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For men who are considering fatherhood, regularly consuming a diet with 60 g of nuts can dramatically improve the quality, quantity and motility of sperm, the results of a clinical trial have shown.
The results, presented at the 34th meeting of the ESHRE in Barcelona showed that a diet rich in walnuts can increase sperm count by up to 20%, sperm vitality close to five percent, sperm motility six percent and morphology one percent.
Eating nuts has also shown a significant reduction in levels of sperm DNA fragmentation – a parameter closely associated with male infertility.
"Pollution, smoking and trends toward 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 stresses the need for further research on dietary recommendations specific to men,
Nuts are dense foods containing many omega-3 antioxidants (vitamin 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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