Procreation of the next generation is absolutely related to the sexual ability of men and women, but in traditional thinking, the public often only explores the female part, while ignoring the discussion of male fertility. The change of time advancement has been deeply explored, referring to the latest 2022Systematic literature review and meta-analysis paper, As of the data in 2018, in the past 45 years, the average concentration of sperm in the semen of men around the world has dropped by about 51.6%, and the average total number of sperm has dropped by about 62.3%! And the closer to modern times, the faster the rate of decline every year!
It can be seen that male fertility has declined a lot in modern times, and there are many reasons behind it, which will not be discussed in this article. Here, the author will provide a simple and effective improvement method, which will significantly improve male fertility!
Reference published in "Chemosphere" in 2022paper, his research team wanted to understand the quantitative relationship between [drinking tea] and [sperm quality]. Therefore, from 2017 to 2018, a total of 1,385 men who met the admission criteria were surveyed and their semen samples were collected for standardized analysis. After corrected regression analysis, the team had the following important data results:
1. Compared with people who do not drink tea at all,Men who drank tea for more than 10 years had significantly higher sperm concentrations, increased by about 16%; and this effect was more significant among men with BMI < 24.
2. Among men who drink alcohol occasionally,People who drink tea more than 3 days a week have significantly higher total sperm count and forward motility sperm.
3. Among men who drank alcohol occasionally, compared with men who did not drink tea at all,Those who drank weak tea had significantly higher total sperm counts, but such an effect does not appear in people who drink strong tea.
In summary, although this study is only a cross-sectional study, and the interfering factors discussed may be more complete, the data it provides are similar to the conclusions of previous related studies, that is,Drinking tea may boost male fertility. Generally speaking, the author believes that tea has been confirmed by many studies to have potential antioxidant, antibacterial, anti-atherosclerotic, anti-inflammatory, and even anti-cancer effects. There is a certain potential for the improvement of male fertility, not to mention the other health benefits of tea, so the author would recommend readers to consume more good tea products to maintain health!
How to increase male fertility?
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Drink more tea, drink weak tea!
>3 days a week, drink >10 years!
〈The author is former Attending Physician in National Taiwan University Hospital, and Master of Science from National Taiwan University〉