巧克力提取物有望成为“精神伟哥” 可点燃性欲_时事

巧克力提取物有望成为“精神伟哥” 可点燃性欲

大家都说巧克力能让人的心情好起来，你可知道巧克力还能提高性欲吗？科学家发现，巧克力中有一种名为kisspeptin的激素可以令男人的性欲大增，这种提取物有望成为“精神伟哥”。

A hormone found in chocolate could be the 'mental Viagra' that helps to get couples in the mood for sex.

在巧克力中发现一种堪称“精神伟哥”的激素，可以让爱侣们性欲大增。

Kisspeptin, which is found in chocolate, is the hormone in the brain which kickstarts puberty.

巧克力中发现的这种激素名为kisspeptin，也是大脑中催动青春期的激素。

And it may explain something about the behaviour of teenage boys, after scientists found it makes men much more interested in sex and relationships.

科学家们发现，这种激素让男人更热衷性生活和男女关系，也能在一定程度上解释青春期男孩的行为。

Young men injected with the hormone and then given brain scans showed a flurry of activity in the parts of the brain activated by sexual arousal and romance.

被注射了这种激素的年轻男子大脑经过扫描发现，在被性唤起和浪漫事物激活的大脑部位有波动。

It means similar injections could be used to help men to start a family.

这意味着注射同样的激素可以用来帮助男性繁衍后代。

Professor Waljit Dhillo, the lead author of the research from Imperial College London, said: 'Our initial findings are novel and exciting as they indicate that kisspeptin plays a role in stimulating some of the emotions and responses that lead to sex and reproduction.