Half a liter of beer a day cause male infertility

Just a couple of liters of beer a week already harms male fertility. Such sad conclusion reached by researchers from the University of Southern Denmark.

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Drinking beer   in the amount of just half a liter a day is harmful the quality of sperm. Such a conclusion was made by Danish researchers who found that the larger male drink, the lower the quality of the sperm and its the smaller the number produced in the body. Also due to alcohol It grows and the risk of sperm abnormalities.

Approximately one in five couples in Russia there are problems with conception. Men infertility   is the cause of nearly half of such cases. Meanwhile beer consumption   in our country is growing from year to year. Danish researchers have observed for healthy young people, who ate no more than one and a half liters of beer a week that was about half a liter a day. Even this amount was sufficient for to reduce the quality of sperm.

According to the authors, when you consider the amount of alcoholic drinks that are consumed today young people, it can be deeply concerned for the future generations. In total difficulty in the study took part in the 1200 military recruits aged 18 to 28 years.

Active consumption of beer was due to changes in reproductive hormones and sperm health. The researchers found that men who regularly consume alcohol in large quantities, have low sperm quality. The more young people drink, the less sperm is produced, and the higher the probability of anomalies. (READ MORE)

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