Okay, I was all ready, on this Meatless Monday, to blog in defense of Dr. Sue Johanson, who in her show,Talk Sex with Sue Johanson, in a segment called Hard to Swallow , tells a caller to tell her husband to "give up meat" to help improve the taste of his semen. Johanson goes on to say, "vegetarians, vegans who only eat fruits and vegetables...their ejaculate is sweet and nut-like, whereas males who eat meat, their ejaculate tastes bitter, like burnt leather."

On Friday, April Fool's Day, a site named Super Vegan reported that, the sex educator, Dr. Johanson was being sued by the American Meat Institute for her statement, calling it "unsubstantiated claims based on limited or anecdotal evidence.". It was an April Fools joke... and I fell for it. I got mad at the American Meat Institute - why would they pick on a kindly woman in her eighties?!  Actually not them.

I researched over the weekend, thousands and thousands of claims that showcased the octogenarian is correct. Both men and women who are vegetarian or vegans do in fact taste better! It was told in several variations, both men and women should give up the following items in order to smell and taste better down south:

• Meat
• Fish (apparently really important to give up)
• Caffeine
• Smoking
• Dairy
• Cabbage (probably more to do with gas)
• Onions
• Garlic

Alcohol is also on the list, but I think more people not only taste better when we include alcohol, but they probably even look better.

I learned additional things while researching whether or not Dr. Johanson's information was substantiated or not. Those I will share with my husband. I am done embarrassing myself.

Ana Lewis