Have you heard that bitter kola could help a man sustain sexual prowess while also satisfying a lady? This tale must have brought you here, as you seek confirmation.
We will help you with the right information.
You see, staying in your state of assumption is the biggest deception you can offer yourself. With assumptions, people have consumed bitter kola with recklessness, hopping to boost performance during sexual intercourse.
What they often get is a negative result at that point. There is a reason for it.
What Is Bitter Kola
Bitter kola, Garcinia kola Heckel (family-Guttifera), is also known as false kola and male kola (English).
In Yoruba communities (Western Nigeria) it is called orogbo, cida goro (Hausa-Northern Nigeria), Aku ilu or Ugugolu (Igbo-Eastern Nigeria) and Efiari (Efik) (1).
It is an evergreen, dicotyledonous plant found in moist forest, riverine and swampy areas.
Also, it grows to a medium sized tree of about 12-15 metres high and a girth of 1.80 metre.
It occurs naturally in Nigeria and a few other African countries.
What Bitter Kola Contains
The seeds of bitter kola are edible and people eat it in place of true kola.
But beyond that, it contains phytochemicals like cyanogenic glycosides, tannins, alkaloids, saponins and flavonoids.
Bitter kola is known to possess anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antidiabetic, antihepatotoxic, and bronchodilator properties (1).
These compounds are responsible for the impact it has on you when you eat it.
We will dwell on the effect it has on a man when you talk about sexual competence.
Does Bitter Kola Really Boost Libido?
Unfortunately, people think libido is lasting long during intercourse. That is not what it is.
It is the desire that stimulates sexual activity. The desire to have sex. That is what it means and not lasting long during sexual intercourse.
There are different views about whether bitter kola boost libido or not.
First, an animal study says bitter kola increased frequency of mount but lowered how long the individual could stay on when the administered 100 mg/kg body weight (2).
However, the study also says that other sexual parameters did not significantly improve, dismissing claims that bitter kola could boost libido.
On the other hand, an animal study demonstrated that the seeds of G. kola have duration-dependent antispermatogenic properties in rats despite its acclaimed aphrodisiac activity.
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The study says the seed was shown to increase sexual behaviour parameters such as mount frequency, number of ejaculations, and intromission frequency, with the low dose (200 mg/kg) being more effective compared to the high dose (400 mg/kg) (3).
However, some other studies showed increased libido, erection, ejaculation, testicular weight, sperm count, and testosterone levels after the administration of the seed extract (4).
According to the study, the discrepancies may be due to the quality of the nuts or seeds, the extraction solvents, the dosage used, and the experimental design.
These discrepancies should be normalised before any final conclusion can be taken, the study suggests.
Now, you know that if you want this seed to work, you need to eat it with caution and not with insatiable desire.
How To Use Bitter Kola To Boost Libido
One way to use this seed is to chew it or dice some and soak them in apple cider vinegar. After it infuses, take a little from it each time and drink.
They will be effective if the cause of lowered sexual prowess was as a result of inflammation or presence of toxins in the body. Also, if this inflammation and toxins come as a result of your poor eating habit and consumption of processed foods, you should change your eating habit and you will see improvement.
Note that if you abuse the use of this seed, you will not get what you expect.
Too much of everything is bad and studies highlight this.
Just use the bitter kola seed moderately.