7 Healthy Habits That Lead To a GREAT Sex Life!

This may seem like a BOLD question but its one that must be asked if your age …hmmm 18-88! Are you having GREAT sex? You know the type of activity I’m talking about! Jaw dropping wall pinning, sheets soaking wet every morning and night sex! The kind of “woman on top of the kitchen island sex”? The kind I’m currently having? Wait…NO? Well then you may want to begin by adopting a few of my favorite healthy lifestyle habits below! These are certain to boost your libido and have you singing my praises for years to come! No pun intended!

 

1) Start a Juicing Regimen! 

There is no denying that starting your day off with a big juice is one of the healthiest things you can do for yourself. Did you know however that it does WONDERS for the labido? It sure does! Juicing helps to detox the body. When your body is clean….the sex drive, well it wants to get dirty:) 

 

I know what you’re going to tell me! “But Andrea, I don’t have the time”! I’m here to tell you, you do! Did you know you can actually FREEZE your juice! Yep! It’s true! Sure, It will lose a few enzymes but filling a canning jar almost to the top with fresh vegetable juice and placing a lid on it to freeze over night or for a day or two won’t hurt anything! You’ll still be getting the massive benefits of juicing! Be sure and check out my juicing recipe at the bottom of this article! 

 

2) Move your Body now! 

Did you know that just 35 minutes is all you need to make a difference in your body, mood and in your sex life? Walking, rebounding weight training, its ALL good! Not only can it make your blues go away and firm your tush, it also gets your lymphatic system pumping! The lymph system is the hub of controlling a white substance called lymphatic fluid in our bodies. The lymph doesn’t move on its own, you have to move it! Oh and once it gets going, guess what else gets going! Yep, you guessed right! Your sex drive! So head for the hills, the rebounder or the gym!

 

3) Got Yoga?

You don’t need to be a yoga instructor to know the benefits of yoga. The breath work alone is enough to relax you. Yoga restores and rebalances your body for a minimum of 24 hours after a practice. Whether it’s Bikram, hot yoga, Hatha, Iyengar or Ashtanga, you’re sure to be challanged and rewarded both mentally and physically! Did you know that when you feel RELAXED it puts you in the mood? Try hitting a yoga class 2-3 times per week and watch that format sex life go through the roof!

 

4) Get some ZZZZ”s

You’ve heard of getting eight hours of sleep, yes? How about six? The truth is many of us do need eight full hours of sleep. Many others do not! Here is a fact however! No sleep~No sex! This is especially true for men! If you are not getting that shut eye you better believe your body part down there will take it when he needs it…in the middle of you trying to get your grove on!

5) Shut off your TV, cell & computer I’m sure you can find room. If you’re having trouble sleeping, be wary of melatonin, as studies have suggested that melatonin can awaken autoimmune disorders in some people. No one wants that! The truth is that these distractions are not only unhealthy but also VERY off putting to your partner! Trust me when I say closing down the shop will open up a WORLD of possibilities in the bedroom!

6) Make an herbal Tonic! I could and should write an entire book on this subject! If you are not taking adaptogen herbs than you are missing out! I personally make a blend every morning using ten adaptogenic herbs! Apparently I’m not alone! Many athletes use adaptogens such as ginseng to improve their performance! Do your homework prior to venturing off into this neck of the woods! Everybody is different and will require a different set and amount of herbs! 

7) Try a little essential oil love! I bet you didn’t know this…shhhhh don’t tell but essential oils can stimulate FAR more than your sense of smell! They can actually make you horny baby!!! 

Here are my top for essential oils to increase sex dive!

Ylang Ylang Not only does this smell AMAZING but men LOVE it! Almost ALL men love it in fact! Ladies, wear this as a perfume and watch what happens!

Clary Sage This is another oil for you ladies that are ready to get your grove on! This oil has a deep sweet nutty flavor. This oil can be described as euphoric. It’s traditionally used to promote hormonal balance within the body, which if your hormones are out of whack you will definitely experience a low libido! A low libido leads to a low sex drive!

Cinnamon Bark Cinnamon smells like a sexual Christmas and is known to be a powerful brain tonic. It has long been know to enhance “energy” and reduce physical fatigue. It is the known as the oil of sexual harmony! 

Indigo Blue Spruce This pine smelling essential oil is known for stimulating testosterone in men! They also love the smell! Say no more, I’m grabbing it and sprinkling it around my home like non toxic carpet refresher!  

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Here is that juicing recipe I promised you!

