does 'mountain dew' prevent pregnancy?

Is Mountain Dew a contraceptive?

A SHOCKING BIT of misinformation has captured the hearts and minds of high school and college students of late: the notion that the popular American soft drink Mountain Dew can be used as a contraceptive.
It is widely believed that drinking Mountain Dew will drastically lower the sperm count in males. Some fear this will cause impotency, while others apparently view it as a birth control panacea.
Lest you think I'm joking, the Wall Street Journal reported in 1999 that during the fall of that year this rumor "boomeranged across the country from Oregon to Washington, D.C., and from Texas to Montana." Its popularity continues to perplex health care officials, not to mention Mountain Dew's manufacturer, PepsiCo.
"This is an urban myth," avows Jonathon Harris, a public affairs manager for the company. He likens it to tales of people encountering Elvis in a convenience store — i.e., not merely false, but "absurd, unfounded and ridiculous."
Rumormongers attribute the soft drink's alleged spermicidal properties to its high caffeine content (55 mg. per 12 oz. can, versus 45.6 mg. in Coke and 37.2 mg. in Pepsi) and/or the coloring agent Yellow Dye No. 5, but there's nothing in the scientific literature to support either claim. The FDA determined long ago that Yellow Dye No. 5 poses no health threats to non-allergic people, and as for caffeine, there's evidence to suggest it actually increases the motility and effectiveness of sperm cells, not the opposite.
The rumor goes back to the mid-1990s, at least. Variants over time have included the claim that Mountain Dew causes young males' testicles to shrink or their penises to shrivel. Where these notions came from is unclear, but they echo tales going even further back (at least a decade) among African Americans to the effect that companies allegedly owned by the Ku Klux Klan or other racist organizations purposely add sterility-causing ingredients to foods and beverages popular with black people.

 

lmao, I remember that myth.. theres likw nothing in it that would do that.. all those enrgy drinks have way more sugar and testie shrivling ingredients anyway. Back before the turn of the millenium I believed that in 6th grade we were saying that to eachother.. MD seems so wrong for some reason thats the reason it got a bad rap like that..

 

remember the hillbilly guy?


i wonder if they still use him in the south?

 

I got a mountain dew bottle stuck on my penis. This is the worst advice ever.

 

and just think about the college stud about to have sex wthout a condom saying "dont worry baby I drink a lot of mountain dew" and the chick buys it, i bet some people are that dumb..

 

I know, it's stupid

why would she buy it!!?? She has no sperm!

 

I heard as a little kid yellow five shrunk your dick. Needless to say I stopped drinking certain sodas for a while...

 

Well, maybe if you drink it, then jump up and down and wash really good afterward it will work... oh, and don't forget to use the rhythm method too... lol

 

oh.. Miss Information.. you deceiving lil ol gypsy

 

Back when I was 13, it was popular belief thta the yellow 5 was the contributing factor to the "sterility". Thus, some avoided it while others indulged in it... I never really liked it myself.

 

i dont know if its true or not.but i drink dew all day everyday,always have since mello yellow disappeared.me and my ex were trying to have a baby.4 months of hittin it every chance i got and she still wasnt prego.stopped drinkin dew for a month and she popped up prego.not sure y but it could also been cuz of the guy she was fuckin when i wasnt around