| By Rb1 on Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 10:37 am: Edit |
Had to share this story I read on the net....
Sex with a Twist ... Lemons Provide Protection?
Oct 10, 8:33 am ET
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian scientists believe they have rediscovered an effective use for lemon juice -- as a contraceptive and also a killer of the AIDS virus.
Reproductive physiologist Roger Short, from the University of Melbourne's obstetrics department, said a few drops of lemon juice can be a cheap, easy-to-use solution to protect women from both HIV and pregnancy.
The juice should be squeezed onto a piece of sponge or cotton wool and placed into the vagina before sex, he said.
"We can show in the lab that lemon juice is very effective in immobilizing human sperm and also very effective in killing HIV," Short told Australian Broadcasting Corp television in a science program to be shown later on Thursday.
He said lime juice, which has similar acid levels, can also be used, with both fruits often freely available in poor countries where contraception is hard to come by.
Short said laboratory tests found not only does lemon juice kill sperm, it also kills the AIDS virus itself.
Short said using lemon juice as a contraceptive was not a new idea but it had fallen by the wayside over the years.
The ancient douche-style contraceptive was encouraged by such luminaries as Casanova, renowned for his sexual prowess.
"This has been used for hundreds of years and we've just forgotten about it," said Short, who is planning to conduct some field trials in Thailand.
"About 300 years ago, Mediterranean women used lemon juice as their main method of contraception."
| By Snapper on Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 11:13 am: Edit |
Well, when life gives you lemons...
| By The Gnomes of Zurich on Friday, October 11, 2002 - 06:02 am: Edit |
Taking this to its logical conclusion, guys could just slice the fruit in half and use it as a cap. Not only does is serve as a contraceptive, but is gives you "AN EXTRA TWO INCHES, GUARANTEED!!!!!"
Life imitates spam.
Dem Gnomes
| By Robert Johnson on Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 04:38 pm: Edit |
So THIS may have been what Led Zeppelin was singing about, "Squeeze my Lemon!"
| By N8guy on Monday, October 13, 2003 - 07:38 am: Edit |
Lucky, Dr. Short. He gets to conduct "field" studies in Thailand. I wonder who will be volunteering on the male end of the study?