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Infertility Statistics
- According to the WHO in 2010, Over 15 million sperm per milliliter is considered normal, Counts below 10 million are considered poor; counts of 20 million or more may be fine if motility and morphology are normal.
- Ten to 20 percent of all men have low sperm counts.
- Two to three percent of all men are completely infertile, producing no sperm at all.
- Infertility affects at least 15 percent of the reproductive age population, with roughly 40 percent of the cases attributable to men.
- Eighty-five percent are treated with conventional medications (synthetic hormones) or surgery to repair diseased reproductive organs.
- Less than five percent of infertile couples attempt in vitro fertilization, which has a 10 to 20 percent success rate at a cost of $10,000 per attempt.
Q: What are the causes of Low sperm counts or poor sperm motility?
- Environmental toxins
- Chemicals
- Radiation
- Drugs
- Heavy metal exposure
- Cigarette smoking
- Excessive alcohol use
- Pollution
- Heat can also reduce sperm production.
Tips To Increase fertility/ Increase your sperm count
- Avoid heating your testicles such as Hot baths, sitting for long periods of time and tight-fitting underwear: it constricts the testes and elevate temperatures long enough to suppress sperm production.
- Wear a jockstrap when you play sports
- Exercise, five times a week for at least 45 minutes improves overall blood flow and circulation.
- Massage your body with herbal oils.
- Frequent ejaculations can lower sperm count. Your body produces millions of sperm each day, but if you already have low sperm count, consider storing them up longer between ejaculations.
- Stop smoking. According to one study, men who smoke have 22% fewer sperm than men who don't.
- Maintain your ideal weight. Food deprivation in men leads to a loss of sex drive and structural changes to reproductive tissue leading to infertility.
- Obesity also causes low sperm count and impotence, possibly because of higher temperatures caused by excess fat near the testes.
- Healthy diet enhance fertility by keeping body weight at normal levels.
- Reduce stress levels. Stress can decrease your sexual function, leading to reduced sperm production. Stress hormones block Leydig cells, which are tasked with regulating testosterone production. When your body experiences too much stress, it can actually stop producing sperm altogether.
- Make sure you're getting enough sleep every night. Exhaustion can also lead to increased stress and cause decreased sperm production.
- Avoid plastic containers for food storage, plastic bottles, wraps and utensils.
- Use only non-bleached coffee filters, paper, napkins and toilet tissue to reduce dioxin exposure.
- Avoid chlorinated tap water, chlorine bleach and other chlorinated products; use hydrogen peroxide as an alternative.
- Eat organic food as much as possible to avoid pesticides and herbicides.
- Avoid synthetic deodorants and cosmetics; use only organic products whenever possible.
- Avoid animal products with a high fat content that contain hormones, especially conventional milk and dairy products, chicken, beef and pork.
- Avoid alcohol, caffeine, refined carbohydrates and artificial additives.
- Avoid fried, charcoal-broiled or barbecued forms of cooking.
- Eat lots of foods high in antioxidants (carotenes, vitamins A, C, E and selenium) such as green leafy vegetables, kale, carrots, citrus, broccoli, cauliflower and yams.
- For men, the most important supplemental nutrients to enhance fertility are vitamin C and zinc. Vitamin C (2,000 to 6,000 milligrams daily) helps prevent sperm from clumping or sticking together, thus improving the chances for fertility.
- Zinc supplementation (100 to 200 mg daily) has been shown to increase testosterone levels, sperm count and sperm motility. High zinc sources include oysters, organ meats, lean beef, turkey, lamb, herring, wheat germ, legumes and nuts.
Causes of Male Infertility
- Inadequate sperm production by the testes
- Poor sperm motility
- Varicocele (dilated veins in the scrotum)
- undescended testis/testes
- excessive xenoestrogen (environmental estrogen) exposure
- Infectious disease of the epidydimis (storage tube for sperm), testes, seminal vesicles, urethra, prostate or vas; benign prostatic hypertrophy (enlargement)
- Endocrine (glandular) diseases affecting the hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, adrenals and the testes (e.g. low DHEA and low testosterone levels)
- Congenital abnormalities
- Urethral stricture
- Malnutrition, especially protein deficiency
