Bad habits conceive a child is not a hindrance

A team of scientists from the Universities of Sheffield and Manchester (UK) published a sensational report, which states that nicotine, alcohol, and even obesity, do not affect the quality of sperm. The main enemy of sperm researchers call close underwear. That makes it quite healthy men infertile.

Article scientists appeared in the British Human Reproduction. It immediately created a furor among the public, as has denied long-standing and seemingly axiomatic theory about the benefits of a healthy lifestyle for male fertility.

During a large-scale study, researchers compared the lifestyles of patients 14 clinics struggle with infertility. In these medical institutions observed 2249 men. They found that the number of live sperm in smokers and in those who abstained from nicotine, is substantially the same. The slight deterioration Sperm Quality   the researchers found only in those who are obese and drinking alcohol.
Really low fertility was found in those who had surgery on the testes, in black men and manual workers. In addition, the shortage of live sperm significantly affected by wearing too tight of men's underwear.

Summarizing the study author Dr. Andrew Povey said the change of lifestyle vryal to affect a man's ability to conceive. However, opponents of this theory once said that in the current study, the researchers did not take into account indicators such men the ability to conceive, as the size and shape of sperm, as well as the quality of their DNA. Experts agreed with only one thesis: experiencing problems conceiving, a couple should immediately see a doctor and not self-medicate.

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