Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Mothers Diet may affect son's sperm count

Jesus, as if pregnant women don't have enough to worry about. Now, it seems that your diet can affect your future child's fertility, see here.
"The concern, Swan said, is that high beef consumption by pregnant women may alter sperm production of the male fetus in utero, particularly at the end of the first trimester during the critical period for testicular development, according to the press release. Although sperm production occurs in stages -- prenatal, during puberty, and into adulthood -- the most important stage for developing semen quality occurs in the womb, Swan added."
Now, before you go getting your knickers in a bunch, the study is a bit rough, none of the men studied had difficulty fathering a child and the mothers involved were eating 7+ meals of beef a week. Mad though, the amount of shite in food these days, it's a wonder we don't all sprout 2 heads or tails or something.

PS: This is not my way of telling you the baby is a boy, I do have a son already, y'know.

2 comments:

Mairéad said...

Eat away, girl, sure we just can't win these days!
Which county are you from, Boliath? I'm from Cork.

Boliath said...

Contae Mhaigheo Mairead, Co. Mayo where the ocean kisses Ireland or so the Saw Doctors would have you believe!

Nice of you to drop by, next time, give me a shout first and I'll pop the kettle on.