Natural Food to Boost Male Fertility

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Fertility is a private issue that seems to be affecting more couples in the US today than ever before. Some attribute this to the busier and more stressful life and careers and some attribute it to diet and others to chemicals in the foods we eat and liquids we drink. Others suggest it may be due to more couples waiting until they are older before they have kids or they used some form of birth control for a number of years which could have longer lasting effects than once believed.

Did you know that too much physical exercise can lead to infertility? Some athletes, especially long-distance runners find that their fertility levels tend to be lower. When North Korean defectors escaped to South Korea, they reported that the physically strenuous routine that females in the military are put through has led to many of them to no longer having their menstrual cycles and others to be infertile.

Many couples end up spending tens of thousands of dollars going through fertility treatments in their attempts to have a child. A couple that lives across the street from me spent several years going through fertility doctors and ended up adopting a newborn baby girl. Many couples can’t afford the high cost of adoption, especially after spending thousands of dollars on fertility treatments.

Last month, we posted an article that showed that eating a minimum of 2-3 servings of seafood every week was linked to increased sex drive and increased fertility. The researchers believe that eating seafood helps improve the quality of the semen in men, helps with ovulation and the quality of the embryo in women.

When you hear about infertility, most people automatically think of women as having the infertility problems, but that is not necessarily true.

According to the Cleveland Clinic:

“Infertility is a common problem, with more than 5 million couples in the United States dealing with these problems. Infertility affects one in every six couples who are trying to conceive. In at least half of all cases of infertility, a male factor is a major or contributing cause. This means that about 10% of all men in the United States who are attempting to conceive suffer from infertility…”

“Male infertility can be related to a man’s inability to produce sperm cells, known in medical terms as azoospermia. Or it can be related to the production of low or poor quality sperm, oligospermia. Other problems that can occur include malformed sperm that cannot live long enough to fertilize the egg and genetic diseases that impair fertility.”

In many cases, male infertility can be treated, which is good news for those who can afford the treatment.

For those who cannot afford the treatment, can try eating more seafood and they may want to try eating another food that has been shown to increase male fertility:

“Eating nuts ‘significantly’ boosted the number and health of sperm in young men in a scientific trial, researchers said Wednesday.”

“The findings ‘support a beneficial role for chronic nut consumption in sperm quality,’ they said, but stressed the study participants were all healthy, apparently fertile men.”

Among the positive impact eating nuts had on male fertility, the researchers found that those who ate nuts had a reduced level in DNA fragmentation in the sperm, which is a cause of some infertility. They also found that there were substantial increases in sperm count, sperm vitality, sperm motility (ability to move) and their shape. In other words, the men in the test group produced more and healthier sperm that were better able to travel and impregnate an egg.

Which nuts were eating in the study? Almonds, hazelnuts and walnuts.

So, guys, 2-3 servings a week of seafood (preferably salmon and tuna) and about 60 grams (2.1 ounces) of nuts a day. Salmon and nuts are cheaper than fertility treatments, but mind you, there is still no guarantee.

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