alex
>
>
Slightly OT, but what is the biochemical effect of yohimbine? I've always
been curious about that.

Ed

Dymphna wrote:
> Told my MIL that one time. Had to explain what aphrodisiac meant. LOL
>
>

There's an anecdote about Louis XV King of France who had a private, for
h is use only, harem, seraglio, house where he kept a number of women
for sex, near the palace of Versailles in the 1700's whose doctor warned
him not to use any aphrodisiacs.

Later, suffering from 'fatigue' his doctor warned him about too much sex
and Louis replied that he was told he would be fine if he did not use
aphrodisiacs, and his dr. said "as yes, but variety is the greatest
aphrodisiac of all."
--

Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq.

Domine, dirige nos.
Let the games begin!
http://fredeeky.typepad.com/fredeeky.../sf_anthem.mp3

James Silverton <[email protected]> wrote:

> The Romans considered lettuce an aphrodisiac too!

The Egyptians, not the Romans. In Greek and Roman medicine lettuce was
said to cause "bodily weakness" (thus in the Hippocratic text
_Regimen_), or, more bluntly, to be an antaphrodisiac:
Don't serve me _thridakinai_ at table, woman, or you will have
yourself to blame. In a lettuce bed, they say, once upon a time
the dead Adonis was laid to rest by Aphrodite. So it is food
for corpses.
(Quoting from _Food in the Ancient World from A to Z_ by Andrew Dalby.)
There are references to Horace, Pliny, Plutarch, Athenaeus, Palladius
and Anthimus.

Victor

Pits09 wrote:
> For discussion


If you think they are, they are.

gloria p

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Pits09 <[email protected]> wrote:

> For discussion

Any good food can be an Aphrodisiac. Depends on preparation,
presentation, mood setting, and the couple involved. ;-)

There is an old saying tho':

"Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker".

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> <[email protected]>,
> Pits09 <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > For discussion
>
> Maybe.
>
> If you can get raw oysters down, that might be a sign that you can
> ingest other things by mouth.
>
> :-)

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On Sep 25, 1:44*pm, Chemo the Clown <an...@peak.org> wrote:
> On Sep 25, 10:19*am, "James Silverton" <not.jim.silver...@verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > *Chemiker *wrote *on Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:53:29 -0500:
>
> > >> For discussion
> > > Not a very good one..... I recently ate 2 dozen,
> > > but only 19 of them worked. <G>
> > > Seriously, they have long been considered a sexual
> > > enhancer, but it seems to be due to a high level
> > > of phosphorus, which helps to make adenosine
> > > mono and tri phosphate, necessary for human
> > > energy metabolism, including sexual function. The
> > > stimulation of desire you have to seek elsewjere,
> > > like maybe yohimbine.
>
> > The Romans considered lettuce an aphrodisiac too!
>
> > --
>
> > James Silverton
> > Potomac, Maryland
>
> > Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
>
> hmmm..an oyster & lettuce salad.....I'm getting horny just thinking
> about it.

I got horny once. What a flippin' mess.

On Sep 25, 12:12*pm, Dan Abel <da...@sonic.net> wrote:
> In article
> <8b543ba5-32d6-4e90-ac91-aacec10b8...@h40g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
>
> *Pits09 <spamlis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > For discussion
>
> Maybe.
>
> If you can get raw oysters down, that might be a sign that you can
> ingest other things by mouth.
>
> :-)
>
> --
> Dan Abel
> Petaluma, California USA
> da...@sonic.net

OK Dan, I've always suspected that!
Lynn in Fargo
oyster stew not oyster raw!

On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:49:56 -0700 (PDT), Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig
wrote:

> On Sep 25, 12:12*pm, Dan Abel <da...@sonic.net> wrote:
>> In article
>> <8b543ba5-32d6-4e90-ac91-aacec10b8...@h40g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
>>
>> *Pits09 <spamlis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> For discussion
>>
>> Maybe.
>>
>> If you can get raw oysters down, that might be a sign that you can
>> ingest other things by mouth.
>>
>> :-)
>>
>> --
>> Dan Abel
>> Petaluma, California USA
>> da...@sonic.net
>
> OK Dan, I've always suspected that!
> Lynn in Fargo
> oyster stew not oyster raw!

i thought the scoop on 'oysters are an aphrodisiac' was due to their
alleged resemblance to ladyparts:

Many ancient people believed in the so-called "law of similarity,"
reasoning that an object resembling genitalia may possess sexual powers.
Ginseng, rhinoceros horn, and oysters are three classical examples.

<http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/06/02/16/are-oysters-really-aphrodisiacs.htm>

....like asparagus spears, etc. or maybe it's just that they are expensive.

your pal,
blake