# Foods to raise my wife's libido **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 23, 2000, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-to-raise-my-wifes-libido/9111 "2000-03-23T05:13:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![joemill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9a28c/32.png) [@joemill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joemill)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-to-raise-my-wifes-libido/9111/1 "2000-03-23T05:13:00Z")
My wife just got a big container of roasted/salted soybeans. Very tasty, I actually like them. She explained that they are a good source of fiber, protein, and estrogen. (I never knew that food could be a source of hormones) She said that it would be very good for post-menopausal women to eat these to help replace estrogen. Hmmmmm got me thinking… If sexual desire can be increased with injections of testosterone in postmenopausal women, is there a food that is high in testosterone that would increase libido in pre-menopausal women? ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Thing\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_1)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-to-raise-my-wifes-libido/9111/2 "2000-03-23T15:43:00Z")
How about Rocky Mountain Oysters? Good luck. John * * * Then he got up on top With a tip of his hat. “I call this game FUN-IN- A-BOX” Said the cat. -The Cat in the Hat ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-to-raise-my-wifes-libido/9111/3 "2000-03-23T16:26:00Z")
Soylent green, its full of the stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Spiritus\_Mundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-to-raise-my-wifes-libido/9111/4 "2000-03-24T06:43:00Z")
I personally have found that any food which I plan, prepare and serve to my wife works quite well. * * * - The best lack all conviction The worst are full of passionate intensity. \* ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-to-raise-my-wifes-libido/9111/5 "2000-03-23T20:39:00Z")
You don’t get hormones like testosterone and estrogen directly out of your food, but indirectly, some chemicals in the foods we eat stimulate production of these hormones. As to what you can eat to up your body’s hormone production? I don’t know, but I’ll look into it. * * * If at first you don’t succeed you’re about average. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-to-raise-my-wifes-libido/9111/6 "2000-03-23T23:48:00Z")
Hey joe, if you said estrogen is great for women why would you want a woman to get more testosterone ? What makes you think testosterone makes women horny? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-to-raise-my-wifes-libido/9111/7 "2000-03-24T01:35:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Spiritus Mundi: > \*\*I personally have found that any food which I plan, prepare and serve to my wife works quite well. > > \*\* Yep. And candles, **her** favorite music, and no kids. All that gushy stuff. Peace, mangeorge (Nuking that ole tv dinner) ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-to-raise-my-wifes-libido/9111/8 "2000-03-24T01:37:00Z")
Expensive food ;). ---
**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-to-raise-my-wifes-libido/9111/9 "2000-03-24T01:45:00Z")
Try a little tenderness… * * * VB Some people say that cats are sneaky, evil, and cruel. True, and they have many other fine qualities as well. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-to-raise-my-wifes-libido/9111/10 "2000-03-24T02:43:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by android209: > **Expensive food ;).** Nope. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Steve-o](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@Steve-o](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve-o)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-to-raise-my-wifes-libido/9111/11 "2000-03-24T04:47:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by handy: > \*\* > Hey joe, if you said estrogen is great for women why would you want a woman to get more testosterone ? > > What makes you think testosterone makes women horny?\*\* Actually, testosterone supplementation is a treatment for low libido in women. It is used with increasing frequency in post-menopausal women. Testosterone is the primary hormone that determines sex drive in both sexes. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Thing\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_1)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2000, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-to-raise-my-wifes-libido/9111/12 "2000-03-24T17:01:00Z")
> [@](#): > > You don’t get hormones like testosterone and estrogen directly out of your food, but indirectly, some chemicals in the foods we eat stimulate production of these hormones Steroid hormones will be absorbed if taken orally. Therefore if they are in your food they will be absorbed and made available to your body. John * * * Then he got up on top With a tip of his hat. “I call this game FUN-IN- A-BOX” Said the cat. -The Cat in the Hat