(Reuters) – the chances of fertilization success
in vitro (IVF) increase if men take a diet
healthy, high in fruits and grains, and low in meats
rojas, alcohol and coffee, revealed a Brazilian study on the
quality of male semen.
While the female reproductive problems have
linked to body weight, smoking and the consumption of
alcohol, not was unclear whether the same was the case with men
couples seeking fertility treatments
“The sperm concentration was influenced
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negatively by index (BMI) body mass and consumption
alcohol, and was positively influenced by consumption
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of cereals and the amount of daily meals”, said Edson
Borges, of the Center for fertility and assisted fertilization of
Sao Paulo, in the journal Fertility and Sterility.
“The motility of the sperm also saw
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negatively influenced by the IMC, the consumption of alcohol and
the habits of smoking, while he was positively
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influenced by the intake of fruits and cereals”, added the
expert.
The BMI is a measure of weight in relation to your height
of a person.
The study included 250 men who, with his partners,
being a type of treatment in a centre of
fertility called intracytoplasmic injection of
sperm (ICSI for its acronym in English).
The researchers consulted men with what
frequency ate a number of foods, including fruits and
vegetables, grains, cereals, meat and fish, as well as how much
they drank and smoked.
The team also obtained samples of semen of males
to analyze how healthy and well concentrated were their
sperm, as well as registering was how each step
the process of IVF in each pair.
In about three-quarters of the eggs treatments
were successfully fertilized, and slightly less than four of each
10 women were pregnant during the study.
From the speed of his sperm up the
possibilities for their partners to become pregnant, men
with the worst diets were adversely affected in the treatment
fertility, indicated the authors.
Being overweight and drink alcohol was related to a minor
sperm concentration and motility, which is the ability of
swimming sperm while smoking linked
only with negative effects on motility.
Alcohol and coffee intake is associated with a minor
possibility of fertilization.
Also, the embryo implantation and pregnancy rates
they were much lower when the men ate much meat
red.
On the other hand, eat more grain – like wheat, oats and
barley – became associated with better concentration and motility of
sperm. The fruit was linked to improvements in the
speed and agility sperm.
“Talk about having a healthy lifestyle and treat of
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remove any of these things that are bad for health,
but I think that the emphasis tends to be to ensure that the
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woman is as healthy as possible”, said Lynn Westphal,
health and women’s Medical Center fertility specialist
from Stanford University in California.
“I think that this information is really interesting, already
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that the factors of lifestyle of men, even
“
when an ICSI is performing, are important”, he added.
The results correspond with the idea that certain
vitamins, minerals and amino acids help maintain or
improve the quality of the semen, while over-consumption
certain hormones of processed meat and alcohol could be
harmful to sperm, wrote Borges.
In couples undergoing fertility treatments
both men and women should know that their
diets and lifestyles affect their chances of
achieve a successful pregnancy, ended the researcher.
