Daily Archives: January 2, 2009

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! … Click Here For More