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Eating an apple a day can boost sexual pleasure in healthy women, according to Italian scientists at the Santa Chiara Regional Hospital in Trento.
The new study, published in Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, is based on an analysis of 731 Italian women aged between 18 and 43.
The participants were divided into two groups _ those who ate one to two apples everyday and those who ate nine. They were asked to fill out the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), which included 19 questions about their sexual activities including frequency, arousal, lubrication, satisfaction and pain.
Women who consumed apples on a regular basis experienced greater overall sexual function, reporting higher levels of arousal and satisfaction. However, the researchers admitted that their results should be taken with caution considering the small sample size.
The possible co-relation between consuming apples and better sex may have something to do with the compound phloridzin, which is found in apples and is similar to the female sex hormone estradiol. Estradiol plays a large role in sexual arousal.
