I heard this raises your libido...Honey, do you want to try it?
Mar 31, 2025
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A joint research team from the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and Qingdao University in China recently published a study on the association between intermittent fasting and promoting sexual behavior through mouse experiments in the famous scientific journal 「Cell Metabolism」.
The research team allowed male mice to eat freely for 24 hours from the age of two months and to eat only water for the next 24 hours for up to 22 months, then to meet with a three-month-old female who did not fast.
The results showed a significant increase in mating behavior following intermittent fasting. However, this effect did not appear when the intermittent fasting period was less than 6 weeks.
The research team investigated sexually active male mice and found that 'serotonin', a neurotransmitter generally associated with sexual desire inhibitory effects, was abnormally low and not sexually inhibited and the control function was weakened.
Serotonin is mainly produced in the external intestine, but it is also produced in the brain and serves to transmit signals between nerve cells (neurons).
In particular, it is involved in various physiological processes such as sleep, body temperature control, learning, memory, pain, social behavior, sex, lactation, and motion activities.
The research team expected that the results of this experiment could be similar in humans and that intermittent fasting could be a treatment for sexual desire reduction disorders.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
