Diet Coke prevents pregnancy

by Annie Scott (Subscribe to Annie Scott's posts)
Posted Oct 11th 2008 9:05AM
Filed under: Artificial Sugars, Soda, Health & Medical

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So. Diet Coke kills sperm on contact. We thought you should know.

We feel sort of shocked, and also sort of remarkably unshocked.

Scientist Deborah Anderson and her team have been awarded one of this year's Ig Nobel Awards from Improbable Research for their work on both Coca Cola Classic and Diet Coke's contraceptive qualities.

Will this knowledge ever come in handy? Well, with a desperate situation and a little yoga, anything is possible. Never say never, right? Okay, yeah, maybe this once.

Other things we bet kill sperm: Jagermeister, Ramen Noodle broth, Tang, and everything at Taco Bell.

Tags: coca cola, coke, diet coke, DietCoke, weird

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10-11-2008 @ 9:50AM

Erica said...

It is worth noting that this team of researchers shared their honors with another team who found that Coca-Cola doesn't act as a spermicide ;)

But hey, who am I to stand in the way of scientific investigation and progress...

10-13-2008 @ 3:12PM

jeff stone said...

Scientific data is good for many reasons, but when the trained eye can see reality for what it is...then what good was the experiment in the first place? If Diet Coke were a contraceptive, which I doubt, why in the hell do we have some spoiled rotten kids running around this planet??? If you ever had a lunch with a fat friend, and they did the following, "I'll have a McDonald's #1, super size that btw...and a Large Diet Coke"....well, those fat people have kids too...I'm guessing Diet Coke had zero effect on their reproductive abilities. thank you

10-11-2008 @ 2:40PM

Maman said...

Gee, between Diet Coke and ramen noodle broth every college aged woman should be covered!

10-13-2008 @ 12:28AM

Arbert said...

a cold splash of diet coke to the vajayjay indeed would put away any ideas of friskiness

10-14-2008 @ 6:54PM

Stephanie said...

Umm. Jeff, I don't think you are supposed to _drink_ it.

1-01-2009 @ 10:17AM

Mary said...

Diet Coke can kill you. The "soda" in diet coke turns into benzene if stored in a warm warehouse and guess what, it is all stored in warm to hot warehouses. It is poison and if you drink it long enough you will get Luekemia. This is a fact that coke is spending billions on supressing. Dont risk your health, ask any cancer dr. well ask any honest cancer dr. They will tell you it is deadly.

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