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Health effects
In addition to its central role in reproduction, scientific findings indicate that semen has the following beneficial effects in health, which could result in future medical applications[citation needed]:
Antidepressant: Semen is a powerful organic antidepressant because of its content of mood-enhancing hormones such as epinephrine,[5] dopamine, oxytocin, and serotonin, and it has thus been called "Nature's Prozac."[5]
Cancer prevention: Studies suggest that regular semen exposure (i.e., three times a week or more) both prevents and fights cancer, particularly breast cancer,[6] reducing risk by "not less than 50 percent."[7][8] This effect is attributed to its glycoprotein and selenium content,[9] with apoptosis being induced by TGF-Beta.
Musculoskeletal support:[dubious – discuss] Semen can provide the body with testosterone, which is important to maintain muscle and bone strength. While women need a smaller proportion of testosterone than men, it is just as important to female health as it is to male.[10] Testosterone reduces the risk of heart attack, protects against stroke, and can even treat diabetes.[11] Testosterone is particularly important after menopause. When testosterone levels in the blood increase in testosterone-deficient women, bone density usually improves, and women generally report that they feel better.[10]
Preeclampsia prevention: Semen's greatest benefit may be the fact that semen contains a substance which conditions a mother's immune system to accept the "foreign" proteins found in sperm as well as the resulting fetus and placenta, keeping blood pressure low and thereby reducing the risk of preeclampsia. Regular exposure to the baby's father's semen, especially orally, may help make a woman's pregnancy safer and more successful, because she is absorbing her partner's antigens.[12]
Medical knowledge about the beneficial health effects of semen has been slow to increase. As late as 1976, doctors were advising women in the eighth and ninth months of pregnancy not to swallow semen lest it induce premature labor,[13] even though it is now known to be perfectly safe.
Health effects
In addition to its central role in reproduction, scientific findings indicate that semen has the following beneficial effects in health, which could result in future medical applications[citation needed]:
Antidepressant: Semen is a powerful organic antidepressant because of its content of mood-enhancing hormones such as epinephrine,[5] dopamine, oxytocin, and serotonin, and it has thus been called "Nature's Prozac."[5]
Cancer prevention: Studies suggest that regular semen exposure (i.e., three times a week or more) both prevents and fights cancer, particularly breast cancer,[6] reducing risk by "not less than 50 percent."[7][8] This effect is attributed to its glycoprotein and selenium content,[9] with apoptosis being induced by TGF-Beta.
Musculoskeletal support:[dubious – discuss] Semen can provide the body with testosterone, which is important to maintain muscle and bone strength. While women need a smaller proportion of testosterone than men, it is just as important to female health as it is to male.[10] Testosterone reduces the risk of heart attack, protects against stroke, and can even treat diabetes.[11] Testosterone is particularly important after menopause. When testosterone levels in the blood increase in testosterone-deficient women, bone density usually improves, and women generally report that they feel better.[10]
Preeclampsia prevention: Semen's greatest benefit may be the fact that semen contains a substance which conditions a mother's immune system to accept the "foreign" proteins found in sperm as well as the resulting fetus and placenta, keeping blood pressure low and thereby reducing the risk of preeclampsia. Regular exposure to the baby's father's semen, especially orally, may help make a woman's pregnancy safer and more successful, because she is absorbing her partner's antigens.[12]
Medical knowledge about the beneficial health effects of semen has been slow to increase. As late as 1976, doctors were advising women in the eighth and ninth months of pregnancy not to swallow semen lest it induce premature labor,[13] even though it is now known to be perfectly safe.
