Lussebuns and Christmas food. Traditional and very good to feast on during Christmas. According to researchers at the University of Tromsø, Norway, this is also the food that makes you hot and full of wonderful feelings. Research shows that a lot of spices in Christmas food give us feelings of love and excitement, Norska TV 2 reports.
– Research shows that cinnamon actually increases sex drive, says the professor Aina Westrheim Ravna at the Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT, to the channel.
Take out the dough and bake yourself happily
Aina Westrheim Ravna researches the reward system in the brain, and believes that what makes us happy, in love and drunk is the “happiness molecule” dopamine.
If you feel a little down in the winter darkness, you win by rolling up your shirt sleeves, taking out the dough and baking the Christmas delights.
The spice affects sex drive
According to the researchers, cardamom also affects sex drive. The spice contains several compounds, some of which have an uplifting effect. Cardamom is native to India and Bhutan, and comes from plants in the ginger family.
– The substances in ginger increase the levels of dopamine in the brain, and can have a pain-relieving, calming, antibacterial and antipyretic effect, says the professor to the channel.