Ladies, have you lost that sexy feeling?

If your reply is in the affirmative, go grab a glass or two of wine.

According to the Journal of Sexual Medicine, a study conducted at the University of Florence in Italy, 'drinking a glass of red wine a day can increase sexual desire of women and moderate consumption can improve their sexual health'.

Italian doctors, who carried out the study, claim that chemical compounds found in red wine may boost sexual functioning by increasing blood flow to key areas of the body.

A total of 800 women aged 18 to 50 were recruited for the study. None of them had ever reported a sexual health problem.

The women were split into three groups - those who regularly consumed one or two glasses of red wine a day, those who consumed less than one glass a day of any sort of wine or other alcohol, and those who were teetotal.

Women who drank more than two glasses a day were excluded from the study to avoid the possible confounding effects of drunkenness.

All participants completed a questionnaire, the Female Sexual Function Index, which is used by doctors to assess women and sexual health. It includes 19 questions with a total score range between two and 36, with higher scores meaning better functioning.

Overall the red wine drinkers scored an average of 27.3 points, compared to 25.9 for the less-frequent tipplers and 24.4 for the non-drinkers.