The significance of this is that, at ejaculation, a tiny pellet of sperm is pushed forward and mixed with seminal fluid, suddenly quintupling the bicarbonate concentration.
And we looked at the risk of getting pregnant if they used traditional methods like calendar rhythm method and withdrawal, meaning that before ejaculation the person pulls out.
Though it's unclear why, researchers hypothesize that increased ejaculation means potential carcinogenic secretions in the prostate are excreted more regularly, de-creasing their negative impact on the body.
In fact, levels of testosterone are much lower in the evening and peak at 8 AM. While semen quality is best in the afternoon with 35 x106 more spermatozoa per ejaculation.
In conjunction with ejaculation, which sees the release of sperm and other seminal fluid, the whole process for men involves around three to ten seconds of intense pleasure.
Testosterone, in particular, is responsible for aggression and sexual desire in both men and women, and there has long been the belief that ejaculation draws testosterone from the body.
That's right, with No Nut November just around the corner, we thought it was a great time to ask, what are the benefits of saving your seed and not ejaculating?
And so I asked Justin, so if you don't ejaculate, you don't get that sense of relaxation, which some may interpret as tiredness, you would... therefore feel more energy, potentially.
Yeah, neither did I. Justin, our urologist, being deep in the internet, several years ago, he started noticing a lot of stuff on social media about the benefits of not ejaculating.