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Grex Sexuality Item 44: Sex...with a twist
Entered by michaela on Fri Oct 11 11:36:08 UTC 2002:

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."

11 responses total.

#1 of 11 by michaela on Fri Oct 11 11:37:22 2002:

By the way...that's from Yahoo News.  I'm sure as hell not chancing 
it.  :)

#2 of 11 by jazz on Fri Oct 11 13:37:48 2002:

        This isn't news, though.  People've been using Coca-Cola as a
contraceptive for a long time, and it acts in the same way ...

#3 of 11 by orinoco on Fri Oct 11 19:37:43 2002:

People have been throwing salt over their left shoulder and refusing to walk
under ladders for a long time too.  I'd always figured the business about
coke was just superstition.  It would certainly surprise me if it turned out
to have some value.

#4 of 11 by jazz on Fri Oct 11 20:14:43 2002:

        Throwing salt over your shoulder doesn't change the pH of your vaginal
canal and womb, though.  It's about as effective as the rhythm method, but
in areas with better access to Western soft drinks than Western science, it'll
do in a pinch.

#5 of 11 by michaela on Fri Oct 11 20:23:45 2002:

Hmmm...  I would think the lemon juice would dry the woman up, or something.

#6 of 11 by orinoco on Sat Oct 12 16:11:42 2002:

Good point, jazz.

#7 of 11 by jazz on Sun Oct 13 17:08:38 2002:

        Not walking under ladders isn't such a bad idea, either, since people
on ladders tend to either have pointy tools or paint on them, and accidentally
bumping the ladder may cause the person on it to fall.  The salt thing just
looks cool.

#8 of 11 by ludaspit on Mon Oct 28 18:25:08 2002:

when is this cure gonna be in effect ?>

#9 of 11 by killer07 on Mon Dec 30 17:22:39 2002:

Never tried lemon juice as a contraceptive, but it's great for flavor! I would
assume it burn tho?

#10 of 11 by gizlnort on Tue Jan 7 18:40:07 2003:

Just to ask but has anyone had luck with chocolate mixed in with sex?

#11 of 11 by void on Thu Jan 9 08:27:43 2003:

   Chocolate ice cream.

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