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NIACIN, the alternative form of Vitamin B3, is known for its skin flushing effect. A natural result of the widening of vessels close to the skin's surface, it lasts for a few minutes as blood flows and "toxic cleansing" adjusts.

The more toxic the blood more often than not, the longer the flush. Unfortunately too many "alarms" to this natural reaction have received thumbs down from certain MDs in past and public confidence and fear has often been effected.

Be that as it may, Masters and Johnson, the world-renowned sex therapists, give this flush a right royal stamp of approval. It makes the skin more alive, more sensitive to the touch and helps heighten the physical sensations of love making.

They recommend the art of synchronising your "Niacin flush" with sexual activity for a longer lasting and deeper orgasm.

Niacin occurs plentifully in peanuts, trout, sesame seeds, barley, split peas, shrimps and haddock. Otherwise choose a B complex supplement with niacin - its alternative name is Nicitinic Acid.

More and more therapists today are recommending higher levels of nutrients for a healthier sex life - at all adult ages. And if this means supplementing to get there, it has to be.

Today we live in a world surrounded by nutrient robbers, so self-help from the shelf is a serious and natural consideration. Commonly used and prescribed drugs / medications rob us of essential vitamins and minerals, so does alcohol, smoking, the Pill, ageing, stress, and many of the chemicals used in food production and growing.

It's best to maintain a constant level of nutrients in your body on a day by day basis - not just the popping of a multi-vitamin before intercourse - to deliver the explosive result you are looking for. If you're a believer of the school of thought that says "sex gets more pleasurable as you get older" then the ongoing nutritional storehouse will need plenty of re-fuelling. If it drops expect the "droop" to follow!

Nutrients to pay particular attention to for "the storehouse" include:

• L-TYROSINE. An amino acid that increases mental alertness and promotes orgasm.
• B-COMPLEX. For calming an over-anxious state of mind.
• VITAMINS B5, C AND RUTIN. For ensuring plasma histamine levels are up to scratch.
• VITAMIN B6. Involved directly in the production of oestrogen and testosterone. Sub-lingual application is the way to ensure its arrival in the bloodstream.
• VITAMIN E. A well-known fix for those times beyond the kitchen sink!
• ZINC. For correcting vaginal lubrication and male libido.
• SELENIUM. For long distance performers and for that extra delivery when love making is intended to fertilise an egg or two in the womb. Try an oyster supper by candlelight as an hors d'oeuvre.
   

Capability and desire are only kept alive and maintained by eating for nutrient delivery (not greed!) and by taking great care of your body -physically and mentally.

As the best man repeated at a recent Society wedding reception, to both bride and groom - "just don't let those fires go out!" If they do, it'll take more than love, set and a match to ignite them again.