Best Food for Antidepressant-Induced Sexual Dysfunction
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2017-06-23

The spice saffron may not only work as well as SSRI antidepressant drugs like Prozac, Paxil, and Zoloft without the side-effects, they may be able to even treat the adverse sexual side-effects that occur in up to 70% of people taking them.

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Pass the paella!

I touched on the spice before in Saffron vs. Prozac (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/saffron-vs-prozac/) and Saffron for the Treatment of PMS (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/saffron-for-the-treatment-of-pms/).

Those drug side-effects sound devastating, but depression is no walk in the park. But when one balances risk and benefit one assumes that there’s actually benefits. That’s why the shocking science I explored in Do Antidepressant Drugs Really Work? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/do-antidepressant-drugs-really-work/) is so important.

What else may boost mood? A healthy diet and exercise:
• Anti-inflammatory Diet for Depression (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/anti-inflammatory-diet-for-depression)
• Plant-Based Diets for Improved Mood and Productivity (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/plant-based-diets-for-improved-mood-and-productivity)
• Exercise vs. Drugs for Depression (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/exercise-vs-drugs-for-depression)
• Aspartame and the Brain (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/aspartame-and-the-brain/)

For more on sexual health generally, see:
• Survival of the Firmest: Erectile Dysfunction & Death (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/survival-of-the-firmest-erectile-dysfunction-and-death/)
• Do Men Who Have More Sex Live Longer? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Do-Men-Who-Have-More-Sex-Live-Longer)
• Best Foods to Improve Sexual Function (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Best-Foods-to-Improve-Sexual-Function)

What else can spices do? Here’s just a taste: 
• Benefits of Fenugreek Seeds (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/benefits-of-fenugreek-seeds/)
• Cayenne Pepper for Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Chronic Indigestion (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/cayenne-pepper-for-irritable-bowel-syndrome-and-chronic-indigestion/)
• Which Spices Fight Inflammation? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/which-spices-fight-inflammation/)
• Ginger for Migraines (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/ginger-for-migraines/)

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