Lisa Davis - Clean Eating, Dirty Sex: Sensual Superfoods and Aphrodisiac Practices for Ultimate Sexual Health and Connection

Copyright 2019 by Lisa Davis

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Davis, Lisa.

Title: Clean eating, dirty sex: sensual superfoods and aphrodisiac practices for ultimate sexual health and connection / Lisa Davis, MPH ; recipes by Erin Macdonald, RDN.

Description: New York, NY: Skyhorse Publishing, [2018] | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018040465| ISBN 9781510729988 (hardcover: alk. paper) | ISBN 9781510730007 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Aphrodisiacs. | Sex (Biology)Nutritional aspects. | Diet therapy.

Classification: LCC RM386 .D39 2018 | DDC 615.7/669dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018040465

Cover design by Jenny Zemanek

Cover images courtesy of iStockphoto

Print ISBN: 978-1-5107-2998-8

Ebook ISBN: 978-1-5107-3000-7

Printed in China

DEDICATION

In memory of my mother. Thank you, Mom, for always believing in me and encouraging me to expand my horizons.

To my loving husband. I am blessed to share my life with you. Without your love and support, this book would not be possible. I appreciate all the sacrifices you have made, and continue to make, so I can make my dreams come true. I love you.

To my daughter. You are the light of my life. I love you.

In memory of Colleen, who believed in me before I ever did. I love you with all my heart.

CONTENTS

FOREWORD BY JOE CROSS

I m a logical guy and I like to think that I look at things in a logical way. And in my business world, I had become reasonably successful at solving problems. Only, over time, I eventually became the problem. My health failed meor as it turns out, I failed my health. In solving my own health problems, I found I could do it without medication, and the unexpected benefit was I improved my sex life. Let me tell you the short version of my story.

I started out fit. But I was pretty much like any other regular American or Australian man. Busy, short on time, poor diet, and stressed outstuck on the treadmill with nowhere to go, so to speak! At that point, it dawned on me that we are all jugglers. You can divide your life and everything that matters into five categories: Health, Career, Family/Friends, Love, and Self. And we are all trying to juggle these five buckets, if you like. That basically sums up being a human being in todays world. Now, I thought I was being smart when I decided its easier to juggle two buckets than five. So, I put Health, Self, and Love aside, and decided to just focus on Family/Friends and Career.

Well, as you can imagine, that worked fine for a period of time. But in the long run it didnt work out too well. Sure, through the focus on my career, I accumulated more wealth, but at the direct expense of my health! I also enjoyed a party, so my friends and family got lots of Joe Time. I wasnt a bad person, I was just not very kind to myself. My diet was very high in carbohydrates, fat, sugar, salt, and processed food. I also drank a lot of alcohol and soda, smoked a lot, and I didnt move much. I was someone who treated my body like a toxic waste dump. Sound familiar?

Pretty soon it became apparent that this lifestyle wasnt sustainable. My plan to juggle less by ignoring Health, Self, and Love came to a screeching end. I broke at age thirty-two and got Chronic Urticaria and Angioedema, a debilitating autoimmune disease affecting the skin. It wasnt just a case of taking a drug and Id be fixed again. It was a sentence to medication for the rest of my life. Or so I was told!

I spent eight years taking medication, and hoping and praying Id get better. I found out that the medications dont heal, they just suppress the symptoms. And because this was a disease of touch, my sex life suffered. While I never quite experienced erectile dysfunction (ED), I did experience low energy and a low sex drive. I suffered with a number of other debilitating symptoms due the autoimmune disease that made me very self-conscious, like welts on my skin and swelling in my joints!

At forty, I came to the realization I was responsible. Perhaps my lifestyle choices had something to do with it! I decided to take things in my own hands and instead of outsourcing my health to other people, pharmaceutical companies, and doctorsand trying all sorts of wacky and wonderful ideasI came up with a plan to go on a plant-based diet.

I had one hundred pounds to lose, so I gave myself two years to reverse the effects of my previous lifestyle. I call this my Reboot. I juiced just plants for sixty days, then I ate just plants for another three months. And to my surprise, I lost one hundred pounds, got off the medications, and got my health back. It didnt take two years like I thoughtit took just five months. That was ten years ago and Im still going strong. I now travel the world sharing my story in the hope that others can bring about positive changes to their life, just like I did.

And like Lisa, I found this worked for others, not just me. During my public events, the subject of sex is rarely raised, but I love to bring it upits a subject that will always get a few laughs. And as soon as you throw out the fact that, by default, when a man loses lots of belly fat, their appendage can appear bigger, you definitely know you have their attention! But seriously, once you start to discuss how blood flow and hormone balance can be affected by our diets, the audience is deathly quiet!

Apart from just feeling better about yourself and being more flexible, blood flow is a huge factor in that, if you clean out the system by getting rid of a substantial amount of processed foods that were making you sluggish and tired, and you replace that with mother natures finest, you will decrease inflammation and by default increase blood flow and the capacity of your heart rate to sustain erections.

Ive spoken to many men that are quite heavy, and it is very difficult for them to hold their bodies up with their arms. So, the only way they can have sex is on their side or on their backwhich limits the sex positions open to them.

But as you get lighter, and you get your blood flowing more freely, its about more than just being able to move. Your mental state becomes more confident and you are more confident about your body. All of those things parlay into a much more active, productive, and confident sex life. All of this is from the male side but of course for women, feeling confident and healthy in yourself physically and mentally is also equally rewarding.

I know Lisa from numerous visits on her radio shows and I know that her passion to help others live a healthier life in every area, not just in their sex lives, is real. In my travels, sharing my story, and on my website, Ive seen people adopt Lisas style of clean eating, and change their lives. Theres no reason you cant be one of them!