Your sperm are what you eat, study suggests

[Islander]

Genevra Pittman
Friday, November 18, 2011

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When it comes to in vitro fertilization, well-fed sperm are happy sperm, according to a new study that found what men eat (and drink) is linked to the chances their partner will become pregnant during fertility treatment.
A fertility-friendly diet is one that's high in fruit and grains and low in red meat, alcohol and coffee, Brazilian researchers report in the journal Fertility and Sterility.
While previous work has linked being too heavy or too thin, as well as smoking and drinking, with reproductive problems in women, it hasn't been clear if the same applies to men during IVF treatment.
"We talk about having a healthy lifestyle and trying to eliminate any of these things that are bad for health, but I think most of the emphasis tends to be on making sure the woman is as healthy as possible," said Dr. Lynn Westphal, a women's health and fertility specialist at Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto, California.
The new study "Reinforces that it's important for both the male and the female to be eliminating as many bad things in their diet or their life as possible," Westphal, who wasn't involved in the research, told Reuters Health.
The new study involved 250 men who, together with their partners, were undergoing a type of fertility treatment called intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) at one center. Researchers asked the men how often they ate a range of foods, including fruits and vegetables, beans, grains, meat and fish, as well as how much they drank and smoked.

Read more: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/n...ry_118903.html

[Islander]

According to Weston A. Price, men and women in what we would call "primitive" cultures were well aware of the association between nutrition and healthy sperm. One of the outcomes of civilization is that fundamental information likes this is lost.

[Reesacat]

My sciatica is acting up with all of this record rain we have been having, so I can't sit in front of computer very much, but.....I seem to remember a high-protein, high-fat diet was good for healthy sperm. Again, this is organic meat, not commercial meat with tons of hormones in it.

[Bradley]

Of course------------------!
It is true that the diet of men should be healthy as well as full of protein so that the sperms of the men could be powerful and strong. The stronger the sperms of the man the more powerful the babies are.
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[Mr. Wizard]

The article above states: "A fertility-friendly diet is one that's high in fruit and grains and low in red meat......" The issue of red meat is controversial when it comes to fertility. However, one thing is for sure, red meat is a "great" source of L-Carnitine, an amino acid that helps to improve the quality of sperm and increases the speed with which the sperm can swim to fertilize the egg. While there are other nutritional sources of L-Carnitine, (fish, poultry, lamb, whole milk, and asparagus), red meat is by far superior. So, I question whether a diet low in red meat is actually "fertility friendly."

[Islander]

I always question what is meant by "red meat." If they mean beef, why not say so? I'd call lamb red meat as well, in that it differs from poultry and pork. Then there's wild meat, e.g. deer and moose. Advice articles rarely point out that feedlot meat is an unhealthy choice; pasture-raised beef, free of grains, hormones, antibiotics etc. is a health food!

[Mr. Wizard]

Islander you are soooo right!! These articles rarely specify the superiority of pasture-raised meat. Perhaps, they don't know the difference.

[Waylon]

Of course when you eat some thing good which have excess of vitamins that are use in your sperms.So if you have a good diet you can have more healthy sperm.So you must take fresh juices and meats for the healthy sexual organism.