Sex Drive and Supplements

Much as we don't like to talk about it everyday … or around our bosses, or with our Moms and Dads, or with the children within earshot … sex is an important part of all of our lives! It releases so many feelgood hormones and keeps lots of bits of that body of yours 'in alignment'. So many women fall into the trap of thinking that because they don't feel like sex (and never really feel like it), that it doesn’t hold anything for them. Today we look at low sex drive in women, and the lifestyle changes and whole food supplements like New Chapter Native Woman that can help boost your downstairs department!

Physical causes of low sex drive

Before you start supplementing yourself to boost that sex drive, you'll need to make sure there aren’t any underlying issues. All the medicinal mushrooms in the world won’t help you feel like 'it' when you're surviving on 5 hours of broken sleep a night (thanks, parenthood … you're so rewarding). Look to these issues first:

• Pain during sex
• Medical conditions like arthritis, cancer, neurological diseases, etc
• Prescription medications
• Alcohol or drugs
• Surgery
• Fatigue

Mental issues that lower sex drive

You might also want to speak to a counsellor or psychologist if any of the following issues pervades your life and affects your sex drive:

· Poor body image following surgery, pregnancy, etc

· Infertility treatment can put you off having sex - both guys and girls

· An inability to orgasm (or not knowing how to bring yourself to orgasm) can definitely affect your sex drive

Supplementing for sexual satisfaction

There is actually an enormous range of whole food supplements that can get your sex life back on track. Obviously, different nutrients or glandular support will help women with different causes of low sex drive. The supplement categories that can often help are:

• Supplements that help you sleep well can increase energy, and therefore sex drive. Note that the natural hormones produced during sex help you sleep well too!
• Whole food supplements that provide glandular support to ensure that your hormone levels are well balanced can help
• And of course, there are some whole food supplements, like New Chapter's Native Woman, that focus specifically on the problem of low sex drive, and have other great benefits as well.