{"id":6561,"date":"2019-02-17T04:02:47","date_gmt":"2019-02-17T04:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prostate.net\/?p=6561"},"modified":"2019-02-17T04:02:47","modified_gmt":"2019-02-17T04:02:47","slug":"want-healthy-sperm-reduce-your-fats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/red64.com\/want-healthy-sperm-reduce-your-fats\/","title":{"rendered":"Want Healthy Sperm? Reduce Your Fats!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Men who want healthy sperm, which is critical for optimal <a href=\"https:\/\/prostate.net\/articles\/how-does-smoking-affect-male-fertility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">male fertility<\/a>, should reduce their consumption of fat, especially saturated fat. A new study in\u00a0<em>Human Reproduction <\/em>shows that men who ate large amounts of fat had significantly lower sperm production and concentration than men who ate less fat.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Prior to this study, little has been known about the impact of diet on the health of sperm, although a few studies have suggested specific nutrients may have an effect on semen quality and animal studies have indicated that dietary fat may influence male fertility.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The new study involved 99 men (mean age, 36) who were participating in an ongoing study of <a href=\"https:\/\/prostate.net\/articles\/should-you-consider-fertility-testing-for-men\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fertility<\/a> and environmental factors. All the participants were classified by their dietary fat intake: 26%, 32%, and 37% of total daily caloric intake, with corresponding figures for saturated fat being 8%, 10%, and 13%.<\/p>\n<p>After taking into account body mass index and a number of other lifestyle factors, analysis of the men\u2019s sperm and seminal fluids revealed that men who consumed the greatest amount of saturated fat had a 41% lower sperm concentration when compared with men who consumed less saturated fat. A positive impact on sperm structure was associated with increased consumption of omega-3 fatty acids.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reference<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Attaman JA et al. Dietary fat and semen quality among men attending a fertility clinic. <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/humrep\/article\/27\/5\/1466\/699213\/Dietary-fat-and-semen-quality-among-men-attending\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Human Reproduction<\/em><\/a> 2012; 27 (5): 1466-74.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Men who want healthy sperm, which is critical for optimal male fertility, should reduce their consumption of fat, especially saturated fat. A new study in\u00a0Human &#8230; <a title=\"Want Healthy Sperm? Reduce Your Fats!\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/red64.com\/want-healthy-sperm-reduce-your-fats\/\" aria-label=\"More on Want Healthy Sperm? Reduce Your Fats!\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4210,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[3],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/red64.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6561"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/red64.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/red64.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/red64.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/red64.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/red64.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/red64.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/red64.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/red64.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/red64.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}