{"id":45578,"date":"2018-07-15T08:03:15","date_gmt":"2018-07-15T08:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=45578"},"modified":"2018-07-15T08:03:15","modified_gmt":"2018-07-15T08:03:15","slug":"nuts-may-boost-male-fertility-finds-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=45578","title":{"rendered":"Nuts may boost male fertility, finds study"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Eating nuts “significantly” boosted the number and health of sperm in young men in a scientific trial, researchers said yesterday, reports AFP from Paris.<\/p>\n

The findings “support a beneficial role for chronic nut consumption in sperm quality,” they said, but stressed the study participants were all healthy, apparently fertile men.<\/p>\n

The potential benefits of nuts for men struggling with fertility have yet to be probed.<\/p>\n

For the study, researchers recruited 119 men aged 18-35, who they divided into two groups.<\/p>\n

One group ate 60 grammes of almonds, hazelnuts, and walnuts daily on top of their usual “western-style” diet, while the second group got no nuts.<\/p>\n

After 14 weeks, the nut group “had significant improvements in their sperm count, vitality, motility (movement) and morphology (shape)” — all associated with male fertility, said a statement.<\/p>\n

“Moreover, the subjects in the nut group also showed a significant reduction in their levels of sperm DNA fragmentation, a parameter closely associated with male infertility.”<\/p>\n

The results were consistent with sperm improvement observed in other studies that looked at diets rich in omega-3, antioxidants such as vitamin C and E, selenium and zinc, and folate.<\/p>\n

Nuts are rich in many of these nutrients.<\/p>\n

The study results were presented at a meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Barcelona.<\/p>\n

Does this mean that men hoping to conceive a child should add nuts to their diet?<\/p>\n

“We can't yet say that,” said study co-author Albert Salas-Huetos of the Rovira i Virgili University in Spain.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut evidence is accumulating in the literature that healthy lifestyle changes such as following a healthy dietary pattern might help conception \u2014 and of course, nuts are a key component of a Mediterranean healthy diet.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eating nuts “significantly” boosted the number and health of sperm in young men in a scientific trial, researchers said yesterday, reports AFP from Paris. The findings “support a beneficial role for chronic nut consumption in sperm quality,” they said, but stressed the study participants were all healthy, apparently fertile men. The potential benefits of nuts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":45579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n