This is a topic that I have personal experience with. Before blaming soy, "chemicals", and government conspiracies, take a look out how say a 30 year old today physically compares to a 30 year old 100 years ago.
The wife and I were trying to have kids and part of the process, I had hormone and sperm testing done. I was on the low end of 'normal' for a guy my age. To improve quantity & quality I was put under the care of a well regarded urologist and did my own research.
Things that cause low sperm count and low quality and are VERY common issues in the modern world:
Being overweight
High carb / low fat diet that is high on sugar / starch and low on leafy green veggies (low magnesium diet).
Low vitamin D (very common now since many of us work indoors and shower daily).
Sedentary lifestyle. (most of us don't do heavy physical labor every day)
High alcohol consumption.
Addressing the issues above will make a huge difference. The Doc asked me to address the above as well as take more vitamin C. Per his expertise, a typical male will see a major improvement in 6 months.
After loosing 20 lbs, changing my diet, vitamin D supplements, weight training, and cutting back on booze: 250% increase in number and improvements in quality.
An experiment I would like to see done is to take a number of men of various ages, test their sperm as the baseline. Then put them under a diet, exercise, supplements, and abstention of booze for a year.. then re-test. I hypothesize the drop in sperm count issue would disappear.
The wife and I were trying to have kids and part of the process, I had hormone and sperm testing done. I was on the low end of 'normal' for a guy my age. To improve quantity & quality I was put under the care of a well regarded urologist and did my own research.
Things that cause low sperm count and low quality and are VERY common issues in the modern world:
Being overweight
High carb / low fat diet that is high on sugar / starch and low on leafy green veggies (low magnesium diet).
Low vitamin D (very common now since many of us work indoors and shower daily).
Sedentary lifestyle. (most of us don't do heavy physical labor every day)
High alcohol consumption.
Addressing the issues above will make a huge difference. The Doc asked me to address the above as well as take more vitamin C. Per his expertise, a typical male will see a major improvement in 6 months.
After loosing 20 lbs, changing my diet, vitamin D supplements, weight training, and cutting back on booze: 250% increase in number and improvements in quality.
An experiment I would like to see done is to take a number of men of various ages, test their sperm as the baseline. Then put them under a diet, exercise, supplements, and abstention of booze for a year.. then re-test. I hypothesize the drop in sperm count issue would disappear.
