Men's fertility irreversibly damaged by age of 18 thanks to Western junk food diet, study finds

(Jacqui) #1

Seems keto would be a great option for any teenaged boy who wants to have kids later in life…

(Carl Keller) #2

I’m not defending junk food, but if this were true, shouldn’t we see shrinking populations in countries where junk food is ubiquitous? On the other hand, it would be funny to look at Snickers and Doritos as birth control. :stuck_out_tongue:

(Andi loves space, bacon and fasting. ) #3

No, in place of the shrinking population we have a blossoming fertility drug market. Think of all of the doctors, pharmaceuticals and clinicians that are employed in this industry … feels a bit like a racket.

(Carl Keller) #4

Fertility drugs will help females ovulate more efficiently but that won’t help a guy with damaged sperm, as this article is suggesting.

(Full Metal KETO AF) #5

Darwin’s law of natural selection at work!

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #6

We need to see the actual study. Does anyone have a link?

(Carl Keller) #7

Can’t find a link but I did find this, posted 18 hours ago:

The results will be presented this week at the annual European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryologyconference in Vienna.

(Bunny) #8

I agree some couples have a hard time trying to conceive because of sperm swimming around in circles so it cannot get to the egg…so strange?

Junk food anyone?

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References:

[1] ScienceShot: Why Sperm Swim in Circles. Researchers simulated sperm cell migration and found that if the surrounding fluids (such as semen or vaginal secretions) are viscous enough, the sperm tails will buckle in the current, trapping the cells into a circular loop they can’t escape even if the cells swim perfectly. …More

(Hyperbole- best thing in the universe!) #9

I’m not offering it as proof, but industrialized countries do have declining birth rates. It is usually attributed to education, but maybe the Doritos have something to do with it too!

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(Susan) #11

This is information we need to let the masses know… if we could get more people into Keto and off junk food, wouldn’t that be awesome and we would have a healthier planet!

It is scary that this is happening though; and makes me wonder about birth defects, and people having miscarriages, etc as well, as one would think that those issues are probably affected by this as well.

(Jill Carpenter aka space coast spinster) #12

Well, unfortunately if the food doesn’t get you, the evolution to 5g technology will.