Name: 科學可以改善你的性生活嗎？ (Can Science Improve Your Sex Life?)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T05:24:37.000Z
Duration: 3 min 13 s

With work, studying or a stressful schedule, it can be hard to find the time or energy for that extra edge in the bedroom.

在工作中、學習中或一份充滿壓力的行程下，要抽出時間或精力到寢室中去享受是很難的，

But, could science have a solution to our sexual woes?

但是科學是否有可能解決我們性慾障礙？

Sexual desire in both men and women is controlled by your hormones.

性需求由男人和女人身上的荷爾蒙所控制。

When something triggers you to be "turned on", the brain and nervous system send signals to your pelvis, causing blood vessels to dilate.

當某些事情觸發你去「打開開關」，大腦和神經系統發出信號給你的骨盆，造成血管膨脹。

You experience an increased heart rate, while your brain releases norepinephrine, dopamine and other pleasurable neurotransmitters which make it clear to your body that you're having a good time.

你體會到心跳加速，當你的大腦釋放正腎上腺素、多巴胺和其它使人快樂的神經傳送素，它使得身體清楚意識到你將會有一段美好的時光 。

And humans have long tried to enhance this biological response throughout history.

貫穿整個歷史中，人類一直試著強化這個生理反應。

Unfortunately, there is no real scientific evidence to the pop culture myth that oysters, chocolate or other so called "aphrodisiacs" will make you horny.

不幸地，沒有真實科學證據證明，流行文化的迷思中所說的生蠔、巧克力或其稱為「春藥」的東西會讓你變得飢渴。

And while Viagra may prolong an erection, contrary to popular belief, it actually doesn't make you more aroused.

「偉哥」可能會延長勃起的時間，但與大眾的思考相反，它其實不會讓你有激動的感覺。

It works solely to inhibit an enzyme so blood flow to the penis is increased, and only acts on the peripheral nervous system.

它的功用 是單獨地禁止一種酵素使得血液流到陰莖增加，而且只作用在它的功用

So popping the blue pill won't increase libido, nor will an erection occur without initial stimulation. Not to mention, it has no effect on women.

週邊的神經系統。所以使用藍色小藥丸不會增加性慾，也不會在第一次刺激時就勃起。更不用說，它對女人沒用。

But it turns out that scientists may have mistakenly stumbled upon a new sex secret...

但顯然，它指出了科學家一直以來的錯誤，而發現了一個全新的性秘密...

In an effort to create sunless tanning agents, scientists were researching melanocortin - a specific protein in the brain which can control skin pigmentation.

在努力創造美黑劑的過程中，科學家研究了黑皮質素一個大腦內特殊的蛋白質，它能夠控制皮膚色素沉著。

Except, when 10mg of the synthetic version called melanotan-II were injected in a male, an immediate and unstimulated erection lasting 8 full hours occurred along with nausea and vomiting.

不同的是，當向男性注射 10 毫克合成的美黑素-II 時，會出現持續整整 8 小時的立即無刺激勃起，同時伴隨噁心和嘔吐。

At 2.5 mg, the erection lasted 2-3 hours with minimal nausea.

劑量為 2.5 毫克時，勃起可持續 2-3 小時，且噁心症狀輕微。

But after bringing the dose to 1.25 mg, the males were aroused and had consistent erections without any nausea.

但當劑量達到 1.25 毫克後，男性便開始興奮，並且持續勃起，且沒有任何噁心症狀。

Surprisingly, this drug is now being effectively administered as a nasal spray - "sniff-a-stiff" anyone?

令人驚訝的是，這種藥物現在被有效地作為鼻噴劑使用——有人想「吸一口」嗎？

On top of which, the drug works on females too.

除此之外，這個藥物對女性也有效。

When female rats were injected, along with other hormones such as β-estradiol-3-benzoate and progesterone, they increased hops, darts, and ear wiggling in front of their male counterparts.

當雌性大鼠注射β-雌二醇-3-苯甲酸酯和黃體素等其他荷爾蒙時，它們在雄性大鼠面前會更活躍地跳躍、投擲飛鏢和搖晃耳朵。

These are all actions designed to cause sexual arousal, and invite male rats for sex.

這些行為全部被設計成產生喚起性慾，對公老鼠求偶。

But, before you run out to find this seemingly miraculous love elixir, just know that it hasn't been approved or regulated anywhere in the world yet.

但是，在你急於尋找這種看似神奇的愛情靈藥之前，請注意它尚未在世界任何地方獲得批准或監管。

However, its derivative called bremelanotide, is currently undergoing human clinical trials as a potential treatment for a myriad of sexual disorders, such as female sexual arousal disorder.

然而，其衍生物布美諾肽目前正在進行人體臨床試驗，作為治療多種性功能障礙（如女性性喚起障礙）的潛在藥物。

And since the main mode of action occurs directly in the central nervous system, it works on both sexes.

由於其主要作用方式直接發生在中樞神經系統中，因此它對兩性均有效。

So eat your avocados, oysters and chocolate for sustenance...and let science handle the sex.

所以吃你的酪梨、生蠔和巧克力當作食物就好…讓科學來處理性愛吧。

Special thanks to Audible.com for supporting this episode and giving you a free audio book of your choice at audible.com/asap.

特別感謝 Audible.com 對本集的支持，並在 audible.com/asap 上為您提供您選擇的免費有聲書。

Audible is the leading provider of audiobooks with over 150,000 downloadable titles across all types of literature. We recommend the book

Audible 是領先的有聲書供應商，擁有超過 15 萬種可下載的各類文學作品。我們推薦這本書

"Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End," which tackles how medicine can not only improve life, but the process of its ending.

《終有一死：醫學和最終重要的事情》探討了醫學如何不僅可以改善生命，還可以改善生命的終結過程。

You can download this audio book or another of your choice, for free, at audible.com/asap.

您可以從 audible.com/asap 免費下載這本有聲書或您選擇的其他有聲書。

And with a subscription you get one free book a month!

訂閱後您每月可獲得一本免費書籍！

Special thanks to Audible for making these videos possible!

特別感謝Audible能製作出這些影片！

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