EATING CHEESE LOWERS MEN'S SPERM COUNT
Young men who eat more than three slices of cheese a day
may be risking their chances of becoming fathers, a new study
has revealed.
Even small amounts of full-fat dairy food have been shown to
dramatically impair their fertility.
Harvard academics have discovered that men who eat just
three portions a day had poorer quality sperm compared to
others.
A portion included an ounce of cheese (28gm), a teaspoon of
cream, a scoop of ice cream or glass of full-fat milk.
The researchers believe that female hormones that occur
naturally in milk may be interfering with men’s ability to
reproduce.
Until recently, experts have been far more concerned with how
women’s diets are affecting their chances of having children.
But there is increasing evidence that men’s lifestyles – and
crucially what they eat – may be just as important.
Scientist compared the diets of 189 men aged 19 to 25.
None were overweight - they were all very fit and did at least
one and a half hour’s exercise a week.
They had each filled in a questionnaire answering how often
they ate dairy products, fruit, meat and other types of food
during a typical week.
The researchers also looked at their sperm, including how fast
it travelled and its shape.
They found that the sperm of men who ate more than three
portions of full-fat dairy food a day was 25 percent poorer
quality than those who had less.
Researches, explained that the female hormone oestrogen in
milk that had come from the cow may be affecting men’s
fertility.
It may also be impaired by pesticides which find their way in to
dairy products, she added.
may be risking their chances of becoming fathers, a new study
has revealed.
Even small amounts of full-fat dairy food have been shown to
dramatically impair their fertility.
Harvard academics have discovered that men who eat just
three portions a day had poorer quality sperm compared to
others.
A portion included an ounce of cheese (28gm), a teaspoon of
cream, a scoop of ice cream or glass of full-fat milk.
The researchers believe that female hormones that occur
naturally in milk may be interfering with men’s ability to
reproduce.
Until recently, experts have been far more concerned with how
women’s diets are affecting their chances of having children.
But there is increasing evidence that men’s lifestyles – and
crucially what they eat – may be just as important.
Scientist compared the diets of 189 men aged 19 to 25.
None were overweight - they were all very fit and did at least
one and a half hour’s exercise a week.
They had each filled in a questionnaire answering how often
they ate dairy products, fruit, meat and other types of food
during a typical week.
The researchers also looked at their sperm, including how fast
it travelled and its shape.
They found that the sperm of men who ate more than three
portions of full-fat dairy food a day was 25 percent poorer
quality than those who had less.
Researches, explained that the female hormone oestrogen in
milk that had come from the cow may be affecting men’s
fertility.
It may also be impaired by pesticides which find their way in to
dairy products, she added.
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