# Diet and semen taste **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 25, 2004, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-and-semen-taste/236261 "2004-03-25T02:54:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Star\_Was](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Star\_Was](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Star_Was)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-and-semen-taste/236261/1 "2004-03-25T02:54:29Z")
Does a man’s diet have an effect on the taste of his semen? How smoking? Or drinking? ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-and-semen-taste/236261/2 "2004-03-25T03:04:34Z")
If someone gave me enough \ money, I would do the research. I have tasted semen after a long night of drinking, and that seemed to affect the taste. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-and-semen-taste/236261/3 "2004-03-25T03:07:04Z")
> [@misstee](#): > > I have tasted semen after a long night of drinking… Who was drinking? You or him? ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-and-semen-taste/236261/4 "2004-03-25T03:12:24Z")
He was. Best tasting MGD I ever had. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-and-semen-taste/236261/5 "2004-03-25T03:15:18Z")
> [@misstee](#): > > Best tasting MGD I ever had. 🙂 Care to try a Zima? 😃 Ok, I’ll stop now. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-and-semen-taste/236261/6 "2004-03-25T03:18:42Z")
Two words GRANT MONEY. ---
**Author:** ![TitoBenito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2acd7d/32.png) [@TitoBenito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TitoBenito)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-and-semen-taste/236261/7 "2004-03-25T05:37:24Z")
Smoking pot makes it unbearably bad tasting according to some. Needless to say I haven’t smoked pot in 4 years. 😉 It wasn’t a hard choice 😃 . ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-and-semen-taste/236261/8 "2004-03-25T05:42:43Z")
There was a company offering pills which supposedly flavored it with citrus taste. As far as I recall the company was actually legit though it reaked of hoax. I can’t remember the name of the company. I’m afraid to google for it… ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-and-semen-taste/236261/9 "2004-03-25T05:50:46Z")
> [@ronincyberpunk](#): > > I’m afraid to google for it… I’ve Googled worse. So, [here](http://www.medicures.com/sexualfluidenhancer.html) you go. ---
**Author:** ![Yuki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@Yuki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yuki)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-and-semen-taste/236261/10 "2004-03-25T06:40:13Z")
I remember reading about this somewhere before and apparently what you eat DOES affect how it tastes. Obviously fruits (especially kiwi and berries) make it taste better while items such as asparagus and soy sauce can affect the taste negatively. Unfortunately I can’t recall where I saw that at. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-and-semen-taste/236261/11 "2004-03-25T06:42:07Z")
I was curious and did a little Googling myself. Do a search on “Semenex”; it’s a powdered drink that’s supposed to improve the taste. The site’s not exactly work safe so I won’t post a link. Diet apparently does change the taste. Supposedly, eating lots of fruit a day or so before will sweeten it. (The fruit I’ve read most often is pineapple.) Cinnamon is supposed to be helpful as well. The general consensus is that coffee, meat, chocolate, dairy and garlic make it more bitter. Smoking makes the taste worse as well. I haven’t done any _ahem_ empirical research on this, though perhaps I should ask sweetie to go easy on the garlic and see what transpires… ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-and-semen-taste/236261/12 "2004-03-25T07:53:44Z")
I read in a magazine ( 😉 ) a few years ago that eating red meat makes your semen taste better, in a “the more you eat, the better your semen tastes” sense. Never experimented with this, as I don’t swing that way. However, I would be happy to participate in a study… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-and-semen-taste/236261/13 "2004-03-25T08:05:11Z")
If I may quote Sexy Losers: “The nuclear bomb, CFCs, chocolate flavored semen… When will man learn that nature is cruel and vengeful when tampered with.” ---
**Author:** ![Mathochist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@Mathochist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathochist)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-and-semen-taste/236261/14 "2004-03-25T11:07:29Z")
> [@Star Was](#): > > Does a man’s diet have an effect on the taste of his semen? How smoking? Or drinking? An ex-girlfriend of mine swore up and down that there was an undertone of “unsweetened dutch cocoa”, which she further attributed to my smoking of clove cigarettes, based on previous experiences with regular clove smokers. ---
**Author:** ![Thingol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Thingol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thingol)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-and-semen-taste/236261/15 "2004-04-08T00:23:06Z")
Dunno if there’s ever been a conclusive study, and I doubt you’d get any funding in the US for it, but I’ve had girlfriends swear up and down that it makes a difference. And they’ve been pretty consistent in their preferences. (I don’t usually date shy or inexperienced women, so we have these kinds of chats, you see.) Vegetarian spooge – thumbs up. Ciggie spooge – thumbs down. Mind you, it ain’t like taste ever made a difference who they sucked. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-and-semen-taste/236261/16 "2004-04-08T01:32:51Z")
> [@Mathochist](#): > > An ex-girlfriend of mine swore up and down that there was an undertone of “unsweetened dutch cocoa”, which she further attributed to my smoking of clove cigarettes, based on previous experiences with regular clove smokers. Would you happen to know if she is currently accepting new clove cigarette smokers? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-and-semen-taste/236261/17 "2004-04-08T02:00:56Z")
Pineapple juice. It works. Trust us… Granted, I’m told it’s not a huge improvement, but still, anything to help.