Your semen taste is reflected directly in what you eat and affects the taste of your sperm. Semen and sperm should be seen like your body's secretions such as sweat, saliva, urine.

What you put into your body is therefore going to affect the taste of your sperm and semen. This article will look at how to get a better taste and smell for your ejaculate.

What influences sperm and semen taste?

Your semen and sperm taste comes from the following ingredients:

Protein, ammonia, ascorbic acid citric acid, fructose, sodium, chloride, phosphates, calcium, carbon dioxide, cholesterol, prostaglandins, creatine, and other substances produced by the body.

What goes in comes out

While each person is unique, it is obvious that what you put into your body comes in all secretions from sweat to ejaculate.

There are some general diet tips that can be followed to make semen and sperm taste and smell better.

There is no shortcut

Many techniques or supplements that claim to alter the flavor of semen aim to increase the amount of sugars in it, and disguise the salty bitter taste, however they don't work, you need to make simple diet changes.

The key to better tasting semen

The key to better tasting sperm is to eat naturally and avoid preservatives and also stay clear of:

Alcohol, Cigarettes and any form of recreational drugs.

Avoid junk food and foods with lots of preservatives and cut down on the diary products.

You should limit foods that break down into strong tasting or smelling chemicals.

Fruits and most vegetables are good, but some are definitely not recommended.

For example asparagus, onions and garlic contain high amounts of sulfur and vegetables from the cabbage family, like Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cabbage, kale all tend to make semen taste bitter.

If you like spicy dishes, like curries consider how unpleasant your sweat smells if you over indulge ?C well keep in mind it does the same to your semen taste.

Eat your greens & drink more fruit juice!

A recent study concluded that vegetarians have better tasting semen (taking into account the vegetables you should avoid noted above) so get plenty of greens and fruit.

Also drink lots water (at least two liters a day) to flush out toxins from the body. Eating or drinking pineapple juice is strongly recommended as the best a way to make your semen sweeter.

Citrus fruits and cranberry juice are very good, as they make the body's pH more acidic, which helps to counteract the alkalinity of semen which gives it its salty, bleach taste.

All fruits juices and fruits have high sugar content, so make sure you eat and drink plenty. Other foods to consider

Parsley, wheatgrass, and celery are good for improving the taste of semen and sperm because of the high chlorophyll they contain.

Cinnamon, cardamom, peppermint and lemon are also great foods for better tasting semen. Final words

Of course, your diet should not be based around simply making your semen and sperm taste and smell better.

However, it is obvious from the above that by cutting down on some of the bad foods and eating the recommended ones, you will not only get better tasting sperm and semen, but the diet change is good for your overall health!