Drinking Cola “Lowers Sperm Count”
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Apr 3, 2010 05:36 JST
- Tags: Babies, Denmark, Drugs, Food, Marketing, Medical, Relationships
New research suggests drinking cola may drastically reduce male sperm counts.
Danish researchers tested 2,554 young men who were being forced to undergo medical examination to determine their suitability for use as cannon fodder.
They gathered data on dietary habits, particularly their consumption of caffeinated beverages, and collected semen samples, which they analysed for sperm count.
Men with low to medium caffeine intake were found to have normal sperm counts, but those taking over 800mg of caffeine each day or 7 litres of cola a week had sperms counts some 30% lower than the norm.
The study also tested for a link between other beverages containing caffeine, such as tea and coffee (which actually contain more caffeine than most soft drinks), but found no link at all between consumption and lowered sperm count, seemingly placing caffeine itself in the clear.
The study also noted cola drinkers tended in general to live less “healthy” lifestyles, enjoying a poorer diet.
Although the link between drinking cola and a lowered sperm count was clear, researchers are unsure as to what actually causes the phenomenon, only saying they were unable to exclude “the possibility of a threshold above which cola, and possibly caffeine, negatively affects semen quality.”
The study did not target specific brands, so unfortunately for shareholders it seems no maker will be able to claim use as an oral contraceptive as a unique selling point.
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Shit, and I've been drinking Coke every other day since June 2009... I shall become the Grim Raper :(
Man not this again. First it was Mountain Dew now all cola.
At least coke doesn't make you guys more retard ~_~
Said the guy who forgot to put the "ed" after retard in order to correctly describe us.
Hardly drink that stuff. I'll stick to my root beer thank you very much. *sips root beer*
Pepsi is better than Cola! HA!
Oh, you dumbass!
I'm sorry Kev, I can call you Kev can I? Anyway, Pepsi tastes like crap.
Of course, snorting coke is bound to lower your sperm count.
Hang on. Cola? Oh.
Noobs. :P
Well, less waste when fapping. That's... good, no?
AFAIK, sperm is pretty alkaline. It has to be alkaline to negate vaginal acidity and to protect the sperm.
Cola on the other hand is pretty acidic. When you drink cola, you're probably forcing the body to focus on maintaining body pH from getting too acidic, meaning less time and effort spent on producing alkaline cocktails in your groin. Something has to give to ensure your body is chemically stabilized.
So it's true that Cola can abort pregnancy like in a manga I read?
Wow that's awesome <3.
Cola doesn't abort a pregnancy. Pouring it into your girl's pussy would only cause a yeast infection or something worse.
It's that goddamn HFCS I tell ya, that stuff doesn't just make us fat, it reduces our sperm count...
That's interesting, I rarely drink that stuff anyways...
i drink coke alot...
but never 7 litters in a week lol...
*holding a can of Coca-Cola*
Always Coca-Cola~
*strikes a pose and chugs it down*
I don't want any kids. So this doesn't bother me.
Yeah I don't have any use for sperm. In fact it would be nice to be able to turn off ejaculation at will when having sex.
But....That's the best part..
I don't care about specific brands. What I want to know is if they studied regular cola or diet cola. Furthermore, if they studied regular cola exclusively, why did they not also study the difference in effects from different kinds of sodas: cola and the 7-up/Sprite types, as well as the Mountain Dew/Mellow Yellow types, AS WELL AS Root Beer and Cream Soda.
Perhaps they might discover that carbonated sugar water with caffeine has no effect on sperm count, but that something specifically within the regular dark cola recipe (Coke/Pepsi) is the root of the problem.
I'll stop drinking it.
the thing about cocacola is that they use small amounts of phosphoric acid instead of large amounts of carbonic acid (aka carbonated water) because its cheaper. if you read the back of the can than you will notice that phosphoric acid in in the top 5 main ingredients. i personally think that might have something to do with the low sperm count
I don't fucking care about that... because I love coke
I never wear condoms so I should have got someone pregnant by now. Guess I now know the cause.
