Alex Corridor, a TikTok chef, prepares meals to make intercourse extra pleasing for individuals who “backside.”
He advised Insider one of the best recipes are excessive in fiber and lower out elements like dairy.
He hopes “The Backside’s Digest” will destigmatize bottoming, particularly for queer folks.
After Austin-based chef Alex Corridor posted his first cooking video to TikTok in June 2020, he by no means anticipated it will turn into a viral account.
Corridor mentioned he began his on-line cooking present, “The Bottom’s Digest,” primarily based on his personal expertise of looking for meals that may make anal intercourse extra pleasing.
He mentioned he would scan Reddit boards for anal intercourse ideas and located alot of the recommendation was restricted to statements like, “Do not eat earlier than you backside,” and “Drink a lot of water.” So he determined to create a platform to provide fellow bottoms extra choices.
Bottoms are individuals who usually like to receive during sex, whether or not this implies penetration or different sexual acts. Bottoming can look totally different for various folks, and anybody is usually a backside, although the time period is normally used to explain queer intercourse.
From Corridor’s expertise, anal intercourse preparation ideas are inclined to concentrate on pleasing the one who is just not the underside, moderately than ensuring each persons are comfy throughout intercourse.
“I might go and lookup meals that is good for bottoming. There’s identical to nothing on the market,” Corridor mentioned. Any recipes that do exist are usually vegan or primarily plant-based, he mentioned.
With the assistance of his husband and co-founder of “The Backside’s Digest,” Mike Fleck, Corridor created high-fiber, bottom-friendly recipes that may work for a lot of diets.
Bottoms can eat earlier than intercourse, and it is higher if the meal contains fiber and cuts out dairy, Corridor mentioned
A lot of Corridor’s recipes use the basic principles of the FODMAP diet, an consuming plan created for folks with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and different digestive situations. The eating regimen tends to favor elements like dairy, beans, and wheat and exclude eggs, some grains, and sure greens, like eggplant.
To create his recipes, Corridor mentioned he begins by slicing out all dairy merchandise, and substitutes them for plant-based milks and merchandise (like his bottom-friendly queso recipe).
He contains loads of fibrous elements like oats, vegetables, and whole grains with a purpose to scale back bloating, gasoline, and any attainable “messes” throughout intercourse. If he contains an ingredient that’s low in fiber, like meat, he increases the amount of fiber in the meal. The identical rule applies if a recipe calls for lots of legumes or gas-producing greens, like broccoli.
Earlier than posting his recipes, Corridor tries the meals himself and sends it to a check group of 10 queer folks. Corridor asks testers to report again any bloating or discomfort they expertise from consuming the meal or throughout intercourse after, and makes use of the suggestions to tweak present recipes or to create new ones.
As soon as it passes via the check group with a 90% approval score, Corridor makes the ultimate touches and creates a video for his YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok.
Fiber-rich meals could make anal extra pleasing, a dietitian says
Brigitte Zeitlin, dietitian and founder of BZ Nutrition, mentioned that Corridor’s fiber-based approach to meals might make anal intercourse extra pleasing as a result of it reduces bloating and retains poop extra stable.
“Fiber-rich meals would be the most ‘bottom-friendly’ forms of meals. This implies meals which are plant-based and concentrate on greens,” Zeitlin advised Insider. “Generally an excessive amount of fiber can go away you feeling bloated, so to keep away from this be sure to are ingesting loads of water all through the day.”
Zeitlin mentioned Corridor’s meal testing is a good way to vet his recipes, although she recommends folks making his meals attempt them to see how their our bodies will react.
“I might additionally suggest making an attempt the meals in half-portion sizes first to see simply the way you reply to them personally first,” Zeitlin mentioned.
Corridor says bottom-friendly recipes are necessary as a result of they prioritize pleasure for everybody
(Left to proper) Mike Fleck and Alex Corridor, founders of The Backside’s Digest.
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Corridor mentioned he desires bottoms to prioritize their pleasure moderately than placing it apart for the sake of not making a “mess” throughout anal intercourse.
“We’re difficult that stigma and reminding bottoms that meals and intercourse go hand in hand, all of them drive sensory pleasure,” Corridor mentioned. “Life is just too quick. Do not be skipping good meals only for a 20-minute hookup.”
