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Originally Posted by SarahJaynee

This is currently the best thread on this site IMO.
MightySunTzu I admire you doing this fast and letting us observers in also.
Gingko, thanks for replying with all your informed posts - they are great. Although I have to agree with Might over your choice of words re Muslims and "eating like pigs". Made me LOL!

I know its quite intimate but what about your sex Life? I read the Shelton book excerpt (I dont have the book but have ordered it now) on Fasting and Sex and I wondered if you had notice a difference in ability/cravings/desire etc.

As far as sex drive, I have a strong sex drive from lots of testosterone. They found that testosterone in men and women increases sex drive. I think that my body stops producing it after 10 days of fasting. I have no sex drive and have no association with being a male or a gender. It is a nice vacation from the war of the sexes. I feel androgynous. My body is putting that energy into healing my body and making my mind work better.

This is my experience. I do not know what it is with others. Also maybe they lie. But this is what guys are trying to achieve (see other threads under this section) with no ejaculation for a while (no sex or masturbation). But the body is still putting the energy into creating viable semen. This is the way to stop the body from putting energy into procreation. Also in case you have no food and will starve to death later, this way your body can last longer. Survival takes precedent over procreation with humans. Not with praying mantises. The female eats the male after they have sex! What a way to go?