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Hmm, I could really go for a ham sandwich with a side of banging.

Food Vs. Sex: What Do Men Think About More?

It turns out men think about sex as many times a day as they think about food.

How often would you say you think about sex? For me, depending on what's going on in my day, it can range anywhere from five to 10 times. Okay, on really slow days, maybe 15 tops. I think. Sometimes it's more... It turns out that, despite common stereotypes, men don't think about sex all the time — just a lot.

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Would You Take A Pill To Forget About Your Breakup?

A new pill will be able to reduce future anxiety associated with painful memories.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet, is one of the most brilliant love stories ever. The '04 flick tells the story of Joel and Clementine, a couple who go through a painful break-up and end up having a procedure done that "erases" memories of their time together. Definitely something anyone who has ever been through a rough split may have fantasized about! And in the next 10 years, it may be something people can actually do.

Bring Back Your Sexual Power: Energetics of the Second Chakra

Bring Back Your Sexual Power: Energetics of the Second Chakra

Money, power, creativity, babies, projects, relationships...Learn how to create with your sexuality

Money, power, creativity, babies, projects, relationships… These words describe material manifestations of the Sacral Energetic Center, the Second Chakra that is located in the abdominal area of your body. Do you know that where your attention goes, the creative process of your life flows?

Is A Furious 14 Year Old Holding Your Love Life Hostage?

Is A Furious 14 Year Old Holding Your Love Life Hostage?

First crushes in teen years predict relationship success. When was your first heart break?

Said: "I love to flirt."  (Heard: "I've got it and you don't.") Said:  "It's not my fault that guys are so easy'. (Heard: "I've got it and you don't stand a snowman's chance in hell of ever having it.") Said: "It's just the way I am." ( Heard: "I am made different than you. There's something wrong with you.")

What Was I Thinking? (Part Two)

What Was I Thinking? (Part Two)

Re-programming Your Brain!

Sow Seeds-Pull Weeds   ".....Be Transformed By The Renewing Of Your Mind,"                                                   Romans 12.2 The Healthy Brain

What Was I Thinking? (Part One)

What Was I Thinking? (Part One)

Ever Wonder Why You Do Certain Things Even When You Don't Want To? Well, Keep Reading!

Sow Seeds-Pull Weeds “Be open minded, but not so open minded that your brains fall out.”                                                                           -Groucho Marx      Part 1

Heart made out of pills

Love Is An Addiction; Breakups Like Withdrawal

Relationships are as addictive as drugs, reveals a new study, no wonder breakups hurt.

Breaking up is definitely hard to do, and researchers now know why that is. It seems that love is comparable to a drug addiction: It activates the parts of the brain associated with motivation, reward and addiction cravings, according to new research from Stony Brook University.

Falling in Love Takes A Fifth Of A Second

Falling in Love Takes A Fifth Of A Second

Scientific findings reveal that people do actually fall in love at first sight, kind of.

If you're convinced that science only confirms the obvious, we've got some mind-boggling news for you. According to research conducted by Dr. Stephanie Ortigue, a professor at Syracuse University, love actually does occur at first sight, and it happens within a fifth of a second.

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Sex Makes Our Brains Bigger. Seriously.

A recent rat study proves regular sex may increase brain cells.

A recent study out of Princeton aimed to answer what effect pleasurable, yet stressful, experiences had on a rat by studying their brains before and after sex. Previous studies proved that unpleasurable, yet stressful experiences, actually lead to a decrease in brain growth—so could the opposite be true? Could highly satisfying, but strenuous, activity cause an upswing? The unequivocal answer: yes.

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A Spray That Makes Men More Emotional?

Scientists find that a spritz of oxytocin could reveal and heighten male emotions.

Men. They can be just as confounding as women when it comes to emotions—especially if it has to do with expressing them. But a recent study conducted by Dr. Rene Hurlemann of Bonn University's Clinic for Psychiatry and Dr. Keith Kendrick of the Cambridge Babraham Institute is finally offering some insight into why men are lacking in the empathy department. Hint: Blame it on Mother Nature. In the experiment, Hurlemann and Kendrick recruited 48 men, half of whom were spritzed with "empathy" spray—a.k.a. the hormone oxytocin—before being shown emotionally charged photos, like a kid crying or a man mourning. The results: Men in the oxytocin group registered higher empathy levels than those in the placebo pool. Intrigued, we mined professor Kendrick for more about how the male emotional mind really works.