Pot, cigarettes, alcohol, tight-jeans in a tropical country AND 3-4 litres of coke a day!
Guess I don't need that vasectomy, heh.
Good thing I hate the damned beverage and its soft drinks cousins.
Why no new studies about "the uncocained coke" that comes itself with Coke?
Anyway I have been drinking coke since 15 years ago--- no problems with fat or sugar, but DO try to keep your theeths safe somehow.
Neat. :l It just so happens people who shouldn't breed drink sodas: overweight, weeaboo, gamers.
Awwwwwwww fuck, i enjoyed drinking Cola for at least 10 years..
"quite frankly my dear, i don't give a damn"
This is awesome news. It's mostly obese gamers and weeaboos like yourselves that drink sodas. This will certainly help curb your kind. xD
I'm glad that i'm not drinking it, i'd rather get a bottle of nice juice ^_^
>>"Danish researchers tested 2,554 young men who were being forced to undergo medical examination"
Why does this sound hot to me? "Young men" and "forced" in a same sentence....
We must get the developing world to drink moar cola.
Japan on the other hand probably should stay away from it as they have negative population growth.
I have been drinking Coke like a fish since high school. I have two kids. I call bullshit.
Cola likely has some hidden chemical if coffee isn't as bad.
But many things impact sperm count.
Boxers is better than briefs, cold showers is better than hot baths. There's a number of things you can do to increase or decrease.
But let's face it, if you shoot several millions of sperm cells into a woman, or just hundreds of thousands, she's likely still getting pregnant.
unless all of your sperm are retarded,....
then does it really matter?
*Reads title.... looks at cola standing right before him...*
FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUU
drink it, you can regret it later - dood why did you buy it in the first place? not that its gonna make any difference, its not like you're gonna be breeding a whole bunch of "mini'me's" anytime soon.
so drink it - relax, enjoy.
spank your monkey later and dump all those useless sperm in the trash where they were going to end up anyway.
"Over 800mg of caffeine each day"
> An average cup of coffee has ~133 mg of caffeine in it.
> A regular can of Coke has 54 mg of coke.
> A can of Red Bull has 80 mg of caffeine in it.
So basically, unless your intake is obscene, there's really no cause for any concern.
Source, if anyone is curious for other figures:
http://www.cspinet.org/new/cafchart.htm
"The study also tested for a link between other beverages containing caffeine, such as tea and coffee, but found no link at all between consumption and lowered sperm count, seemingly placing caffeine itself in the clear."
In case you didn't read the whole article, it is not caffeine that contribute to the lower sperm count...
It is the cola, with all that caffeine and high acidic content...
Yeah, the 800mg figure was what set me off on a quick Google, and I (evidently) neglected to read that paragraph.
Ironically, your attribution of "It is the cola, with all that caffeine and high acidic content..." seems to be off the mark as well, since the researchers also noted that they were unsure of the actual cause. Correlation and causation are of course very different things.
I think the study's note that the cola crew tended to pursue "less healthy" lifestyles may be reflective of the true cause, whatever it turns out to be.
And 7 liters of coke a week? That's a liter bottle a day.
BAck before when cocacola was cheap, I used to drink about a liter every day.
Iiving in a warm climate does help, since a coke on ice is a lovely thing on a hot sunny day.
But nowadays, coke isn't the inexpensive beverage of choice.
so its a pointless exercise to discuss.
"A regular can of Coke has 54 mg of coke."
Interesting.
Hmmm so if a gram is 20$, then how much is 54 mg? hmmm, jk
It would be 1.08$ .
... Which is strangely close to the cost of a can of coke from a vending machine.
Coincidence? You be the judge.
*dun dun dunnnn*
Yeah, I noticed that typo later, after the editing window had expired.
That'd be one bloody small can of coke.
What about pepsi?
Yosh! No need for condoms and pills if she won't get pregnant at all! XD
now if there was just a way to safeguard against STD's...
try pouring cola in there..
makes 69 a whole lot sexier anyway