Andrea’s Green Goddess Elixir 

• 7 pieces lacinato kale
  
• 1/2 of a beet with the greens 
  
• 1/2 of a lemon with the rind
  
• 1 fuji smith apple
  
• 1/2 of a cucumber
  
• 4 stalks of celery 

  Andrea L Cox is the owner of  The Healthy Haven & www.alkalizewithandrea.com  (Detox, Yoga, Juice fast & Raw Food Educational Retreats!)

  Andrea is a fitness model turned health coach who has written two books on the raw vegan healthy detoxing lifestyle! Known as “The Detox Queen” She has taken the media by storm & has an impressive social media following with her YouTube channel surpassing 2 million views & her personal Facebook page alone having 20,000 people! 

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Is sex part of a healthy lifestyle? My top 7 tips for a healthy sex life!

 

I know what you are asking yourself right now! Why is this detox diva/celebrity raw vegan chef doing writing an article about sex? Just give us another juice recipe for lords sake! If any of you think for a moment that sex is not part of a healthy lifestyle you are wrong! VERY WRONG! Sex is just as important as getting in your daily fruits and vegetables! In many cases it may be more important than you think!

A fulfilling sex life built on the principles below have been proven to make us both happier and healthier! I for one fully embrace the following principles and am sharing them with you in hopes that it may shake things up in the bedroom!

 1) Foreplay does not begin in the bedroom! 

Ahh, Foreplay! Kissing, touching, loving, sucking, giggling and all of that stuff I/we LOVE! All of that is GREAT but did you know foreplay begins with courting? Yes! Courting! Planning a date night out with your lady, picking up flowers, doing something she likes…making it a night about her! When you do this men the bedroom time becomes about YOU! 

 Despite popular belief this one isn’t only directed towards men! Ladies our men have feelings too! If you are bitching at them and nagging them about every little thing chances are your love making time may have a bit of “trouble” getting started that night:) The words that we use with one another along with the way we make our partner FEEL prior to our first step in the bedroom is what REAL foreplay is all about!

2) Learning to be alone so you will be ready when your partner “shows up”!

 First of all let me clarify that when I say “showing up” I mean when you meet “the one” your “twin flame” your “soul mate”! You want to be ready..yes? In order to prepare yourself you must know what it feels like to be alone in EVERY capacity! When I was 18 years old I met a man who I spent ten years of my life with. After that relationship ended I spent seven years single and celibate! Those seven years were the most beautiful years of self discovery! I can say without a doubt that I would not be the woman I am today without that time! Spending time alone does not have to mean you aren’t dating. It just means you are a single woman or man who is not tossing himself/herself into anything serious or worthless! You are selective, you may even be celibate and you are spending a significant amount of time with friends, family and yourself! 

3) Men need to be able to feel vulnerable and appreciated! Women must feel cherished and honored! 

 Despite popular belief, in order for a man to FULLY open up to you in any capacity he MUST be able to become vulnerable in your presence! Creating that safe place for your man to be vulnerable is critical in order for them to embrace their sexuality completely! This also allows him to feel more comfortable around you. 

Appreciation is also a must, even with the little things he does. Recognize these things as little tokens of love he is giving to you. Reciprocate these tokens by letting him know you “see he is trying” and you appreciate it and him!

Now I could talk about us women for hours! We do require a lot and why in the hell did we not come wit a handbook? Dam it! 🙂

The truth is that all we really want is to feel like you honor and cherish us for the beautiful unique creatures we are! We desire to be courted. We desire to feel as if we are the only woman in the room when we are out with you. We desire to feel that you are so “into us” that you cannot keep from thinking of us throughout your day! Men, its your job in a relationship to SHOW US! Remember those little daily morning calls in the beginning? They need to keep going! Those flowers need to keep on coming and those foot rubs need to be weekly! Tell us we look beautiful! Make us feel just as you did when you were trying to get your hands on us in the beginning!

Look guys, When you stop doing the things you use to do, you stop getting the love you use to get! Enough said, that last line I just pulled out like a bunny out of a hat says it all!

4) Take great care of yourself so your confidence is boosted in the bedroom!

 Ladies you don’t need to have a body like Elle McPherson and men you don’t need to look like Brad Pitt (I’m not into him anyway). What you do need to do is to eat healthy and move your body daily! No one will ever love you if you don’t care enough about yourself to make the proper sacrifices to care for your body!

The after yoga glow is always nice to let your guy witness:) #selflove #selfcare #yoga #fitness

 5) Trust, loyalty and honesty have a LOT to do with your sex life!

