The main male vegetable diet - carrots

Wishing to improve the chances of fatherhood men need to eat plenty of carrots, as scientists have found. Among the fruit and vegetable is carrots best effect on sperm.

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US researchers at Harvard University found that fruits and vegetables yellow improve male fertility . But the undisputed number one in the list is a carrot, which has a positive effect on the health of sperm. This is due to the fact that in the vegetables contain carotenoids - pigments providing carrots with saturated color.

The body converts carotenoids antioxidants extremely useful to our health. A beta of kartoina body gets vitamin A helps combat free radicals - destructive group of molecules that are harmful to the cell membranes and DNA. Potatoes and melons have a positive effect on the quality and quantity of sperm, but carrots improves their "performance" at 6, 5-8%, as reported in the journal Fertility and Sterility.

Useful for male fertility   and red fruit and vegetables, particularly tomatoes that contain lycopene anticancer agent. The increasingly stronger sex consumes this product group, the less he has produced sperm with abnormal forms. Red fruits and vegetables reduce the anomalous 8-10%. And this is quite a significant result for the couples who for years could not conceive a child because of problems with male health .

Previously, the Harvard researchers found that a diet with a maximum amount of saturated fat leads to a reduction in sperm count and reduce their quality. (READ MORE)

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