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This story is from February 10, 2006
Cupid's Beans?
Yeah! it gives you energy all right! Known to be a perfect 'pick-me-up' - a cup of coffee also apparently boosts a woman's sex drive, according to a new research in America.
Coffee always tasted good, but now it's going to taste even better. For a group of wise men recently discovered that if taken in a limited quantity, coffee boosts a woman's sex drive ��� slowly but surely! Coffee drinkers in India are skeptical it though.
Singer Anaida says, "I think aphrodisiacs like chocolates and coffee do make you feel good, but as far as one's sex drive is concerned, it might play a very small role as a lot of factors combine to stimulate the mind."
Celebrated socialite Bobby Darling says. "Oh! ya... It is definitely a strong aphrodisiac." But wait before you exhale.
The study led by Dr Fay Guarraci, a psychologist at the Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, also suggests that the effects are best seen in 'irregular drinkers' only.
Neurophysician B N Desai, feels this study holds weight only to a certain extent. "Scientific research has always highlighted the positive effects of caffeine. This just adds to that long list.
A higher intake of caffeine leads to an increased secretion from the endocrine glands, which produce female hormones. So it might just help," says Desai.
Actor Kim Sharma refuses to accept the proposition that some women will now drink coffee just for the sake of sexual arousal. "One can't dictate a person's sexual drive like that.
If it really started happening, the situation would be funny. Whatever happened to the good old hormones," she asks. Actress Poonam Dhillion, older and wiser, says such studies should be taken with a pinch of salt.
"If it is true then it would benefit those who need it. But for a relationship to be exciting, one doesn't need coffee!" Men too are sniggering. Actor Parvin Dabas says he will willingly 'surround' himself with coffee beans from now on.
"Unfortunately, no woman has made a pass at me after having coffee, as yet. But now I will make sure there is more coffee around my house, just in case..." he laughs.
On a serious note, city based psychologists label it as the 'placebo affect'. Dr Vishwamohan Thakur says, "Aphrodisiacs are usually known as ineffective medicines as there isn't any concrete study which proves that they work.
All that aphrodisiacs do is give people the much needed confidence, thus making them believe in themselves."
hyderabadtimes@indiatimes.com
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