10 Things You Didn’t Realise Were Killing Your Libido

5. You Aren’t Getting Enough Water

Sure, it doesn’t sound like much, but dehydration can have a literal ripple effect on your body, affecting everything from your skin to your libido. Dehydration causes headaches and vaginal dryness, making sex more painful and making orgasms harder to reach. You should be drinking more than two�litres every day.

6. You’ve Been Hitting The Junk Food

Junk food is great for those cravings, and we all know that we love the salty, high-fat foods as a guilty pleasure, but that’s the only pleasure you’ll be getting. When the evening rolls around, those heavy, salty meals can leave you feeling dehydrated and bloated, not at all like you’re ready for a romp. Instead of opting for those, try natural aphrodisiacs like watermelon, which is known to increase blood flow everywhere… and we mean everywhere.

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Clare Whitfield Chief Editor

Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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