An apple a day … keeps the REI away?

 

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The Mediterranean diet has long been promoted as a heart-healthy eating plan. This diet incorporates healthy eating like fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and limits unhealthy fats like animal fats. A recent study, however, suggests that the benefits of the Mediterranean diet may be further reaching.

A group in Greece evaluated men attending a fertility clinic and determined their adherence to a Mediterranean Diet. They then compared their semen analysis results. What they found was incredibly interesting: men who deviated the most from the Mediterranean diet were 2.6 times more likely to have lower sperm counts and decreased motility in their compared to men who followed the Mediterranean diet closely. These results suggest that greater adherence with this diet may help improve semen quality.

This study doesn’t directly answer all the questions we need answered like whether changing your diet will improve your semen parameters or whether you will be more likely to get pregnant on your own with this diet. So unfortunately, the answer is “no”: an apple a day may not keep you out of the fertility clinic. We still think it’s worth a try!

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