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A diet rich in nuts can stimulate sperm count, motility
For men planning paternity, eating a diet regularly with 60 g of nuts can significantly improve sperm quality, quantity and motility .
The results, presented at the 34th annual meeting of the ESHRE in Barcelona, showed that a diet rich in nuts can increase the sperm count by up to 20%, the vitality of sperm near of 5% and morphology sperm mobility of one percent.
Nuts eaten also showed a significant reduction in levels of fragmentation of sperm DNA – a parameter closely badociated with male infertility.
"Pollution, smoking and trends towards a Western diet" have led to a decline in the quantity and quality of human sperm, said Albert Salas-Huetos of Universitat Rovira i Virgil in Spain .
The study "supports a beneficial role for chronic consumption of nuts in sperm quality" and indicates that it is necessary to deepen research on dietary recommendations specific to men, says -he. (C and E, selenium and zinc), and folate and other phytochemicals.
When asked if men who hope to conceive a baby should add nuts to their daily diet, Salas-Huetos says, "We can not yet say" But the evidence accumulates in the Literature that healthy lifestyle changes, such as following a healthy diet could help with conception – and of course, nuts are a key part of a healthy Mediterranean health. For clinical trial, the The team included 119 young healthy men aged 18-35 years old for a 14-week diet either to take their usual western style diet without nuts or to supplement it with 60 grams / day of mixed almonds , hazelnuts and wal
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