Wendy Zukerman

And they wrote these abstinence diaries that researchers then analyzed.

And some men, they did really value this activity.

So one 21-year-old said he did feel more happiness.

And another wrote, I just feel on a deeper level.

With work, friends, pastimes, there have been waves of emotion, good and bad, but it's a great thing.

This is what I think.

This is what I think.

And speaking to Justin and other researchers, it definitely feels like it's...

more psychological.

You didn't like how much you were masturbating or orgasming and now you've been able to control yourself and that's why you feel better.

But I do think in these forums...

Yeah, what they're getting wrong is they're kind of blaming what masturbating is doing in your body.

Blaming the physiology of like if you masturbate, it's sapping you from energy, hormones that you need, blah, blah, blah, when I think it is really more of a mental thing.

I think that's where we're at.

Welcome back.

Today on the show, should you try to stop...

ejaculating for a month more.

We've just learned it probably won't bump up your testosterone levels or give you more energy, but now we're finding out, can it boost your sperm quality?

For this, we need Brent Hansen.

He's a reproductive endocrinologist and fertility specialist at CCRM Fertility of Minneapolis.