Contraception Doesn't Go Better With Coca-Cola
One
of the reasons why Coca-cola is not an effective spermicide is
because sperm are faster
and may reach an egg in time to fertilise it, says an expert in
the Christmas issue published on
bmj.com today.
The author, Deborah Anderson, a professor in obstetrics and
gynaecology at Boston
University and Harvard Medical School, writes that Coca-cola
douches were allegedly used
during the 1950s and 60s as a contraceptive when other methods were not easily available.
The acidity alledgedly worked as
spermicide to kill sperm and the classic coke bottle shape
lent itself to a "shake and
shoot" applicator!
In this analysis, Professor Anderson provides eight reasons why you're
better off
not reaching
for a Coca-cola after sex, unless you want to drink it:
-- Coca-cola is not very effective in killing sperm.
-- Sperm are faster than Coca-cola and could escape douching and reach the cervical canal.
-- Coca-cola may be good for tenderising steaks and removing corrosion
from car bumpers
but is not good news for vaginal tissue. Coca-cola damages the top
layers of cells and could
make a woman more prone to sexually transmitted
infections.
-- The good bacteria that keep vaginas healthy could be adversely affected
by coke and this
could result in fungal and bacterial infections.
-- Douching could lead to pelvic inflammatory disease and ectopic
pregnancy.
-- The Coca-cola formula is a secret so this means no research has been
done on whether it
would cause birth defects.
-- You need skill to douche effectively with Coca-cola - not practical,
especially in the dark
when bottle caps can go dangerously astray.
-- There are much more effective and easy to use methods of contraception
around.
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