Junk food can lead to infertility even in healthy men

Love to gorge on those lip-smacking burgers and french fries? Beware! A new research has found that junk food can make healthy young men infertile by damaging their sperm.  And ‘trans fats’ - processed oils used to improve food taste - are among the worst culprits.
Fertility doctors from America’s Harvard University and the University of Murcia, Spain, examined sperm from hundreds of men aged between 18 and 22.
They found that men with high intake of junk food (takeaways, fried foods, processed red meats, crisps, biscuits and cakes) had poorer quality sperm than those on a nutritious daily diet, the Sun reported. 
Their sperm was found less likely to survive the journey to fertilise an egg, even if the men exercised and weighted healthy.
And men who consumed the highest level of trans fats - listed on labels as ‘hydrogenated oil’ and found naturally in many fried foods - had the worst quality sperm.
The study also found that a diet of wholegrain with lots of vegetables and fish produced the best quality sperms.

 

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