Semen is a substance that generates many myths, probably due to the curiosity that surrounds it and, in general, to the curiosity that sexual practices in general arouse. There are famous statements about the nutritional value of semen: that semen nourishes, that semen is good for the skin… We are sorry to tell you that these beliefs have no scientific basis.
With the generalization of oral sex, and other sexual practices that involve ejaculation, many questions arise, and also, many myths, which tend to spread among the population; one of the best known is the myth that semen has some kind of nutritional property, which makes it healthy, or that it can serve as a food supplement or that it makes the skin soft or smooth.
But the truth is that, if we consult any doctor, he will refute any of these beliefs with scientific arguments. There is no consensus on the nutritional properties of semen. Despite myths about its nutritional value, human sperm is a substance, so to speak, with ‘little chicha’.
However, it is not totally false that semen does not have nutritional properties. The trick is that these properties are minimal, essential to ensure the survival of the sperm. We must remember that sperm is simply the liquid in which the male gametes travel, and its only function is this, to provide sustenance, a means of communication between the male and female reproductive systems. Thanks to the liquid and slightly viscous structure of semen (and the speed at which they are evacuated during ejaculation), sperm can travel inside the female body and reach an egg for fertilization to occur.
As we have mentioned, although it is true that semen contains proteins, enzymes, sugars and vitamin C, which feed the sperm , the doses of these nutrients are so small that they could never serve as a food supplement.
At the medical level, health professionals agree that swallowing semen would be equivalent to ingesting saliva, two liquids of supposedly similar texture and composition. Both contain a minimal amount of fructose and an even less amount of protein.
And the claim that semen is good for the skin lacks support. It is a vehicle for transporting sperm that does not even have the antiseptic properties of saliva.
So the only certainty is that sperm gets fat … if it finds an egg.
