As a wife on the other end of the issue, I agree with some of the above, more carbs might be a part of the issue. Low carb works much better for me than for my husband. But in addition to diet you might want to look at some other things too. After a year and a half of messing with the issue, we are finally getting some answers. Found out that he had a low free testosterone level and overall testosterone is within normal but isn't overly high. He's muscular, not fat, can grow a beard like crazy and doesn't (as far as I'm concerned) seem like that would ever be an issue. Initially he responded well to paleo, but then crashed. Did better after we upped the carbs, and it worked better to use a few gluten free foods that were not so paleoish. But after a couple months again of lack of desire, not even wanting to snuggle, not even being able to keep up with the kids (this is the 51 year old guy who could play on a soccer team against the schools team and did amazing as the oldest one out there) I dragged him to my doctor this time and we finally started to get to the bottom of things.

For work physicals he's consistently had a higher bilirubin level, so I've been doing a little research into the whole B12 thing, which can also be linked with gut problems and malabsorbtion. Just started looking into a book "Could it be B12?" Anyway, still learning. But that's our story.

I think it's possible for a time to channel some of your energy into other areas of your life and maybe not even think about sex, especially if you aren't in any kind of special relationship. Even then, usually you feel some sort of stirring toward sex. But things like thyroid, low testosterone, low B12 can have long term consequences and you want to guard your health for when you do need that energy for the right person. If it didn't bother you you wouldn't be asking for help, so don't mess with your health. There could be far more than diet going on.

There's a few things that always skyrocket my libido.

The first, as many have said, is carbs...and salt. Make sure your salt is up. The second is working out, or some high intensity thing. I'm not sure if it's because I feel on top of the world after, or if it's the shot of testosterone received for the workout, but regardless, it helps.

If you're youngish and ate SAD at one point and had a libido then, and now you don't, then carbs and salt should do it.

Just my personal experience - I have been LC for a few years and my libido is great, not that it was low before but my girlfriend has certainly noticed a positive difference. She keeps telling me that I am going through a second 'teenage hood' lol. I am pushing 50 and since going paleo women do seem to notice me more, a few months back two twenty-something girls chatted me up in the mall and just this weekend the girl at my local butcher made it very clear she was interested in me. Life is good.

Is something effecting your testosterone?

Truth.

CARBS and SLEEP

Take a week off of training and focus on mobility and ART (Active Release Techniques) Eat seafood. Laugh and enjoy quality time with your significant other (truly focus on the relationship. Sex will fall into place when time is right.) Get a good nights rest. Don't be shy on saturated fats and cholesterol (coconut, Kerrygold butter, grass-fed red meats, eggs, fish oil unless you're eating good fish, etc) Meditate and ensure all major stress is out of your life (a little is okay, but chronic isn't.)

The above things fixed me right up in no time. Now, I want to hump inanimate objects at work (eh hem...)

Perhaps you are just "hot" for Paleo, at the moment. I know when I get really engrossed in something, a novel, or painting, or studies, sex is the last thing on my mind, and can be an annoyance. I can actually achieve a mind-orgasm over an amazing archeological finding, for example. I don' think you're as much of a dork as I am, but, well, sex does start in the mind- mental perceptions of pleasure and desire.

Well this is not really an answer but since so many others commented rather than answered Im gonna go out on a limb here.... I want to make sure I understand you as your comment at the end about not desiring companionship, threw me.

By No interest and No libido you mean that absolutely literally right?
In other words besides no interest in sex with a/your partner, you also are not interesting in masturbation?

Everyone's aiming for Carbs- I want to know how much fat and protein you're getting. Both are needed to produce regular levels of testostorone in your body. I would keep LC if you're still looking to lose weight. You can't be a fat burner/ketogetic with more than 50grams of sugar per day let alone 250grams. Look for MDA's.

Overtraining can be a culprit here.

Stress hormones are the single biggest factor in lack of sex drive. There have been a lot of replies on here but this would be the first place I'd look.

