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

I would put the URL but there is more "inappropriate" (but fun) stuff there.

Hey, all I want to know is what you do with it if you DON'T swallow it....spit it out on the sheets? Now, that would really be gross.

Kay

That would be messy... and theres no way im gonna gargle "be right back," then run upstairs and spit it out. The sooner its outta my mouth, the better... even if i do have to swallow it...

Spitoon next to the bed.

Nah.... you just give him a big ol' KISS!

that sounds like a porno film

Snowball!

(I only know about that from Clerks )

I don't find it gross or inappropriate, takes a lot more than this to rock my boat.

We've had plenty of similar threads over the years.

And as the info in 2bthinner!'s post explains, semen is mostly protein, with minute amounts of other stuff, such as glucose. Very safe for a low carber. (Not that I've gone to great lengths to tell my DH that...)

Rosebud

I guess if you think it's gross why even bother to comment??? Just stop reading it.

Personally, I've been a certified nurse midwife for 10 years doing OB care and women's care--nothing, and I mean NOTHING has ever just grossed me out--maybe I have the right constitiution for it--and trust me, I'm sure the OP was embarrassed to have to ask this on a public forum.

Actually I found this thread quite entertaining, especially the sperm facts--who knew???



Yeah, it will probably take a little bit more than sperm to make my head spin




OK Kay, that really needed a spew alert (pardon the pun) after I read that, my question was then who had to sleep on the wet spot???


Would it go under sperm or semen??

Whoever thinks this gross I kinda have to chuckle--I mean is gross because someone had the nerve to ask it in a public forum, or do you think it's gross because it's not something you might partake in???

Oh. my other comment to the OP, does he reciprocate

Gotta love it....

Lisa

Semen, under "Soups, Sauces, and Gravies".

Okay, I'm done!

I found the thread rather interesting. I just objected to the automatic assumption that DrH is a physician.

I worked 15 years as a wildlife rehabilitator, which is a very unglamorous avocation. One spends one's time doing such "fun" tasks as wiping up blood and vomit, picking off ticks, pulling blackfly larvae out from under the skin of baby birds, examining the "results" after deworming animals in order to identify the exact species of worm, scrubbing cages, and most of all, simply shoveling buckets full of sh*t every day. That doesn't even include the gazillion times an animal evacuated the entire contents of its bowels and bladder right down the front of my shirt while I was handling the critter! I believe I can honestly say there is not much left that is likely to gross me out, either.

But I'm a scientist, and I have an intense curiosity about all things. That's the only reason I even looked at this thread.

I can’t help it. The word inappropriate always draws my attention.