What is cum made of?

The entire job of semen or ejactulate is to carry the sperm to fertilize the egg.  News-Medical has an article that agrees with the other articles I’ve seen.  Semen components are made in the following glands and percentages: 45-80% in the seminal vesicles, 13-33% in the prostate gland, 5% in the testicles/epididymis, and the remaining 2-5% in the urethral glands.  Semen contains a host of nutrients, elements and chemicals.  The Wikipedia entry has the following table:

Mel Magazine has a great article on the makeup of semen.  Fructose is a sugar, and it’s there to provide nutrients to the sperm.  Enzymes, amino acids, and other proteins that are there to assist the sperm in penetrating the ovum shell.  Citrate, an antioxidant and used to create Vitamin C, is used to make the sperm more robust.  Prostaglandins are protiens that are there to help with the fertilization process.

Ejactulate Volume

Now that we have answered the ‘what is cum made of’ question, let’s discuss ejaculate volume.  Some men have very ejactulate a very large volume, like Peter North.  For those that don’t know, he’s a porn star that ejaculates a HUGE volume of cum.  Average ejaculate volume is 1 teaspoon.  There are ways to increase this.  For example, you can make sure you are hydrated.  Ejaculate volume is more a factor of genetics than anything else.  You can use diet and supplements to augment your natural “ability”, but you still have a base line amount your body can produce.

There is a mythical supplement pack called “the Holy Grail” that is rumored to increase ejaculate volume.  My reading leads me to believe that it works sometimes.  Not everyone responds to the Holy Grail.  The base of this pack is Zinc and Lecithin.  Inverse has the best breakdown of the Holy Grail.  1000mg of L-Arginine, 50MG Zinc, 200mg Pygeum, and 1200mg of Lecithin (daily values).

Ejaculate Distance

Ejactulate distance has actually been studied several times.  Some men (including yours truly) dribble.  I’ve only ever had an actual cumshot a couple of times in my life.  Distance can be improved by doing kegels.  When you are peeing, squeeze and stop your urine.  Then start it and stop it again.  That’s your kegel muscle.  By flexing it, you will increase the distance that you ejaculate.  Masters and Johnson study found one man that could ejaculate 8 feet.  Average is between 20 and 60cm.  Age, diet, genetics, and general health will have an effect on this.  This explains why some people don’t like cum in their mouths as the sudden pressure of the cum hitting the back of the throat may be off-putting.

Semen Taste

Most semen tastes like it smells.  Nina Hartley (Porn star from the 80’s, and sex advisor to this day) says that most cum tastes like it smells, which is slightly like bleach.  This makes sense, as seme is alkaline to counteract with the acidic environment in the vagina to protect the sperm.  There is hope.  Cum doesn’t have to taste bad.  Changing your diet to include more veggies and fruit will help, as does no smoking and eating less meat.  Pineapple is rumored to have an almost immediate effect on the taste of cum if consumed 12-24 hours before the event.

So, we’ve learned a lot in this post.  Semen is complex, completely OK to ingest, and varies in volume, distance, and taste.  We produce it 24/7 from puberty to death.  There are ways that we can improve the distance of our ejaculate, and the taste, and there are rumored methods of improving the volume.  As always, check out the contact us page to respond to any of our posts, or comment below!  We’d love to hear from you!

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