Folk food contraceptive method

Although food contraception is not as convenient, fast and safe as condoms, it is still discussed today because it is natural, environmentally friendly, and inexpensive. It is reported that in addition to contraceptive foods such as comfrey, rapeseed, purple eggplant flowers of the Solanaceae family, and persimmon calyx, foods such as celery, wild peas, wild banana seeds, coffee, papaya, alcohol, garlic, and carrots all have hidden contraceptive effects.

1. Celery

The media has reported that eating celery regularly can reduce the number of sperm in men. The experiment was conducted on healthy and fertile men aged 18 to 20. After having them eat 75 grams of raw or cooked celery every day for one or two weeks, the amount of sperm was significantly reduced to the point where it was difficult to conceive. The situation returned to normal after 16 weeks of stopping the consumption of celery. However, this study still lacks more precise controlled trials.

2. Wild peas

Scientists fed male and female rats with Indian wild peas, but neither had offspring. They extracted dimethylhydroquinone and gave it to women to take on the 16th and 21st days of the menstrual cycle, 300 to 350 mg each time. The fertility rate decreased by 50 to 60 percent; after men took it, the sperm count decreased by 50 percent.

3. Wild banana seeds

Experiments have shown that extracts from wild banana seeds have anti-implantation and anti-gonadotropin effects on mice, rats and rabbits, although its active ingredients are still unclear.

4. Coffee

Researchers from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in the United States studied 104 women who wanted to get pregnant and concluded that coffee has a direct impact on conception. Among these women, those who drank more than one cup of coffee a day were less likely to become pregnant.

5. Papaya

Papaya contains an enzyme, papain, which interacts with progesterone to achieve a contraceptive effect.

6. Alcohol

As we all know, drinking too much can easily lead to a decline in sperm quality and affect fertility. The principle is: ethanol, the main component of alcohol, can increase the concentration of catecholamines in the body, cause vascular spasms, testicular underdevelopment, and even testicular atrophy. The spermatogenesis function will undergo structural changes, and the secretion of male hormones such as testosterone will be insufficient.

7. Garlic

Excessive consumption of garlic can weaken a person's vital energy and has a significant sperm-killing effect, thus having a contraceptive effect.

8. Carrots

Gynecologists at Rutgers Medical School in New Jersey, USA, found that when women eat too many carrots, the large amount of carotene they ingest can cause amenorrhea and inhibition.

The various effects of food are often mutually reinforcing and counteracting. Many of the above foods have hidden contraceptive effects. If you do not want to use contraception inexplicably, your lifestyle and diet need to be reasonable, comprehensive and balanced, so as to avoid unconscious contraception due to excessive consumption of certain foods, thereby delaying the realization of your desire to become a father or a mother.

Experts remind that although food contraception has a certain rationality, not all folk contraceptive methods are scientific. To ensure safe contraception, it is best to use scientific contraceptive methods, such as condoms, which are safer!