I’m sorry guys, don’t meant to be a party pooper, but alcohol and sperm really don’t go well together. If your sperm analysis shows low sperm motility, low sperm count and oddly shaped sperm it’s time to look at your dietary and lifestyle habits.
In addition if your partner suffers from recurrent miscarriages make sure to have your sperm analyzed. Partners of men with poor sperm parameters are more prone to miscarriage.
While we girls need to be ‘good’ for four months before pregnancy, during the 9 months of pregnancy and during breastfeeding, you boys only need to follow simple guidelines for 120 days! Easy and simple.
Alcohol is a testicular toxin and can cause some serious sperm damage such as;
- Low sperm motility
- Low sperm count
- Loss of sperm
- Sperm shape damage
- High percentage of abnormal sperm
- Atrophy of semeniferous tubules (this is where sperm is formed)
How does alcohol do this?
Alcohol contributes to accumulation of female hormones and prolactin and depletes zinc and folic acid. The key nutrients required for optimal fertility and a healthy baby.
Sperm are vulnerable to damage from alcohol, drugs, smoking, unhealthy food and other environmental toxins for 116 days before maturation.
What this means is that everything you ingest and get exposed to in 116 days before ejaculation has influenced the quality and quantity of that particular batch of your sperm. Hence the 120 day preconception care plan to help you and your partner optimize you egg and sperm health.
Male factor infertility, low sperm motility and low sperm count can be successfully addressed with specific dietary and lifestyle modifications. That’s the good news which can save you $$$ on infertility treatments and putting your partner through the unpleasant IVF treatments. Scientists highly recommend that men optimize their sperm before attempting IVF if IVF is necessary as a way to increase the odds of successful IVF.
Beer is a much loved beverage among the men which can not only contribute to your infertility but also to the famous beer – gut which makes men (an women) look pregnant. If you’d like to support your partner when she’s pregnant by all means grow the beer -belly (not advisable) but while you are trying to conceive lay-off beer and other alcoholic drinks for 120 days before conception.
But don’t swap beer or other alcoholic drink of your choice with soft drinks as they too are damaging to male and female fertility. Drink fresh pressed juices, herbal teas and purified water instead to boost your fertility and overall health.
What are your thoughts? Are you a beer lover? Could you give up alcohol for 120 days if your sperm parameters are abnormal?
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My partner has a low sperm motility and we have been trying ttc for more than a year now…. He dosent smoke or drink and we just dont know what to do now. .we dont really have the money for ivf just yet but all i think about is having a baby and it is really getting to me. . Any advice….? Thanks
Hi Kelly,
Thanks for your message.
I’ve got good news for you, sperm motility can be easily addressed naturally in 90-120 days with adequate nutritional support and minor dietary and lifestyle changes. You can read what some of my clients had to say about their before and after sperm analysis in the success stories. So definitely look into providing his body with adequate nutritional support to produce strong, fast swimmers in large quantity. The NFP program contains a detailed protocol for improving sperm parameters if you want to use it you can get more info by clicking on the fertility program link in the main menu. Some of the info you’ll find in there is exactly what nutrients he needs, which foods he needs to avoid and which environmental factors can contribute to poor sperm quality. Also if you’d like you can request a supplement consultation with me and I can prescribe practitioner grade supplements for him.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Warm regards,
Iva
hi, i have low sperm motility.and we been trying to conceived for 6 yrs.pls advice me what kind of doctor will i hav my consultation. coz my urologist told me he cudnt do anything with my motility rate of 20 percent.i dont smoke and drink .any advice?
Hi Denver,
Low sperm motility can be improved naturally. There are other toxins – too many to mention, as well as nutrient
deficiencies which can negatively impact your sperm quality. For complete info on what you need to eliminate
and what you need to add to your diet please refer to the NFP program here: http://www.natural-fertility-prescription.com/nfp-program/
Warm regards,
Iva