With news of ever improving IVF treatment, by means of screening womens eggs for chromosomal abnormalities that can cause miscarriage, and using only the good eggs to fertilise, it begs the question is this the best way to deal with a problem of infertility? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7851069.stm
Paul Chek in his book ‘Under The Veil of Deception’ cites 61 fertility studies. One study over 50 years, from 1938-1988, with 15 thousand male subjects in the USA, showed a drop of sperm count of 120 million sperm per ml in 1938, to 50 million sperm per ml in 1988. In Europe the same drop was shown in half the time period.
Another study looking at sperm count, showed that men eating an organic diet had a sperm count, of between 99-127 million sperm per ml, with those with 55% or more, organic diet having the highest count. A control group who didn’t have an organic diet had sperm counts of 55-69 million sperm per ml.
While there are other factors (like hormones in water supply, stress, environmental pollution etc) that can cause infertility, it is interesting that the men on an organic diet had similar or better sperm count than the men in 1938. Conventionally and commercially farmed meat, vegetable and fruit contain toxins and lower levels of nutrients to feed our 120 trillion cells, including those that control our fertility.
The food we eat is only as good as the soil it is grown in, the animals that eat it, so we need to support our local organic farmers and the soil association (and other organic organisations) to ensure that we can continue to reproduce, without tampering with nature.
To learn more about how you can eat to improve your fertility then please visit http://dcintegratedhealth.com/2008/02/26/the-nutrition-connection-part-1/
IVF, organic food and male fertility : DC Integrated Health | with ……
Conventionally and commercially farmed meat, vegetable and fruit contain toxins and lower levels of nutrients to feed our 120 trillion cells, including those that control our fertility. The food we eat is only as good as the soil it is ……
Organic food is good for all the health hazards, not just fertility. Very informative article, indeed. Thanks for sharing.
-Martin
good lesson