Sperm quality by adding nuts to diet, study says

Eating nuts, a study suggests.

Men who have two different types of mixed almonds, hazelnuts, and walnuts for their sperm count and had more viable "swimmers", scientists found.

The study comes amidst a decline in sperm counts in the world of

Researchers said there was growing evidence in a healthy diet could

• One added 60 grams (19659007) One more 60 grams of cells (more likely to be infertility) 2oz) of nuts in their normal diet
• One made no changes to what they ate

Those in the nut group improved sperm:

• count by 14 %
• vitality by 4%
• motility (mo (19659008) morphology (shape and size) by 1%

All of these are the parameters of the World Health Organization

Experts said the study back to top others that showed a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidants and the vitamin B folate improved fertility.

Nuts contain many of these and other nutrients.

"Evidence is accumulating in the literature that healthy lifestyle changes such as following a healthy dietary pattern might help design, "said Dr. Albert Salas-Huetos, from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, in Spain, who led the study.

'Interesting academically'

However, researchers cautioned that these They were healthy and apparently fertile, so it was not clear that they were not affected by the general population.

Allan Pacey, professor of andrology at the University of Sheffield, who was no "Dr. Virginia Bolton, formerly Consultant Clinical Embryologist at Guy's Hospital in London"

These words were "interesting academically" but it was impossible to say what effect they would have in terms of boosting the chances of pregnancy.

She added: "But meanwhile, until we get the answers to the questions, we should "

The results of the study are being presented to the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology. Barcelona.