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Healthy Diet and Male Fertility
A recent study from Spain showed that men who do have a healthier diet a more healthy sperm. A healthy diet is very balanced and not only important to prevent diseases like diabetes, high cholesterol, or hypertension, but also useful for maintaining or improving your reproductive health as well.
Numerous studies have suggested that there are linkages between the consumption of certain nutrients with male infertility, the relationship between the eating of certain foods with semen quality, and found that men who eat more dairy products and more meat and less lettuce, tomato, and fruit, are likely to have poorer semen quality.
After controlling the exploitation of cigarettes, age, body mass index, and exposure to toxic chemicals in the workplace, the researchers found that the diet remains an important factor. Men with normal semen consume more carbohydrates, fiber, folate, vitamin C, and lycopene compared to men with poor semen quality. Men with healthy sperm also consume less fat and less protein.
Levels of antioxidant nutrients in the diet is low “seems to have a negative effect on semen quality”. A healthy diet really seems to be a factor in the quality of sperm, the researchers concluded, but he added that a randomized, controlled trials will be needed to strengthen those relationships.
