Health : Note to Self : What Don't Make You Sexy Might Kill You!

What does Spanish Fly, chocolate, and Mandrakes have in common?  They are all associated with SEX!  What makes Spanish Fly different?  Uhh ... it might kill you!

Not All Aphrodisiacs Are Equal

Do you know if your favorite food is an aphrodisiac? Time to do some research! https://t.co/lRbUMmqW4Q #aphrodisiacfoods #foodhistory pic.twitter.com/wo9cuOdZjz

— Eat Something Sexy (@EatSomethngSexy) April 11, 2019

• The Venezuelan leader Simón Bolívar may have been accidentally poisoned by application of Spanish fly.^[27]

• Arthur Kendrick Ford was convicted and given a multiyear prison sentence in 1954 for the unintended deaths of two women surreptitiously given candies laced with cantharidin, which were intended to act as an aphrodisiac.^[17]

aphrodisiac (n.)  "preparation or drug which excites sexual desire," 1719, from Latinized form of Greek aphrodisiakos "inducing sexual desire," from Aphrodisios, "sacred to Aphrodite, pertaining to Aphrodite," Greek goddess of love and beauty (see Aphrodite), whose name also meant "sexual pleasure; a temple of Aphrodite." As an adjective from 1775 (earlier was aphrodisical, 1719). Aphrodisian "devoted to sexual love" is attested from 1864.  (Source:  Online Etymology Dictionary)

Can you name the 7 Sexy Spices?