Sex Is Better for Men Who Eat Nuts, Says Study Funded by Big Nut

A research project called Fertinuts seems to have found evidence that men who eat lots of nuts can boost their orgasms and sexual desire. But before you get too excited, some skepticism might be warranted. The study, which again is called Fertinuts, was a randomized controlled trial of nearly 100 young, healthy men in Spain. Half the men were told to eat at least 60 grams of mixed raw nuts a day for 14 weeks, in addition to their typical Western-style diet, while the other half just stuck to their normal diet, avoiding nuts if they could. Before and after the study, the volunteers answered questions about their sex lives and had their blood screened for levels of nitric oxide (NO) and E-selection, two naturally produced molecules. They used these levels as a proxy for the health of the blood vessels in the penis that make erection possible. Between the two groups, there were no major differences in any of these characteristics before the study began. But afterward, the team found, the nut-eating volunteers reported a significant increase in their “orgasmic function” and sexual desire on average. “In conclusion, our study suggests that compliance with a healthy diet supplemented with mixed nuts may help to improve erectile and sexual desire,” the authors, whose work was published in the journal Nutrition, wrote.