Here’s What You Need to Be Devouring (And Leaving Out) to Get An ‘Oh Yes’ In the Bedroom

Sploshing: sounds kinda gross, but it can be really sexy. It’s the act of playing with food to arouse your (and your partner’s) carnal appetite. But before you start hauling groceries into bed, know that only certain

eats are pleasure inducing. Others are just a straight-up mess...or even hazardous. Then there’s the golden rule of frisky food play: safe sustenance can go all over the body but almost never inside the vagina, where it could cause infection, says New York ob-gyn Alyssa Dweck, MD, co-author of
The Complete A to Z For Your V. Follow this guide to naughty nibbles.

Eff, Yes!

CHOCOLATE SAUCE

It not only makes naked skin
taste sinful, it also contains phenylethylamine, a chemical your brain releases when you’re in love. Have your partner spread some on your breasts and lap it up, suggests sexologist Susan Block.

ICE POPS

Drive your guy crazy by teasing what’s to come. Suck on the icy stick, then rub the tip against your nipples, stimulating your own pleasure. Trail the ice pop along his penis before taking him in your mouth—the temperature shift can push his climax to new heights.

PINEAPPLE

Eating the fruit several hours before sex can sweeten the taste of sexual fluids, says Susan.

COCONUT OIL

The slippery stuff has a consistency similar to vaginal fluid, so it can act as a natural lubricant. Slather some on his shaft and stroke him with your hand (penis colada, anyone?).
If a little gets inside you, that’s okay. Coconut oil may be the one food that doesn’t wreak vag havoc, says Dr. Dweck. (Just don’t use it with a latex condom, which could break.)

4 Foods to Eat Before Sex

Honey

Honey contains boron, a mineral that helps regulate estrogen and testosterone and may boost sexual arousal.

Watermelon
Watermelon is high in citrulline, an amino acid that primes your nether regions for sex.

Pomegranate

Pomegranate seeds can raise the body’s level of nitric oxide, helping with engorgement and girth.

4 Foods NOT to Eat Before Sex

GRAPEFRUIT

The grapefruit BJ—immortalised by Tiffany Haddish’s character in Girls Trip—involves cutting a hole into the fruit and then sliding it, along with your mouth, up and down his penis. The technique went viral online, but IRL
it’s not so hot. The juices can cause a burning sensation in a guy’s urethra.

VEGGIES

Although cucumbers and carrots may seem like cheap
sex toys, never rub them around or in your vagina. There’s likely bacteria on their surfaces that can cause infection. “Get an amazing vibrators, instead,” adds Dr Dweck.

CINNAMON

The spice is a desiccant, which means it dries tissue quickly. If it gets in your V or near his urethra, it could cause irritation or inflammation.

HOT SAUCE

Be like Bey and keep some in your bag—then let it stay there. Spicy sauces can cause extremely unpleasant internal and external irritations for both of you.

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This article was published in May 2018 issue of Cosmopolitan India