About 50% of all infertility can be traced to male causes; the good news is there’s something you can do about it it.
In two separate studies, Spanish researchers compared the diets of men with normal sperm with those with poor semen quality to determine to what extend diet affected male fertility. The first found that men who ate more meat and dairy, and less lettuce, tomatoes, and fruit were more likely to have poor semen quality. The second study showed that men with normal sperm consumed more carbohydrates, fiber, folic acid, vitamin C, and lycopene, and less fat and protein. Men with poorer semen quality had diets containing fewer antioxidants.
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If you smoke, quit now. In addition to the myriad of ill health effects from smoking, cigarette smoke contains dozens of chemicals known to interfere with fertility.
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