"Modern life" issues that that are killing our sex passion

The vast majority of us struggle with a flat libido and a floundering sex life. Indeed, it's almost the de facto complaint you know you can expect to hear from your peer group a few years into your working lives. But instead of seeking out a "cure" in the form of a little pill, perhaps it'll benefit us in the long term to look at our lifestyles and consider whether that has a role to play in our lowered sex drives.

Here are a number of "modern life" issues that might just be the culprits that are killing our passion.

A large meal

While we're all for the romantic wine and dine evening, having a lot of food and wine unfortunately doesn't translate into monkey sex. That's because we're so stuffed with food, that our body needs all its energy to ensure your digestive system processes it properly. The Daily Mail quotes dietician Helen Bond explaining: "Rich, carbohydrate-heavy meals cause a huge energy slump about two hours later, what’s known as postprandial dip." So make sure you keep dinner light and keep dessert for later… in the bedroom.

Multitasking

In today's technological age, it's become easier to do two things at once, but when it's time to focus on our sensuality, multitasking should be thrown out the window. Switch off your phone, your television, your computer, kick the kids and pets out of the room and focus on the single task at hand: pleasure. Oh and if you absolutely must multitask, make sure it's a kinky sex move that'll send you and your partner into spasms of pleasure.

Your weight

Being too thin or being overweight both have negative effects on your sexual desire. Many women try to lose weight to be more attractive, but in actual fact, they could be sending their bodies the wrong message. If your body thinks it's being starved, it goes into survival mode and that will mean little or no interest in sex.

In a recent article by the Daily Mail, women of all sizes said that feeling fat was one thing that really put them off sex but really being overweight or "apple-shaped" can also put pressure on your sexual desire as the protein that's produced in your liver and which is vital in assisting sex hormones do their job is reduced.

Blood pressure pills

They may be essential to a healthy heart, but because blood pressure pills reduce your heart rate and blood flow, there will be a change to how you experience sex too. There is hope though as a new type of blood pressure pill that improved patients' erectile dysfunction by up to 69 percent.

White bread

Any refined foods are not good for you and eating too much of them can lead to frequent energy slumps which will mean a growing disinterest in energy-focused pastimes such as a romp in the sack. It's a vicious cycle, so try to avoid those foods that have been refined and opt for whole grain and less sugar.

Trying for a baby

You'd think that most men would be happy to get the frantic calls from their partner in those days during her ovulation period but many feel pressured and well, let's just say that doesn't exactly help when it comes to producing the correct state of one's anatomy. Consciously try to slow things down a little, focus on the moment at hand, and most importantly, on each other and that should be half the battle won.