Francis Ernley Walrond
Posted on 08/09/2018 6:18:38 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Appearance aside, boxers may be the optimal underwear for men aiming to be fathers.
Men who wear looser-fit boxer shorts have higher sperm concentration than men squeezed into tight underwear, a new study published Wednesday in the journal Human Reproduction found. Sperm concentration, which is the number of sperm per milliliter of semen, is one of a few standard metrics of male fertility.
However, men who preferred “bikinis,” better known as briefs, and other tight-fitting underwear had higher levels of follicle-stimulating hormone compared to the men in boxers. Because this hormone stimulates sperm production, the researchers speculate these higher levels, which push the testicles to work harder at producing sperm, may be the body’s way of compensating for lower sperm concentration.
“Whether underwear choice affects sperm production has been a topic of research for several years,” said Lidia Mínguez-Alarcón, lead author of the new study and a research scientist at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health. But this study is the first to investigate whether a man’s selection of undies affects his testicular function as measured in a number of ways, including reproductive hormones and DNA fragmentation, she said.
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Also more COMFORTABLE.
We’ve known this for decades.
Quick! Give me a grant! I want to go find out if there are any zebras in Africa!
True. From personal experience. Especially years ago when brief material was heavier.
What about women that wear lingerie? I will GUARANTEE they are more fertile.
Anybody feel like me, as soon as you see something like it you immediately say BS and move on?
Proven science decades ago.
A year or so back, I bought a 4 pack of Gilden boxers because they were on clearance.
When I opened the pack they were really about half way between boxers and briefs. I go ahead and wear them because I am cheap but they are not what I call boxers.
Let that be a warning to others who might be tempted to buy Gilden boxers.
30 year old knowledge.
I want to study something about women, preferably dealing with bust size...
Briefs are more comfortable for exercise than boxers. Boxers let your boys get caught and pinched on bike seats and what not. Briefs tuck them neatly out of the way.
This info came out years ago.
Boxer briefs...the best of both worlds.
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