Comer cakulan yana ba mu jin daɗi da yawa kuma saboda cakulan yana da mahaɗan sunadarai kamar su phenylethylamine da tryptophan, wanda ke da ikon inganta sha'awar jima'i, sabili da haka yana da alaƙa kai tsaye da ayyukan jima'i, ana ɗaukarsa mai ƙarfi aphrodisiac ko jima'i mai motsa sha'awa, amma na halitta.
Amfani da cakulan a matsayin mai haɓaka sha'awa ta jima'i an san shi tun zamanin da, misali sananne ne cewa Emperor Montezuma na Aztec, cinye yawan hatsi na koko don bunkasa sha'awar jima'i tare da matarsa, kasancewar tarihin farko na tarihi wanda ya danganta da shan koko tare da motsa sha'awa.
A cikin 2004, masu bincike daga asibiti a Milan, Italia gudanar da bincike tare da mata 200 don tantance alaƙar da ke tsakanin cin cakulan da kuma shi jin daɗin jima'i.
Sakamakon da aka samu yana da ban sha'awa sosai kamar yadda matan da ke cin cakulan a kowace rana suka bayar da rahoton matakan gamsuwa na jima'i da yawa da mata masu ƙananan libido suka ƙaru da sha'awar jima'i bayan cin cakulan.
A yau masana kimiyya sunyi imani da cewa cakulan yana da wasu halaye na musamman kamar su halitta aphrodisiac ko ingantaccen sha’awar jima’i, yanayin da ake dangantawa da tryptophan da phenylethylalamine, a cewar NYTimes.
Masana sun bayyana hakan tryptophan mahadi ne wanda yake aiki don gina serotonin (wani sinadari ne a cikin kwakwalwa wanda yake da alaka da sha'awar jima'i). Yayin que la phenylethylalamine Yana da kuzari wanda ya danganci amphetamines (wani sinadari da ake saki a kwakwalwa lokacin da wani yake soyayya, misali).
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