What are these fruits that increase the quality of sperm?

Science – Health

This is not really a novelty, but a recent study has just confirmed that men who regularly eat nuts – such as nuts, almonds, hazelnuts – would improve the quality of their sperm.

This time, to arrive at this result, researchers at Rovira i Virgili University in Reus, Spain, separated 119 "healthy" men, aged 18 to 35, into two groups. Some kept "
their usual western-style diet without nuts "the others also, but"
supplemented with 60 grams per day of a mixture of almonds, hazelnuts and walnuts . "Result: after 14 weeks, the sperm of the latter was of much better quality than that of the first.

The researchers have indeed observed an improvement " of about 16% in the number of spermatozoa, 4% in their vitality, 6% in their mobility, and 1% in their morphology ", they summarize in a statement from the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, published this Wednesday.

Now," these four parameters all have their importance for male fertility ", underlines the lead author of the study, Albert Salas-Huetos

A healthy lifestyle to help with conception

This biologist adds, however, that it would be premature to make a recommendation for all men who wish to become fathers. "
We can not say this based solely on the results of this study. But there is growing evidence in research that changes in favor of a healthier life, such as having a healthy diet, could help with conception "he says.

For his part, a professor of Andrology at the University of Sheffield in Britain, Allan Pacey, is " not surprised that a diet rich in walnuts is badociated with an improvement in sperm . " But he believes that there are " many incidental factors that may have crept into the equation, such as the fact that men know it and change other aspects of their lives as well" (19459005), he notes in Science Media Center

But also sunflower

Other works had already already demonstrated this beneficial effect. So, according to a study published in the journal
Biology of Reproduction, Californian researchers had demonstrated that a daily consumption of 75 grams of nuts appeared to be beneficial for sperm quality.

Sunflower also seems interesting at this level. Indicated in the treatment of arthritis, pain, cough, it would also be for infertility. " Naturopaths often recommend that men whose sperm density is too low take supplements of arginine, an amino acid written by American botanist James A. Duke. The generally recommended dose is 4 g of arginine a day It's easy to get this dose: just eat about 60 g of sunflower seeds, the best source of arginine, 8.2 % on the basis of dry weight ".

Other plants also contain this essential nutrient in abundance: butternut, white lupine, peanuts, sesame seeds, soybeans, watercress, mustard, almonds, Brazil nuts, chives, beans, lentils …