Post Date December, 02 2023
Wine table culture is prevalent in China, and many people enjoy drinking and making fun of themselves at dinners, but did you know? Some men may become infertile due to excessive alcohol consumption.
Male infertility
It's because there's no "quit" drinking to allay worries!
Wine occupies an important position in Chinese life. In modern communication, it occupies an extremely important position. Whether it's "official business", "business", "government affairs", "finance", or simply "family and friend communication," people mostly complete it in a "semi alcoholic" atmosphere.
Alcohol is a spiritual stimulant with addictive properties. However, in addition to affecting human health and accidents, excessive alcohol consumption can also have a negative impact on male fertility.
Excessive drinking can lead to sexual dysfunction in men
Heavy drinking can lead to low libido and even sexual aversion in men. Alcohol is a gonadal toxin. Alcohol can interfere with the regulation of the hypothalamic pituitary testicular gonadal axis, reduce testosterone levels, and disrupt endocrine homeostasis. Testosterone plays an important role in maintaining normal sexual desire and male penis erection. If a man drinks more than 250 milliliters of strong alcohol per day on average for two to five years, it can lead to complete impotence.
According to foreign statistics, 1630 out of 17000 alcoholic males are completely impotent, and half of them have difficulty recovering their normal erections even after months or years of abstinence. Therefore, in order to "love", men need to "abstain from alcohol".
Excessive drinking can affect sperm quality
Alcohol can cause testicular damage and atrophy. We often hear that drinking alcohol harms the liver, and alcohol is more likely to damage sperm than it is to damage the liver.
A study shows that people who drink up to 180 ml of alcohol per day within a year and drink up to 5 days per week have a significant decrease in sperm count, sperm motility, and the percentage of normal sperm morphology. The percentage of abnormal sperm in alcoholics is about twice that of non drinkers.
In addition, drinking alcohol not only has a negative impact on one's own fertility, but also reduces the fertility of the son born during pregnancy. Therefore, in order to have a healthy baby, both spouses need to abstain from alcohol, and it is best to abstain from alcohol for more than 3 months before considering childbirth.
Food reference for improving sperm quality
1. Zinc rich food
There are beans, peanuts, millet, radish, Chinese cabbage, and other vegetable foods with high zinc content; Among various animal foods, oysters are the most abundant in zinc. In addition, beef, chicken liver, eggs, lamb chops, and pork also contain more zinc.
2. Animal viscera
This type of food contains a large amount of cholesterol, of which about 10% are adrenocortical hormones and sexual hormones. Proper consumption of this type of food can have a certain effect on enhancing sexual function.
