Intermittent fasting increased my sex drive. How?

[Dominus]

Been bulking muscle mass for a while. Still got some resilient belly fat. So over a month ago I started doing intermittent fasting. Basically, I eat just one meal a day. It's been working as my stomach has been flattening out.

One side effect I've observed is my sex drive has increased quite a bit. Before, we were having sex maybe twice or so a week. Lately, I've been horny quite a lot and I've been coming onto him a lot more often. Like 5 times a week.

Like when we were in Galena, IL this past weekend for a weekend getaway, I had sex with him twice a day. Had sex at night before bedtime, then early next morning I was on top of him again.

Any idea why intermittent fasting, or one meal a day, has ramped up my sex drive so much?

 

[Cormac135]

Been bulking muscle mass for a while. Still got some resilient belly fat. So over a month ago I started doing intermittent fasting. Basically, I eat just one meal a day. It's been working as my stomach has been flattening out.

One side effect I've observed is my sex drive has increased quite a bit. Before, we were having sex maybe twice or so a week. Lately, I've been horny quite a lot and I've been coming onto him a lot more often. Like 5 times a week.

Like when we were in Galena, IL this past weekend for a weekend getaway, I had sex with him twice a day. Had sex at night before bedtime, then early next morning I was on top of him again.

Any idea why intermittent fasting, or one meal a day, has ramped up my sex drive so much?

5 times a week really doesn't seem that much, are you significantly older than him ?

 

[Dominus]

5 times a week really doesn't seem that much, are you significantly older than him ?

I'm an early millennial. He is a younger millennial.

Edit.

I know a lot of guys boast of having sex 5 times a day without a need to recover. Sorry, dude, I live in reality, not fantasyland that so many gay dudes seem to live in nowadays.

Not saying I'm some kind of sex God now, if that's what you're getting at. Intermittent fasting has increased my sex drive. That's all in saying.

 

[Cormac135]

I'm an early millennial. He is a younger millennial.

Edit.

I know a lot of guys boast of having sex 5 times a day without a need to recover. Sorry, dude, I live in reality, not fantasyland that so many gay dudes seem to live in nowadays.

Not saying I'm some kind of sex God now, if that's what you're getting at. Intermittent fasting has increased my sex drive. That's all in saying.

I highly doubt the 5 times a day guys as well, but still just 5 times a week when there's 7 days in a week seems very low, has he ever suggested having a threesome ?

Not a fan of fasting either, three meals a day is what any good doc would advise.

 

[swerve]

Eating food decreases testosterone production.

So, yeah -- intermittent fasting would probably result in a higher sex drive.

 

[Latimer]

Intermittant fasting increases testosterone and growth hormone.
Thomas Delauer has a YouTube video on IM and weight training in which he discusses the research.

 

[peeonme]

How do you fast on the internet?

 

[Alistair]

If you wanted serious answers (which I think Cormac's was) maybe you should have posted in the health forum and not HT

 

[purina]

Think there's just ancients here anymore

 

[peeonme]

Just eating healthier and exercise should build stamina and along with that an increase in your sex drive.

 

[mikey3000]

There was a story on the news that intermittent fasting helped cure the liver, heal diabetes, and lower blood pressure. I'm going to try it but will check with my doctor first.

 

[seven2go]

I've been on an intermittent fasting schedule for over three years.
95% of my food intake comes within a 6 hour window.
It contributes to lower blood sugar and LDL as well and my doctor didn't blink an eye when I told him of my eating regimen.