Food Myths: Do Oysters Make You Horny?

WIRED
WIRED
  • 8 years ago
Rumor has it that oysters were the fuel behind Casanova’s fire, but are these slimy mollusks actually aphrodisiacs? WIRED cracks into the science behind the old wives’ tale.

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