March 14, 2013

Smoking and Alcohol and Male Fertility

No significant association was found  in a study  correlating sperm count with with smoking and alcohol consumption or the use of recreational drugs, a high BMI or having a history of mumps or fever.

The study, which is published in the journal Human Reproduction, compared 900 men with low sperm counts to 1,300 with high sperm counts. Turns out, use of drugs, tobacco, and alcohol had little effect when comparing the populations, nor did being overweight.
The only thing that made a big difference was how snug pants and underwear were.
The study did not take into account the factors that , i believe , are the most important for male fertility: environmental exposure to toxicant chemical agents such as pesticides.



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