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Sperm Facts and Sperm Information as reported by Gaia Church

According to the Re/Search Guide to Bodily Fluids (Paul Spinard, 1994), the average man produces about 3.5 mL of semen per ejaculation whose nutritional value is:

* less than 1 calorie

* 150 mg. protien

* 11 mg. carbohydrates

* 6 mg. fat.

* 3 mg. cholesterol

* 7% US RDA potassium

* 3% US RDA copper

* 3% US RDA zinc

* 300 million spermatoza

(Someday men will have to have all this tattooed to the side of their hip, like a can of Coke or a box of Wheaties.)

It looks healthy enough per serving size, but when compared to breast milk (which has about 170 calories per cup), semen has about 40% more calories (about 230 calories per cup). High levels of fructose (fruit sugar!) is normal in the semen and this sugar comes almost entirely from the seminal vesicles.

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More Fun Sperm Facts

For the "average" man, the ejaculate contains over 80 million sperm. In addition to the little wiggly things, semen contains (taken from several web sites):

* water

* ascorbic acid (vitamin C)

* blood-group antigens

* calcium (yes, just like milk!)

* chlorine (add your own little contribution to cleanliness!)

* cholesterol (Is this the "bad cholesterol" or "good cholesterol"?)

* citric acid, creatine, deoxyribonucleic acid, fructose, glutathione, hyaluronidase, inositol, lactic acid, magnesium, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (what do you know, these are good for fertilization too!)

* prostaglandins (fatty acids that, while not a hormone, perform hormone-like functions)

* purine, pyrimidine, pyruvic acid

* sodium (good to have, especially if you've been sweating a lot)
sorbitol, spermidine, spermine

* vitamin B12 and zinc (you would think it's a multivitamin)


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Random Sperm Facts

* Average volume of semen per ejaculation: 1-2 teaspoons

* Average number of times a man will ejaculate in his lifetime: 7,200

* Average total amount of lifetime ejaculate: 18 quarts

* Average speed of ejaculation: 28 miles per hour

* Its muscle drives nature's only known rotary-joint. The tail SCREWS, not whips. (no pun)

* Average number of calories in a teaspoon of semen: 7

* Average duration of orgasm: 4 seconds

* Average number of sperm cells in the ejaculate of a healthy man: 200 to 600 million

* Distance sperm travels to fertilize an egg: 3-4 inches

* Sperm lifespan: 2.5 months from development to ejaculation


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