This is one of a series of news items from abstracts of studies presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine as complied by Dr. David Meldrum, Scientific Director of Reproductive Partners. We appreciate the enormous amount of work it takes to compile and comment on these abstracts.
Lose weight!
In this study 943 men had semen results correlated with their body mass index (BMI). Increasing BMI reduced sperm concentration, progressive motility, and total motile sperm. This shows that semen quality is reduced in obese men, most likely due to their poor diet, but also possibly due to local heat collection.
We encourage men in this situation to lose weight and improve their nutrition (reduced saturated and trans fats, increased antioxidants, 500-1,000 mg daily of omega-3’s). For more information see our Lifestyle pages where you can link to Dr. Meldrum's website for detailed information.
