Dr. Peter Attia

Sorry, one other question. Where is the ATP or carbohydrates, whatever the glucose stored in the sperm? Stored probably in the cytoplasm and in the tail. Okay. And it's interesting, when you think about a rocket ship with its payload, it uses a solid fuel, obviously, as opposed to a liquid fuel. It's packaged for that one shot. I assume it's the same here.

Sorry, one other question. Where is the ATP or carbohydrates, whatever the glucose stored in the sperm? Stored probably in the cytoplasm and in the tail. Okay. And it's interesting, when you think about a rocket ship with its payload, it uses a solid fuel, obviously, as opposed to a liquid fuel. It's packaged for that one shot. I assume it's the same here.

There's no transporters to bring glucose in or anything. It has its solid fuel, one shot, go for broke. That's right. Yeah, it is a lot like a rocket, isn't it? It is a lot.

There's no transporters to bring glucose in or anything. It has its solid fuel, one shot, go for broke. That's right. Yeah, it is a lot like a rocket, isn't it? It is a lot.

The epididymis is 35 feet if you stretched it out? Roughly, yeah. And just for folks listening- 700 feet of tubules in the testis. The epididymis is on the back of the testis. It's a comma-shaped organ in the back, yeah. Yeah. And we'll come to this, I'm sure, later. This is prone to infection, and that'll probably factor into maybe some of the issues that deal with fertility. Infertility, right.

The epididymis is 35 feet if you stretched it out? Roughly, yeah. And just for folks listening- 700 feet of tubules in the testis. The epididymis is on the back of the testis. It's a comma-shaped organ in the back, yeah. Yeah. And we'll come to this, I'm sure, later. This is prone to infection, and that'll probably factor into maybe some of the issues that deal with fertility. Infertility, right.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Meaning there's basically a chemical signal that they need to be able to track to, which I'm assuming is the egg. So the follicular fluid.

Meaning there's basically a chemical signal that they need to be able to track to, which I'm assuming is the egg. So the follicular fluid.

So they know exactly where to go. Again, you have to wonder how many years it took to perfect this system, right? You do have to wonder. Do we know what the chemoreceptor is?

So they know exactly where to go. Again, you have to wonder how many years it took to perfect this system, right? You do have to wonder. Do we know what the chemoreceptor is?

Yeah. Do we have anything else that we can?

Yeah. Do we have anything else that we can?

Yeah. Is there anything like what is the most noxious thing that we can smell with our nose and at what concentration can we detect it? I have no idea. Yeah, because I wonder, just for comparison- Give me a minute. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I've always thought about this. I like to hunt. So anyone who's ever bow hunted especially knows that animals can smell at a level that we can't even fathom.

Yeah. Is there anything like what is the most noxious thing that we can smell with our nose and at what concentration can we detect it? I have no idea. Yeah, because I wonder, just for comparison- Give me a minute. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I've always thought about this. I like to hunt. So anyone who's ever bow hunted especially knows that animals can smell at a level that we can't even fathom.

They can smell us literally a mile away if the wind is just blowing their direction. So it's always seemed to me like we have really, really insufficient noses. We were given lots of superpowers in many ways, but smell wasn't really one of them. I think- I would agree with that.

They can smell us literally a mile away if the wind is just blowing their direction. So it's always seemed to me like we have really, really insufficient noses. We were given lots of superpowers in many ways, but smell wasn't really one of them. I think- I would agree with that.

So one part per billion, this is remarkable. So you mentioned that at the base of the epididymis is basically the launchpad. How many are stored in that? Half a billion. Half a billion. So five ejaculations. Yep. Okay. That's a pot. And what's the time to rebuild that? What's the rate at which you fill? Oh, I don't know. We're going to come to this, I'm sure.

So one part per billion, this is remarkable. So you mentioned that at the base of the epididymis is basically the launchpad. How many are stored in that? Half a billion. Half a billion. So five ejaculations. Yep. Okay. That's a pot. And what's the time to rebuild that? What's the rate at which you fill? Oh, I don't know. We're going to come to this, I'm sure.