Moderate Alcohol Use Could Improve Male Fertility, Study Shows

A healthy diet and lifestyle can help boost male fertility in men. Drinking alcohol could also be effective, according to a new report.

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Researchers in health facilities in Italy recently conducted a study, published in the journal Andrology, to determine the association between alcohol consumption and male reproductive function.

To do this, they evaluated 323 men eligible for assisted procreation techniques, treatments used to help people get pregnant. About 10% of the patients were abstainers, 30% consumed between one and three units of alcohol per week, 30% drank between four and seven, and 30% drank more than eight.

In this evaluation, consumption of four to seven units per week was considered moderate, and one unit represented approximately 125 mL of wine or 330 mL of beer

Analysts examined sperm samples from subjects on a period of two years. They also interviewed the men, asking them questions about their physical activity and whether they smoked or not and drank caffeine.

After analyzing the results, they found that those who drank four to seven units of alcohol a week had a higher sperm count and sperm volume than the other groups.

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"The question of whether alcohol consumption affects male reproductive function is controversial," writes the team in analysis. But in this essay, "Alcohol consumption seems to be positively associated with sperm quality in male partners."

They stated that the different categories of alcohol consumption and the different habits of consumption of the populations studied may have contributed to their previous discoveries and experiences.

Although scientists do not know why there is a relationship between moderate alcohol consumption and male fertility, they believe that some drinks contain ingredients that promote fertility.

The authors note that beer and wine contain polyphenols. Despite the findings, the researchers said that there were limits in their study. The data they collected was self-reported, and they did not analyze the role of excessive or excessive consumption. Therefore, they believe that more research is needed.

"As this study did not respond to any concerns regarding the effect of male consumption on reproduction and fertility," they said, "in other areas of the results should be studied further. "

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