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Posted on 08/09/2018 6:18:38 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Appearance aside, boxers may be the optimal underwear for men aiming to be fathers.
Men who wear looser-fit boxer shorts have higher sperm concentration than men squeezed into tight underwear, a new study published Wednesday in the journal Human Reproduction found. Sperm concentration, which is the number of sperm per milliliter of semen, is one of a few standard metrics of male fertility.
However, men who preferred “bikinis,” better known as briefs, and other tight-fitting underwear had higher levels of follicle-stimulating hormone compared to the men in boxers. Because this hormone stimulates sperm production, the researchers speculate these higher levels, which push the testicles to work harder at producing sperm, may be the body’s way of compensating for lower sperm concentration.
“Whether underwear choice affects sperm production has been a topic of research for several years,” said Lidia Mínguez-Alarcón, lead author of the new study and a research scientist at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health. But this study is the first to investigate whether a man’s selection of undies affects his testicular function as measured in a number of ways, including reproductive hormones and DNA fragmentation, she said.
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not new ... this has been known for decades ... literally ...
What about those who wear no underwear at all under the Scottish kilt? Maximum sperm count?
Actually taking a long hot bath before sex is very effective birth control. There is a reason why testicles are always outside. Because sperms can not grow at body temperature, they need cooler temps. On cold winter days, the testicle sac shrinks and on warm days it expands. Nature knows best.
If you want your spouse to get pregnant, wear boxers. Heat is not good for sperm production.
Years ago I read a study about men who worked in pizza kitchens. Most of them had a very low sperm count because of the heat. They did a study to try to get them to wear a refrigerated device to keep their sperm cool. All the volunteers dropped out of the study within 3 days.
Laz?
I can attest that is the case. After Scotland’s win of a rugby match while in a pub.
Whew!
That’s not hardly fair, Yaelle.
Nor unhardly neither.
Pardon me for being crude but they didnt need to have some “study” to figure this out thus the old adage “how are you hanging? Low and loose, and full of juice”
And drinking less soy and peppermint tea.
Full commando!
So....boxer briefs are somewhere in the middle?
LOL. Wow.
The hell they are! Nothing like getting your gonads sliced when the short pant leg of boxers get trapped under your leg when you shift your weight while seated. Definitely “nut cutting time.”
This has been known for years and years. The answer is quite simple: Briefs hold the testicles too close to the body. The testicles are outside of the body so that they will not assume body temperature. Spermatozoa need to be a bit cooler than body temperature. Boxers allow the testicles to assume the proper temperature for fertilization.
Why didn’t they ask me before they did this study?
Idiots!
Figured that out in ‘70’s when I saw that Bee Gees were not a girl band.
We have half a dozen kids, how many more would we have if my husband had a different preference in underwear?
There were were two times in which it was physically possible to get pregnant in the first two years of our marriage. I got pregnant both times. I was shocked, unprepared and overwhelmed. I mean really, what are the odds of that? I am still surprised and humbly grateful that God blessed us so quickly. And several times again. Even with briefs.
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