If you're shaping up your diet before starting a family, ask your hubby to join you.
New research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that consuming saturated fats may reduce sperm count.
Men with the highest intake (think hamburgers, fried foods, pizza - all things that your guy may love) had a 41% lower sperm count than those that consumed the least amount of saturated fats.
Lead author Tina Jensen, professor of environmental medicine at the University of Southern Denmark, speculates that those eating more of these fats might have other unhealthy habits that could affect fertility.
More research is needed to determine if changing a hopeful father's diet will solve the problem, but it can't hurt to bring back Meatless Mondays... and Wednesdays... and Fridays...
Article courtesy of Shape Magazine, April 2013
Hi Mindy--
ReplyDeleteMy name is Mia Jones and I am a graduate student reporter for the University of Florida. I am doing an article on a clean eating lifestyle and the benefits of it. I would love to also incorporate how healthy eating stems back to Biblical times, which was the most primitive and basic in terms of [healthy] food. I checked out your website an didn't see any contact information, so I am hoping you see this comment and we can chat (via email if easiest for you guys). My email address is jones.miam@gmail.com and hope to hear from you soon.
Thank you and all the best,
Mia Jones
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