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.