How Unhealthy Lifestyle Habits May Contribute to Low Sperm Count

Many men seem to be physically strong, but when preparing for pregnancy, they find that the number of sperm is not ideal. It is hard to avoid confusion: What is the problem? 

In fact, there is no need to rush to attribute "poor physique" to the decline in sperm count, which is mostly related to daily habits. Those little things that are neglected are quietly affecting the state of the reproductive system.

Let's talk about whether bad daily habits are the hidden causes of your low sperm count. Help you analyze these hidden reasons, hoping to help you develop good lifestyle habits.

Tobacco and Alcohol

Tobacco and alcohol are very common in life. Many men feel that "smoking, drinking does not matter," or even as a social necessity, but tobacco and alcohol can be called "slow poison" to sperm.

Nicotine in cigarettes can directly invade the testicles and destroy spermatogenic cells. Long-term smoking will gradually damage the growth of sperm. It not only reduces the quantity of sperm but also reduces the quality of sperm, and this damage accumulates over time, making it more difficult to recover.

The harm of alcohol is also significant. Long-term drinking can disrupt the hormone balance in the body, especially the secretion of testosterone, the key hormone for sperm production. 

Hormone disorders can directly lead to insufficient sperm production, but also reduce sperm motility; even if the number is up to standard, the difficulty of pregnancy will increase.

Stay Up Late 

"Staying up late for a while" is the norm for many people, but staying up late not only makes people tired the next day, but also quietly damages the reproductive system.

The human body clock dominates the endocrine system, and sperm production depends on a stable endocrine environment. Staying up late for a long time will completely disrupt the biological clock, lead to hormone secretion disorders, directly interfere with the normal cycle of sperm production, equivalent to the spermatogenic "factory" due to work and rest disorder shutdown, and sperm count naturally can not go up.

Some people think that "sleep can be made up after staying up late," but it is difficult to correct the disorder of the biological clock by making up sleep easily. Staying up late for a long time not only affects sperm count, but also damages immunity, disrupts metabolism, and causes a chain of problems.

Prolonged Sitting and High Temperature

The seemingly comfortable habits of office workers, such as sitting for eight or nine hours a day, preferring tight pants, frequent hot baths or saunas, are "survival torture" for sperm.

Sitting for a long time can compress the perineum and hinder the blood circulation of the testicles. Just as plants wither due to a lack of water, insufficient blood supply to the testicles will directly affect spermatogenesis, and at the same time, it will raise the temperature of the perineum, which is not conducive to sperm survival.

Sperm is naturally "afraid of heat," and the normal temperature for sperm production in the testicles is 1-2 ℃ lower than body temperature. Frequent hot baths, saunas, or long-term wearing of tight and airtight pants can raise testicular temperature and directly inhibit sperm production. Even occasionally, long-term repeated high temperature stimulation will cause irreversible damage to sperm production function.

In addition, sitting for a long time and high temperatures can easily induce reproductive system inflammation, such as epididymitis and prostatitis, which further damages sperm health. If this kind of inflammation occurs, you can pay attention to the natural therapy of Dr. Li's clinic—the Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill. 

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Irregular Diet

"No breakfast, lunch takeout, dinner barbecue" is the normal diet for many people, but sperm production requires adequate and balanced nutrition, and dietary disorders can easily lead sperm into a "nutritional crisis."

Picky eating, anorexia, and excessive dieting will lead to malnutrition or a lack of essential trace elements such as zinc and selenium, which will directly reduce the number and quality of sperm. Long-term intake of high-calorie, high-fat, and high-sugar foods will not only cause obesity, but also disrupt hormone balance and indirectly interfere with sperm production function.

No need to deliberately supplement, as long as you eat three meals regularly, eat more lean meat, fish, and shrimp, nuts, and fresh vegetables and fruits, you can meet the nutritional needs of sperm production. The key is a balanced diet.

Mental Stress

At present, men shoulder the double pressure of family and work, and are in a state of anxiety and tension for a long time, but they do not know that mental stress is also the "invisible killer" of sperm count.

Long-term high pressure can make the body enter a "stress state," cause endocrine disorders, affect the secretion of reproductive hormones, and lead to the "strike" of testicular spermatogenic function. 

Worse still, under high pressure, many people will alleviate it by smoking, drinking, and staying up late, forming a vicious circle of "stress → bad habits → sperm damage".

Irregular Sexual Activity

Either having overly frequent sexual activities or prolonged abstinence can affect the sperm count.

Frequent sex will make it difficult for the function of sperm production in the testicles to keep up with the demand in the short term, resulting in a decrease in the number of sperm; long-term abstinence will make the sperm age and die in the body, resulting in insufficient supply of new sperm, and over time, there will be a low number of sperm.

Maintain regular sexual activity, 1-3 times a week is appropriate, can promote sperm metabolism, and will not bring too much burden to sperm production function.

Conclusion 

In most cases, low sperm count can be improved by adjusting lifestyle habits: smoking a cigarette less, drinking a glass of wine less, going to bed an hour earlier every day, getting up and moving between jobs, eating regular and balanced meals, and learning to decompress. 

To pay attention to reproductive health is also to pay attention to the overall quality of life.