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Here's the complete list of foods you should avoid if you're looking to get close to your partner tonight. We were shocked by some of the foods on this list!

In No Random Order… 

1. Alcohol

A glass or two may loosen up your inhibitions, but more than that can act as a depressant and even kill your libido.

2. Soy Products

Soy products are loaded with estrogen, which can significantly reduce sex drive in both men and women.

3. Graham Crackers

These tasty snacks are packed with carbohydrates that can reduce hormone levels and decrease sex drive.

4. Black Licorice

Licorice contains glycyrrhizin, which can cause various libido-altering changes in the body, as well as potentially causing erectile dysfunction.

5. Mints

If you're planning on seducing your paramour, you probably want to make sure your breath is sweet so your kisses don't turn your lover off. However, the methanol in breath mints might just turn you off!

6. Fried Foods

You're likely to feel a bit bloated and full after eating fried foods, which are loaded with trans fat and will leave you only wanting to veg out on the couch after dinner.

7. Soda/Diet Soda

Soda contains artificial sweeteners that affect serotonin, the hormone that affects your level of happiness and can also make you less interested in getting intimate with your partner.

8. Popcorn

Those microwaveable popcorn bags contain synthetic ingredients that can annihilate sexual desire and potentially cause prostate problems in men.

9. Coffee

Coffee's great for getting you pumped up at the beginning of the day, but it can also cause anxiety, nervousness or tension, which is a definite mood killer!

10. Canned Soups

Canned soups are full of sodium, which can decrease blood flow to multiple areas of the body, including the genitals, possibly making you less inclined to get intimate.

11. Asparagus

This vegetable doesn't directly affect libido, but who wants to eat something that makes your urine smell funny on a night when you're looking to get a little up close and personal with someone special?

We've heard a lot about the foods that are the best aphrodisiacs, but we had no idea that any of the above foods could kill the mood and really put a damper on any romantic plans you have with your significant other! Forewarned is forearmed, however, and plan to commit this list to memory!

Article Source: Spoon University