This won't fix you by any means.. But if you're a dude, try running your little guys under cold water. When I started taking cold showers, this was the first thing that I noticed.

Cold water + testicles = awesome jump in libido

Stress makes a huge difference. Because I am a horrible and nerdy person I tracked sex for my partner and I over a year during which we made very few dietary changes and found that I could track when midterms, exams, moving house etc was by how much our sex frequency decreased. Stress can be life (those freaking exams, fighting, tired etc) or physical (sick, poor digestion, headache etc). By maximizing your overall health, you can reduce the physical stress that can really hit the libido. The life stuff though, can only be dealt with by either decreasing them (de-stressing your lifestyle) or learning techniques to manage them better. No matter how awesome your physical health is, it's good to keep in mind that life stress will continue to affect libido if it stays ignored!

There are, of course, other more specific things that other people have covered (heavy lifting, sprinting, decrease estrodials, check zinc levels, check thyroid), but I thought that the stress thing is something to keep in mind!

Hmmm...I've also noticed a decrease in thinkIng about sex or feeling the need for it...but I think it's more that I've become pickier about what I want in a partner. I think if I met the right man who turned me on, I'd have tons of libido! Is it possible that what you think of as libido lack might just be more self control & a desire for a partner that really turns you on instead Of just any ole available person?

I'm not sure how to comment under VB's posts but don't see how the hunter-gather comparison is valid. Do we know males were monogamous or did they have multiple partners. That alone can increase "interest" in sex. We also have many more things in our lives that can lower our libido. Modern stressors being the main culprit.

I know plenty of people that watch a lot of porn, make their own porn, and have way more sex than I do so I don't think your study is all that scientific either.

1. Up your carbs
2. NO PORN - it lowers your libido, it does not increase it
3. Are you with the same girl? Coolage effect maybe? Spice up your relationship a bit. And I don't mean anything kinky - just go some place with her over the weekend. If you don't have a girl - find a good one.
4. Good for you for stopping self-fulfillment.

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I went paleo VLC first of the year. Plenty of red mean and fat. I noticed my desire, or rather, preoccupation with sex in my mind went way down. As opposed to before, I became more interested in thinking of other things, and I just didn't seem to want sex much. When I was away from my girlfriend during the week, I wouldn't care about sex at all. I'd masturbate maybe once a week (but that went down too). Yet, once with my girlfriend, I'd get aroused, and had no problem getting down to business.

It still bothers me that I dont seem to want sex, or care much about it, anymore. I'm single now, and I dont have any desire to go out and find another girl. I'm not hungry, as it were. Even once I have sex, it doesnt seem to thrill me like it used to.

That said, EVERYTHING ELSE is better. I am happier internally with my life. I feel better. I am stronger. Perhaps, when everything else sucks, we need sex to give us that good feeling that we are lacking in all other things. Once paleo makes so many aspects of life more interesting and feel so much better, we dont need that emotional/physical crutch anymore. So maybe thats a good thing.

Maybe that will make me be even more picky about a partner. For the first time in my adult life (37), I dont even want a girlfriend. Dont get me wrong, getting laid occasionally will still happen, and if I dont masturbate for long enough or have sex, something internally reminds me. Im just not preoccupied with it.

When SHE comes along and thrills me, Ill go after HER. Until we find each other, Ive got other shit to do.

Also, a clove of raw garlic a day in the blender raises my semen volume and sex drive every time. But, it also lowers alpha wave brain patterns, so thinking suffers. So I cycle it for a couple weeks, then go off it for a while.

For the last three weeks Ive been doing leangains. I eat 320g of carbs on workout days. Those carbs DID raise my libido and overall good feelings (VLC really got rid of my depressive lows, but killed my euphoric highs). I am still pretty even keeled emotionally now on paleo, as opposed to way up and down before, but with carbs I get a little more highs.

Hope this helps.

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