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Young men who care about their sperm quality might want to lay off the cheeseburgers and fries, according to a new study that links a typical Western diet with a lower sperm count.
Men in the study who ate a mostly Western diet characterised by pizza, fries, sweets, sodas and red and processed meats typically had a lower sperm count — by about 26 million — than men who ate far less of these unhealthy foods. With a Western diet, men also had lower levels of reproductive hormones needed for optimal fertility.
Conversely, men with the healthiest eating habits — with lots
