Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (USA) have found that men who eat a lot of processed meat, such as bacon and sausage, have lower quality semen than men who do not. . Men who are used to eating a lot of white fish like cod or halibut have healthier sperm. They are therefore more fertile.
To make babies, eat less bacon
Dr. Jorge Chavarro, one of the study researchers, told the Daily News, “Our concern is how meat is produced in the United States and how it influences the fertility of consumers. Many cattle producers feed their cattle natural or synthetic hormones to stimulate growth a few days or weeks before the animals are killed. We wanted to examine how these hormones can affect the people who consume them.
The researchers analyzed more than 350 semen samples from 156 men followed by a fertility center. They had to answer a detailed questionnaire about their diet.
Scientists have found that the consumption of processed red meat (bacon, sausages) has a negative effect on the “sperm morphology”, their size and the shape of the cell structures of the sperm. And that these abnormal sperm could contribute to theinfertility masculine.
“Men who eat only a slice of bacon or a sausage of meat per day have 30% less normal sperm than men who do not eat this type of food,” the study found. On the other hand, eating white fish has had a positive effect on sperm shape, and eating fatty fish like salmon and tuna increases sperm count.
The researchers explain that “this study confirms all previous studies on fertility. »And that« a Healthy eating “Makes” healthy sperm “.
