On Sep 25, 10:19*am, "James Silverton" >
wrote:
> *Chemiker *wrote *on Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:53:29 -0500:
>
> >> For discussion
> > Not a very good one..... I recently ate 2 dozen,
> > but only 19 of them worked. <G>
> > Seriously, they have long been considered a sexual
> > enhancer, but it seems to be due to a high level
> > of phosphorus, which helps to make adenosine
> > mono and tri phosphate, necessary for human
> > energy metabolism, including sexual function. The
> > stimulation of desire you have to seek elsewjere,
> > like maybe yohimbine.
>
> The Romans considered lettuce an aphrodisiac too!
>
> --
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
> Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

hmmm..an oyster & lettuce salad.....I'm getting horny just thinking
about it.