Zinc?

[UKJake]

About two months ago i started taking a zinc tablet in the morning as well as my usual orange flavoured Vitamin C tablet.

Almost straight away since then i have noticed that i have produced much more sperm when i have ejaculated. Each time its probably double my usual amount.

Is there a reason for this and has anybody else found that zinc has increased their volume?

 

[midwestyankee]

Zinc levels in the body are related with levels of testosterone, so it may be possible that the effect you noticed could be due to an increase in the amount of zinc.

This is taken from an issue of "Current Psychiatry" online:

"Zinc deficiency can lower testosterone levels. Zinc is highly enriched in the testes and prostate, where it accumulates via a zinc uptake system. The cerebral cortex is also zinc-enriched.

"Zinc’s recommended daily allowance (RDA) is 15 mg for men and 12 mg for women. Mild zinc deficiency is common, affecting, for example, about 30% of healthy older men in Detroit and many depressed patients.

"Remarkably, dietary zinc restriction (to one-third of the RDA) in healthy young men reduces serum testosterone levels by 75% after 5 to 6 months. Conversely, giving a zinc supplement, 30 mg/d, to marginally zinc-deficient older men nearly doubled their serum testosterone concentrations after 6 months."

 

[UKJake]

Thanks! So it seems like taking zinc perhaps wasnt a coincidence and perhaps i needed more zinc in my diet.

 

[midwestyankee]

The U. S. Recommended Daily Allowance for zinc is 15 mg, which is a common level in multivitamins. Of course, it's possible that one might not absorb all the components of a multivitamin. I suppose it's also possible that even when taking such a vitamin tablet one's body might require more from time to time.

I remember reading somewhere that zinc has a positive effect on the libido, so I was never shy about taking plenty of zinc whenever I had a cold coming on.

 

[UKJake]

Thats why i started to take it! Ive started to train as a teacher and since ive been at school ive picked up so many colds and i hadnt had one for about three years before then! Not even a sore throat! I started taking the zinc but noticed the other effects more than its use against the colds!

 

[midwestyankee]

Thats why i started to take it! Ive started to train as a teacher and since ive been at school ive picked up so many colds and i hadnt had one for about three years before then! Not even a sore throat! I started taking the zinc but noticed the other effects more than its use against the colds!

Good luck with your chosen career. You will find, though, that working around numerous youngsters makes you subject to all sorts of minor illnesses. The best defense is to stay fit and keep up your regimen of vitamins etc.

 

[UKJake]

Thanks! All advice taken on board!

 

[SweetErika]

Green Tea

I work with kids too, and I have a terribly weak immune system. One thing that has really helped me is green tea though. I take 2-4 315mg Green Tea Extract capsules per day and drink several cups of Decaf Salada Green Tea-Vitamin C/Antioxidant tea everyday, and I've gotten through all of the kids' viruses this year. I brew the tea, cool it down, and drink it instead of water al day. If I feel like I'm getting sick, I increase my tea intake.

I don't know if there are studies on Green Tea and viruses, but it has been proven to reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease, so it can't hurt. You might want to try it out and see if it helps you ward off the kiddie germs!

 

[assister49]

I always ward off the colds by taking plenty of vitamin C and Bs. The effect of zinc as a cold remedy never did much for me - and I hated the taste.

Never heard of zinc for increasing sperm, but not to say it can't help. But maybe whoever gives you a blow job wont get as many colds.

 

[sheath]

Amazing, what you can learn on lit.

Thanks especially for the stats, yankee.

S.

 

[dollface007]

Thats why i started to take it! Ive started to train as a teacher and since ive been at school ive picked up so many colds and i hadnt had one for about three years before then! Not even a sore throat! I started taking the zinc but noticed the other effects more than its use against the colds!

The only medically supported way that zinc can speed the passing of a cold is if it's applied directly to the nasal passages. If you go to the drug store, you'll see there are zinc nose "sprays" (it's really gel, not spray). I take it whenever i have a cold, but i can't tell if it actually works or not either. I'm usually too wrapped up in feeling miserable to compare and contrast the lengths of my colds.

 

[Clare Quilty]

This isn't the first time that I've read of zinc supplements increasing ones ejaculatory volume. Supposedly, porn stars take zinc for this reason. As to the veracity of these claims, who knows?

 

[midwestyankee]

The only medically supported way that zinc can speed the passing of a cold is if it's applied directly to the nasal passages. If you go to the drug store, you'll see there are zinc nose "sprays" (it's really gel, not spray). I take it whenever i have a cold, but i can't tell if it actually works or not either. I'm usually too wrapped up in feeling miserable to compare and contrast the lengths of my colds.

All I know is that I once downed a zillion zinc drops just as a cold was coming on and the cold ran away in fear. Of course, I set off the metal detectors at O'Hare and Denver International the next day, but that's another story.

 

[SweetErika]

The only medically supported way that zinc can speed the passing of a cold is if it's applied directly to the nasal passages.

True, but you can't underestimate the placebo/psychological effect. Recent studies have also proven Vitamin C to be "ineffective", yet people who take it (or zinc) because they BELIEVE it helps generally feel better or perceive their cold to be shorter and less severe (and maybe it really is because the power of positive thought is an incredible thing).

 

[dollface007]

True, but you can't underestimate the placebo/psychological effect. Recent studies have also proven Vitamin C to be "ineffective", yet people who take it (or zinc) because they BELIEVE it helps generally feel better or perceive their cold to be shorter and less severe (and maybe it really is because the power of positive thought is an incredible thing).

Yeah, i agree totally. I was just trying to offer some explanation as to why he wasn't getting results. I take echinacea every time feel a cold coming on and i swear that sometimes it really works (sometimes not so much), but there's no definitive proof that it works.

 

[SweetErika]

Sorry Dollface, I probably could have phrased that better!

 

[dollface007]

Sorry Dollface, I probably could have phrased that better!

No worries

 

[UKJake]

Its not like i started to take the zinc for more sperm, it was just such a dramatic increase in the amount that i thought back to what had changed and recalled it coincided with me starting to take the zinc supplement.

In regards to whoever gives the blowjobs, sadly shes got a cold right now!

 

[TJmarine]

*adds zinc supplements to diet* muhahahah my secret weapon