Foods That Increase Sperm Count

Social IssuesSexuality

  • Author Bryan Len
  • Published March 6, 2009
  • Word count 572

The world is moving towards globalization. We have everything in our hand and are able to tackle most of the things that come as an impediment in our business or workstation! The things are so commercialized that we forget about our bodies and health. There are innumerable health ailments that we meet on daily basis those are generally ignored but re-thought when they hit the health and produce signs and symptoms that affect our routine work!

Unfortunately, male infertility has been a great concerned among millions of men across the world. The problem is so skyrocketing that the market is now full of male enhancement products. You can get them on the internet and also on local drug stores, supermarkets and where not!

Among all concerned about how to increase sperm count, one thing is sure that to produce healthy and adequate sperms, the overall health should be perfect. One should adopt nutrients/foods that help attaining stronger, healthier ejaculations. The foods that boost testosterone may help increasing the sperm count. The dietary supplements that help raising semen volume level are also thought to increase sperm count:

Zinc is vital for viable sperm count, motility and a high percentage of live sperm in the semen. Zinc is present in semen and therefore men can lose excessive quantities of zinc through ejaculation - therefore it is critical that zinc is replaced through the diet daily. Foods rich in zinc such as lambs, turkeys, barleys, wheat, oysters, beans, nuts, red meats, raw sunflower and pumpkin seeds are considered to be the super-foods that can help to increase the sperm count in men.

Vitamins C, E and especially B12 possess antioxidant properties and are thought to increase sperm production. L-arginine, L-cartinine (amino acids) those are found abundantly in spinach, seaweed (Spirulina), poultry and also in sesame seeds, tuna, turkeys, egg whites are thought to energize the sperms and also to increase their production without affecting any other body system.

Many health care providers believe that simply avoiding frequent dehydration by drinking more than 8 glasses of water a day is sufficient to flush out the body toxins and can help in increase sperm count.

Foods with selenium such as Brazil nuts, tunas, red meats, poultry, eggs, cottage cheese are also favorable in order to increase sperm count. Lycopene found in tomatoes, pink grapefruits, guavas and folate that is greatly found in asparagus, beet roots, broccoli, beans, citrus fruits and other dark green leafy vegetables are advisable for infertile man to increase sperm count.

Some of the foods are found to be interrupting healthy semen production in men's body. Foods listed below are therefore said to inhibit men's capability to produce healthy sperms.

Besides eating above mentioned food stuff, infertile man should:

· Avoid eating refined foods like refined sugar, white flour

· Give up any sort of caffeine such as coffee. Also give up carbonated water.

· Stop eating processed food

· Give up smoking and heavy/binge alcohol consumption

· Stop frequent masturbating

Maca is one of the best foods available to increase sperm count. It is packed full of nutrients, particularly when used as a Certified Organic Powder that is milled in the appropriate way to retain nutritional integrity. Other nutrients required to increase sperm count include calcium, magnesium, chromium and manganese. Laboratory studies of rats have revealed that they enhanced fertility after being provided maca supplements. The female rats increased egg follicle growth and males increased sperm counts.

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