How a Healthy Lifestyle Can Improve Male Fertility?

Male Fertility: Talking about men’s reproductive health, the quality and mobility of sperm in men play an important role in conceiving. That is, due to the quality of men’s sperm, embryos are formed and pregnancy is successful. There can be many reasons behind low sperm count such as biological, hormonal and environmental factors.

Whenever it comes to pregnancy, women’s reproductive health is often talked about, whereas men’s reproductive health is equally important like women’s.  A recent study shows that sperm count has declined by more than 50 percent across the world, including India, in the last four decades. Reproductive health tells about the overall health of any person. Which includes sperm count, its deficiency can lead to chronic diseases and also shorten life.

So let us know what things affect the fertility of men, and how these can be improved.

Improve the environment around you

In the last few years, our environment has suffered a lot due to excessive use of plastic, pollution, carbon emissions and global warming. This is the reason why in the last few decades, along with cancer and chronic diseases, fertility has also decreased. To change our reproductive capacity, we will have to remove those things from our lifestyle which cause pollution. This includes reducing the use of plastic, avoiding the use of artificial sweeteners, artificial flavours and food preservatives, as they reduce sperm count and quality

Reduce use of electronic gadgets

In this digital world, use of mobile, tab, laptop is common. Now it does not seem easy to do anything without using them, as they also have a very bad effect on our health, so keep them away from you whenever possible. According to a recent study, the Wi-Fi signals emanating from the cellphone kept in the pant pocket have an adverse effect on the mobility and quality of sperm.

Planning a Child at an Older Age

In today’s life full of competition, most couples give more importance to their career and profession than their personal life. Because of which they plan to have children after the age of 30. According to science, sperm quality decreases with age and pregnancy becomes difficult. Very few men know about this. The age of 30 years to 35 years is the best time for conceiving for men and women. Complications increase after this age.

Smoking & Drinking

Smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol daily or use of tobacco etc decreases the mobility and quality of sperm. Testicular tissue is very sensitive to circulating toxins and chronic exposure to these toxins can significantly impair sperm production. These harmful substances also cause mutations, which can cause problems in the foetus and may even cause defects in the child at birth.

Maintain a Healthy Lifestyle

Since the Covid-19 pandemic, serious diseases like diabetes, hypertension and obesity have become common among youth. After the pandemic, the lifestyle of some people has become limited, even if they work from home, due to which their lifestyle has been greatly affected. Apart from this, lack of sleep or sleeping and waking up at the wrong time also affects fertility.

Frequently Ask Questions:

1.What lifestyle factors affect male fertility?

Sperm count is low in men who smoke cigarettes, if you want to improve your fertility then quit it as soon as possible.Limit alcohol. Heavy drinking can lead to reduced testosterone production, impotence and decreased sperm production and coffee consumption

2.How can diet and exercise improve male fertility?

Men should include in their diet Eggs, meat, oatmeal, milk, cheese, tofu, yogurt, flaxseed, and poppy seeds etc. can be protein sources. 2. Vitamin C: Vitamin C can help increase sperm count. Mango, orange, lemon, guava, guava, broccoli, cabbage etc. are good sources of Vitamin C.

Exercises: There are five main exercises to increase fertility in male ie. weight training, running, cycling, cobra pose (bhujangasana), and Sarvangasana.

3.Are there any specific habits men should adopt to improve fertility?

Stop smoking, drinking alcohol or taking drugs. These are common factors to reduce the chance to be a parent.