If you think that the quality of your food does not have an effect on
you and your partner's fertility think twice! An article about organic
food and infertility lists studies after studies that were done on
animals and humans which prove that eating organic food has a positive
effect on sperm and eggs.
Here are some of the highlights:
"Human
fertility has been decreasing since the birth of intensive agriculture
over 50 years ago. Average sperm counts among healthy American men
dropped 58 percent between 1938 and 1988. In Europe, sperm counts
dropped by 3.1 percent each year between 1971 and 1990. Studies from
Belgium, France and Scotland have also shown losses in sperm quality,
motility, development and the number of normally shaped sperm.
The
reason for falling sperm quality and quantity is thought to be a
cocktail of dietary hormones and pesticides , some of which can disturb
the body's own hormones. Some pesticides have been linked to
masculinisation of female animals, feminization of male animals, eggs
found in the testes of roach in UK rivers, low egg viability, enlarged
ovaries and reduced penis size in Florida alligators and female-female
paring in birds.
A study published in The Lancet in 1994 found
that organic farmers had much higher sperm counts than other
blue-collar workers. Sperm counts were more than twice as high in
organic farmers (363 million sperm per milliliter of semen) as in a
control group of welders and printers (164 million per milliliter).
Men
who consume mostly organic produce have higher sperm counts and greater
sperm quality than men eating regular, pesticide-treated produce. And
conventional farmers who do not eat organic food have a significantly
lower proportion of normally-shaped sperm."
If you and your
partner have been trying to conceive without success and you consume
conventionally (pesticide rich!) foods please consider switching to
organic food. If your think that eating organic food is too expensive
you can refer to one of my previous article titled "Pesticides". It
will give you a list of most and least pesticide contaminated foods.
Information Source: http://www.foodmarketexchange.com/datacenter/product/organic/details/dc_pi_organic_11.php
Read the original article and more information at our acupuncture & fertility treatment blog
food and infertility lists studies after studies that were done on
animals and humans which prove that eating organic food has a positive
effect on sperm and eggs.
Here are some of the highlights:
"Human
fertility has been decreasing since the birth of intensive agriculture
over 50 years ago. Average sperm counts among healthy American men
dropped 58 percent between 1938 and 1988. In Europe, sperm counts
dropped by 3.1 percent each year between 1971 and 1990. Studies from
Belgium, France and Scotland have also shown losses in sperm quality,
motility, development and the number of normally shaped sperm.
The
reason for falling sperm quality and quantity is thought to be a
cocktail of dietary hormones and pesticides , some of which can disturb
the body's own hormones. Some pesticides have been linked to
masculinisation of female animals, feminization of male animals, eggs
found in the testes of roach in UK rivers, low egg viability, enlarged
ovaries and reduced penis size in Florida alligators and female-female
paring in birds.
A study published in The Lancet in 1994 found
that organic farmers had much higher sperm counts than other
blue-collar workers. Sperm counts were more than twice as high in
organic farmers (363 million sperm per milliliter of semen) as in a
control group of welders and printers (164 million per milliliter).
Men
who consume mostly organic produce have higher sperm counts and greater
sperm quality than men eating regular, pesticide-treated produce. And
conventional farmers who do not eat organic food have a significantly
lower proportion of normally-shaped sperm."
If you and your
partner have been trying to conceive without success and you consume
conventionally (pesticide rich!) foods please consider switching to
organic food. If your think that eating organic food is too expensive
you can refer to one of my previous article titled "Pesticides". It
will give you a list of most and least pesticide contaminated foods.
Information Source: http://www.foodmarketexchange.com/datacenter/product/organic/details/dc_pi_organic_11.php
Read the original article and more information at our acupuncture & fertility treatment blog
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