Research presented at the 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine showed the important role nutrition plays in reproductive health. The studies pointed to the impact of diet on sperm quality and on IVF success rates.
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Antioxidants Tied to Older Men’s Sperm Quality
(Reuters Health) – Middle-aged and older men who get enough antioxidants in their diets may have better-quality sperm than men who are lacking in the nutrients, a new study suggests.
Researchers found that among men age 45 or older, those who got the most vitamins C and E, folate and zinc tended to have fewer DNA-strand breaks in their sperm.
That’s a measure of the genetic quality of sperm, which is known to decline as a man ages.
The findings, reported in the journal Fertility and Sterility, do not prove that antioxidants directly improve sperm quality – or boost the chances of a healthy pregnancy. Read full article.