A recent post of mine has made me curious…and curiouser. It’s Gerard Depardieu (or at least, his character), and his theories about sex, booze and eating meat, in the film Green Card.
To recap: Depardieu, meat-eater, steals the girl (Andie MacDowell) from his vegetarian boyfriend. Depardieu’s character insinuates that said boyfriend–as evidenced by his eating habits, among other things–is lacking in passion. Is not so big on carpe diem.
This is something I’ve already heard murmured here and there before. Something to the effect of meat increasing testosterone levels, etc. And I’m curious to know: Do you think it’s true?
To be more precise: Do you, dear visitor to this teeny blog, think that there’s somehow a connection between sexual appetite and eating meat? I’m not talking about passion and lust for life, here. That runs on both sides of the equation, methinks. I’m talking about sex. Libido.
If you’re a doctor, nutritionist, long-time practicing vegetarian/vegan or have read something that can shed light on the subject, I’d love to hear from you. If you simply have a strong opinion about the subject, I’d love to hear from you as well. Thanks for voting and/or leaving a comment!
I don’t know about meat and testosterone, but I have heard that not eating meat can decrease your libido. I didn’t eat meat for a while, and I was still gettin it in on a regular basis, but then I was in college, so that might skew the results a bit. I would say it’s different for everyone.
I’ve been vegetarian since I was 12 (i’m now 22) so as you can guess I can’t compare between when I did and didn’t eat meat and whether it made a difference with my libido!