The obesity epidemic could be contributing to falling sperm counts and increasing male fertility problems, according to research that shows that both excess weight and diabetes can reduce the quality of a man's sperm.
Men who are obese or overweight are significantly more likely to produce abnormal sperm and low volumes of semen than those of healthy weight, and those with diabetes — which is commonly triggered by obesity — are more likely to have sperm with genetic damage, two British studies have found.
The results provide strong new evidence that obesity and its complications, which are already known to affect female fertility adversely, have a parallel impact on male reproductive health
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I enjoyed reading the info on your blog.I knew obesity effected the fertility of women but never knew it had the same effect on men.
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The main problem is hidden sugars in processed food, chemicals and artificial additives in our foods and environment that disrupts our natural metabolic processes. In addition its the media's messages, sedentary lives and depression caused by the way our current society is operating.
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