Protect His Fertility and Hers

There’s His fertility….
A UK study of more than 2000 men found that those who were regularly exposed to glycol ethers (a volatile organic compound, or VOC), mostly found in water-soluble paints, were more likely to have low motile-sperm counts. Low motile-sperm count is a significant predictive indicator of infertility.

Men with a particularly high exposure to glycol ethers, such as painters and decorators, had double the risk of abnormal sperm motility. The researchers of this study concluded that these chemicals are definitely hazardous to male fertility.

Shipyard painters exposed to two types of glycol ethers, 2-ethoxyethanol and 2-methoxyethenol,showed to have lower sperm counts and a higher risk of low semen volume or complete absence of sperm in the semen. Other VOCs that may also have adverse effects on human reproduction are toluene and xylene (aromatic solvents). In another study conducted at the Universities of Manchester and Sheffield researchers concluded that men who are regularly exposed to glycol ethers are 250% more likely to have a specific sperm abnormality.

And hers….

Dutch experts have found that among 161 pair who were cured of infertility, women who ate Mediterranean food had a 40 percent better chance of conception from those who had not fed in this way. The research, published in the journal Fertility and Sterility, by itself does not confirm that a diet increases the chances for successful treatment of infertility.
This is a “perception study in which researchers asked couples about their dietary habits, divide them accordingly into groups and track success in treating infertility. Such studies do not allow concluding on the principle of “cause-consequence”, but points out the possible role of diet in the treatment of infertility, say experts led by Dr. Regine Steegers-Theunisses School of Medicine of Erasmus University in Rotterdam.