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Wendy Zukerman

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Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

But for some folks, they have a lot of DNA damage in their sperm, which you can check by doing a test.

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

And for those people, he actually recommends just one day.

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

Clearing the pipes faster.

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

But as for this idea that, you know, you want to be waiting weeks or months or, you know, doing No Nut November, Brent's like...

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

Once you're in the window, he says, go for it.

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

He says, if you've got the question of once you're in the window, do I have sex or not?

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

He's like, have sex.

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

But he also said that by the time people are seeing him in the clinic, it's so stressful.

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

There's nothing fun about sex at that point.

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

And he is saying to someone, you just have sex, whatever, can also be very stressful.

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

All right, our last question for the day, I asked Justin.

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

So then are there any risks to semen retention?

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

I guess if you are not in the baby-making world, is it bad if you feel good about not ejaculating?

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

Yes, because online you do see some quite hysteric headlines about the dangers of not ejaculating.

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

And the one thing that people do point to, there's sort of one bit of science evidence for this, is around prostate cancer.

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

Have you heard this?

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

There is some research suggesting that folks who ejaculate a lot have a lower risk of prostate cancer than those who ejaculate a little.

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

But we're not really sure what's going on here.

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

Prostate's big job is to help make semen.

Science Vs
Semen Retention: Should You Stop Ejaculating?

And so possibly by clearing out the pipes, you are clearing out potentially harmful things that could build up in there.