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TARRAGONA, Spain —
For men, a healthy lifestyle isn’t just good for their wellbeing but can also impact their ability to have children. Proper diet can affect the quality of a man’s sperm, for better or worse. Researchers in Spain say adding nuts to the mix can play a key role in keeping men fertile.
A team from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili says consuming a mixture of tree nuts — like almonds, hazelnuts, and walnuts — can have a profound affect on sperm DNA methylation. This process refers to the natural changes your DNA goes through which don’t actually alter human DNA sequences. DNA methylation frequently prevents certain genes from expressing themselves. This, for example, may stop tumor-causing genes from turning themselves on and causing cancer.
Men who add nuts to diet can significantly improve sperm quality
The results reveal that including tree nuts in a man's diet dramatically improves sperm count, viability, motility, and morphology.
I really hate almonds, hazelnuts, and walnuts.......might as well eat broccoli.
