Eat Your Way to Sexy: Reignite Your Passion, Look Ten Years Younger, and Feel Happier than Ever

Registered dietitian and author Somer (Eat Your Way to Happiness) has been studying the relationship between food and mood for decades. Here, she explores how diet affects sex life and presents a plan (Sensual Extraordinary You Diet or the S-Ex-Y Diet, for short) to help readers rev up their sex lives. “The relationship between what you eat and your sex life is like the fuel you put into a car,” she asserts. The author confidently promises that readers who use her approach will reconnect with “the Maserati within” and will look younger, think faster, feel friskier, and enjoy sex more. Somer’s plan includes six basic diet guidelines, including loading up on antioxidant-rich vegetables and fruits, feeding the #1 sex organ (the brain), giving yourself some space (i.e., take a “G-spot” snack break—the G stands for grains), getting wet and wild at least twice a week (eating fish for omega-3), remembering that (portion) size matters, and taking the pill (multivitamin or other supplements). In addition to eating healthfully, Somers stresses the importance of exercise, a natural aphrodisiac and best predictor of whether weight loss will stay off. Inventive boxes also address such subjects as “What’s a Kiss Worth” (in calories, that is) and “Movies to Get You in the Mood.” Not the usual diet book, Somer’s text is lively, conversational, and packed with fresh tips for better sexual and overall health. (Jan.)