Everyone says that walnuts can nourish the brain and improve intelligence. Especially during pregnancy, eating walnuts in moderation can help fetal brain development. But I didn’t expect that eating walnuts can improve sperm quality!
A study from the University of California, UCLA, on 117 young men eating a Western-style diet showed that eating a handful of walnuts a day can also improve male fertility!
About half of the study subjects ate an average of 75g of walnuts per day for 12 weeks, and the remaining participants served as a control group. Researchers found that after 12 weeks, participants who ate walnuts every day had significantly improved fertility – especially sperm morphology, motility and vitality – compared to the control group! Research has found that walnuts contain essential life-sustaining nutrients, such as plant-based omega-3 fatty acids, also known as alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), which are critical to improving male reproductive health.
In addition, the high content of ALA in walnuts can also reduce the risk of aneuploidy chromosomal abnormalities, or sperm chromosomal abnormalities leading to Down syndrome, or other genetic abnormalities during fertility.
Researchers say this research may benefit more than 70 million couples in the world who suffer from infertility or subfertility. Research also shows that 30%-50% of infertility or subfertility is caused by men. All male friends who are preparing for pregnancy should start eating walnuts quickly. All female friends who are preparing for pregnancy, hurry up and let your husband eat walnuts!
In addition to walnuts, men can also eat more of these foods when preparing for pregnancy
Studies have found that some trace elements have a great impact on male reproductive endocrine function, especially sperm quality, so men preparing for pregnancy You should eat more of these foods that can increase sperm activity and improve sperm quality. In addition to walnuts, you can also eat more of these foods, such as: shrimp, wolfberry, sheep kidney, fish maw, oysters, lotus seeds, pumpkin, etc.
