‘Sex over Food the Clear Choice for Some Males,’ Says Study

I
know, I know! SOME males? Who are the other guys who get a
bigger
dopamine rush from calories than from orgasm? Well, it turns
out that the research was done on modified nematode worms that were
given a choice between food and sex. As Genome News

reports:

Researchers from the University of Rochester say they have shown
that male brains—at least in nematodes—will suppress the ability to
locate food in order to instead focus on finding a mate. Their
study (“Sex, Age, and Hunger Regulate Behavioral Prioritization
through Dynamic Modulation of Chemoreceptor Expression”), which
appears in Current Biology, may point to how subtle
changes in the brain’s circuitry dictate differences in behavior
between males and females.

In 2012, Glamour
reported the results of a match.com poll which asked women and
men: Would you rather give up your favorite food or sex for a year?
The results were:

According to MSNBC.com, 1 in 3 single women say that if there
was a toss up between food and sex, food would win! And though it
makes more—but not total—sense to me that if you’re not having sex
anyway (considering you’re solo), then food might take
priority, there were also plenty of people in committed
relationships—28 percent to be exact—that would forgo an orgasm for their
best-loved dish. Guys, on the other hand, were less gung-ho. Only
16 percent said yea to food over sex. And, in case you’re
wondering, the food most favored was chocolate (26 percent). Next
in line was steak and pizza.

Whatever the differences between males and females with regard
to food and sex, remember “yes
means yes” and “no means no.”