Want an easy and fun way to keep your sperm healthy? Just have sex everyday. Researchers in Australia found that daily sex boosts the quality of sperm and could improve the chances of getting pregnant (assuming that’s something you want to do)
The study examined men with fertility problems and found that ejaculating everyday for a week reduced the DNA damage in sperm samples. General advice for couples trying to get pregnant had been to have sex every to or three days. But these findings suggest you should be getting on a lot more often if you want to crank out babies.
Over the course of seven days, researchers from Sydney IVF found that eight in ten men in the study displayed a 12% drop in sperm DNA damage and their sperm became more active.
Scientists theorize that sperm held in the testes for too long come under attach from free radicals which can damage DNA and cause cell death. The warm environment of the testes could make your boys sluggish after awhile as well.
Fertility experts warned that men with already low sperm counts should shy away from daily ejaculations, as that could reduce the sperm count further and make it harder to conceive. Sounds like fun either way.
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Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Dating & Sex