Me and my friend was talking last night and he told me that if a guy drinks Mountain Dew it lowers there sperm count.. is that true? I know me and my brother have drunk it all our lives. And he has three kids and one on the way. I don't believe it, but your input would be serious apprecitated.
2007-03-23 02:21:41 · 6 answers · asked by **baby~doll** 3 in Family & Relationships ➔ Friends
Hi
No I have not heard of this either . Your friend is messing with your head (lol)
Take care
C
2007-03-23 02:42:40 · answer #1 · answered by Constance M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A SILLY, DANGEROUS RUMOR
Yellow No. 5 , for which its chemical name is tartrazine, is a coloring dye approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for giving a bright lemon yellow color to various foods, beverages, candy, ice cream, drugs, and cosmetics . Used since 1916, Yellow No. 5 has long been accepted as safe by the Food and Drug Administration. The teen age rumor about Yellow No. 5 seems to center on the popular drink made by Pepsico, Mountain Dew.
From the chemical point of view, tartrazine is an extremely stable molecule which may account for both its relative lack of toxicty and also the fact that it comes out of the body pretty much as it goes in: YELLOW. As a highly water soluble salt, it probably passes effeciently through the kidneys • • • and out.
The silly school yard rumor has gone so far as to claim that Mountain Dew prevents pregnancy because it reduces sperm count or sperm motility. Not true. This misinformation is obviously dangerous. Those who foolishly drink a few bottles of Mountain Dew so that they can have "safe" sex are bound to become foolish parents.
2007-03-23 02:46:08 · answer #2 · answered by destiney 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you kidding?? This must be a joke.
If it was true, don't you think Mountain Dew would've done something about it by now?
2007-03-23 03:12:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have never heard of this so I suspect that your friend is having a joke
2007-03-23 02:33:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
UrBaN lEgEnD!
2007-03-23 02:56:48 · answer #5 · answered by Timothy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
roflmao...he is jerking your chain
be cool...
2007-03-23 04:24:43 · answer #6 · answered by CC Babydoll 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