 Got Trust? Look folks if I’ve said it once, I’ve said it 1000 times! If you don’t have trust you don’t have anything! Just ask a man who cheated on his wife after they decide to stay together and work things out! I guarantee you he wasn’t getting laid anytime soon! Do I sound a bit harsh here? Good! I hope you remember this the next time you decide to sleep with the pool boy ladies! Yes, this goes along with you too! Women what so many of us fail to realize is men have feelings too! They can get hurt just as badly if not worse then we do! Your loyalty and honesty with your man MUST be just as strong as his is with you! This is how the two of you will be connecting, building and flowing for the rest of your lives!

 6) Self pleasuring! 

 I know, I know! It says something in the bible about this being a big “no no”! That being said I am a Christian woman! I’m also a Christian woman who self pleasures herself and would not have made it through the seven years of celibacy mentioned above without a little “roll in the hay” with myself! 🙂

  7) This isn’t all about you! 

 Remember there are two of you in the bedroom! Before getting pleased offer to please your partner! I ALWAYS do this when in a relationship! I find that when my partner is pleased he is better able to relax and do his job:)

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Andrea 
The Healthy Haven
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Five ways to an AMAZING sex life!

Veganism is more than a diet its a lifestyle choice. A vegan does not eat anything that is of animal origin, nor will they use animal-based products for clothing, or any other purpose. People may choose veganism for ethical reasons involving animal rights, for environmental factors, or for better health. A huge segment of the population has already transitioned to this healthy more conscious way of living! I suspect that as more and more information is leeched out about the devastating ways factory farms treat animals along with the absolute filthy environments of these poor animals living conditions more and more people will transition onto a vegan way of life!

Perhaps those numbers will increase, as it becomes common knowlege that we vegans also have better sex than our carnivorous flesh eating friends.Here are the top five reasons below!

1) Vegans really do taste better! Going on a vegan diet can actually make you physically taste appetizing to your partner — without adding any chemicals or harsh perfumes that most vegans would never touch anyway! We simply do not ingest dead decomposing animals! Therefore our bodily fluids reflect that! A vegan diet changes the body’s overall chemistry. Therefore,we simply smell (and taste) much sweeter. Need more proof? Check out this study done in 2006 published in the journal Chemical Senses found body odor when on a non-meat diet was judged as significantly more attractive, more pleasant, and less intense than meat-eaters. The findings highlight that red meat consumption has a negative impact on perceived body odor. Smelling good can lure your partner closer to you for some one-on-one time behind closed doors.

2) Vegans absorb their zink and B vitamin better when they eat the proper ratio of live foods! Several researchers have found that certain foods cause a chemical reaction in the body that increases the libido in both males and females. Foods with large levels of zinc and vitamin B vitamins are said to elevate testosterone levels and boost sexual desire. Many common vegan foods that are rich in zinc and vitamin B are: avocado, basil, figs, pine nuts, almonds, asparagus, celery, pumpkin seeds, chickpeas, nutritional yeast and bananas. The fact that we are able to BETTER digest these foods compared to cooked dead animal flesh is a given that we absorb these nutrients better!

3) More stamina and energy! Even meat eaters who were once vegans will attest to this one fact! Vegans simply have more energy and more stamina! Both in and out of the bedroom! Many people immediately notice both changes on the treadmill and in the bedroom after transitioning onto a plant based diet! have noticed the energetic changes in their bedrooms and relationships.

4) GLOWING Skin! I can always tell when one of my clients has went back over into the “dead zone” AKA the zone of eating dairy or animal foods. Their skin simply has lost its glow, luster or is broken out like a teenage boys back who has been on the wrestling mat! No matter how many ways you try to talk yourself out of it, a vegan diet is the only way to a completion that GLOWS! Lets face it…glowing youthful skin is VERY appealing to the opposite sex!

5) A deeper love for the animal kingdom leads to a deeper love of all man kind! I’ve actually witnessed this first hand! I’ll meet a man, we develop a relationship. He takes an avid interest in my vegan lifestyle and before you know it he is a plant based eater! The second we part or he deviates from his way of eating, anxiety, depression anger all creep in and he is back to square one! A man and a woman’s deep affectionate nature towards ALL animals (not just dogs or cats) is deeply related to how they treat the people who surround them including their partner! Vegans simply are the most compassionate, sensual loving people on this planet!

Ultimately, your diet is a major factor in determining your sex drive and sexual appeal to others! Choose your food and your partners wisely! GO VEGAN!

Fresh fig kisses! Andrea L Cox

Go vegan for an AMAZING sex life!