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A doctoral thesis at the University of Murcia by Lidia Mínguez Alarcón has calculated a 3% annual decline in the sperm count in young Spanish university southeast.
Sperm concentration and total count of motile sperm study of young people, college students from the region of Murcia born after 1987, is below the standards set by the World Health Organization (WHO).
This decrease is even greater than that calculated for Europe by the director of the Center for Reproductive Epidemiology at the University of Rochester (USA), Shanna Swan, who has set at 2.3%.
The author found in his research a positive association between consumption of antioxidants important - cryptoxanthin, vitamin C, lycopene and beta-carotene, and total motile sperm count, so that the semen volume was increased by a high intake of vitamin C, beta-carotene and lycopene.
Therefore, the thesis asks in its conclusions if the current daily recommended intake of vitamin C may be underestimating the requirements of this in relation to semen quality.
By contrast, there was no correlation between the concentration of any heavy metals (lead, cadmium and mercury) measured in whole blood, blood plasma and seminal plasma.
The dissertation was directed by Professors Alberto Torres and Jaime Mendiola, of the University of Murcia, and Jose Juan Lopez Espin, University Miguel Hernández de Elche (Alicante).
Source: Universidad de Murcia
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