Sometimes It's a Matter of Taste

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us Sometimes It's a Matter of Taste We live in a "cover up" culture when it comes to most of our bodily functions.  The popularity of deodorants, air sanitizers, perfumes and more are predicated on the idea that our natural smells and tastes are unseemly. Directly or indirectly most of the marketing for these products preys on our desire to smell (and taste) appealing to those we want to attract and a belief that to do that we need something more than soap and water.   This week we’re exploring the issue of taste.  What it’s like, what goes into it, and how to change it if you really want to.  ~ Cory Cory Silverberg Sexuality Expert Can You Change the Taste of Semen? There’s a growing number of products (and at least one patent pending) designed to directly change the taste of semen.  I’m wary of most of these “dietary supplements” but there are other less expensive, less invasive diet regimens that some men swear by.  And whether they really work or not, we could probably all benefit from eating a bit more parsley. READ NOW Share Semen Allergy: Rare, but Real Taste may be the problem you hear about when it comes to semen, but it isn't.  READ NOW Share Can You Change Vaginal Taste? There are far more products meant to deodorize and sanitize (I’ll spare you the “do you ever feel not so fresh” joke) than those designed to change the actual taste of vaginal secretions.  I’m not only wary of those products, I know most of them to be potentially bad for you.  But just as some intrepid explorers have researched what foods can change the taste of semen, others have delved into the verdant world of eating for vaginal taste.   READ NOW Share Sex and Alcohol Most people have an idea of what effect alcohol has on their sex life.  Unfortunately the ideas most people have are just slightly skewed by social expectation and millions of marketing dollars.  What few know is that one of alcohol’s less obvious effects is on how we taste to our partner.   READ NOW Share MORE FROM ABOUT.COM • Conversations The Experts Think Engaged Couples Need To Be Having • 7 Crucial Tips For Moving In With Your Significant Other • Why Boomer Women Are the Best Women • Want Happy Children After Divorce? Do These 5 Things • Now That You Are Divorced Isn’t It Time To “Rock The Boat?” • Are Your Friends Holding You Back From Living the Life You Want? • 5 Tips For Positive Communication With Your Ex • How to Recognize the Signs of Cheating Advertisement About Dating & Relationships   |   Follow Us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Sexuality newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved