Improper diet can lead to many diseases, and recent surveys have shown that some foods, if consumed frequently, can lead to infertility. Therefore, high attention should be paid to daily diet. For couples who want to have a baby, they should pay attention to the following foods that can easily cause infertility.
Alcohol
Scientific research has proven that the main component of alcohol is ethanol. Ethanol can increase the concentration of catecholamines in the body, cause vasoconstriction, incomplete testicular development, and even testicular atrophy. This leads to structural changes in sperm production function, insufficient secretion of male hormones such as testosterone, and symptoms of feminization such as a thinner voice and enlarged breasts. Such individuals are prone to male infertility, and even if they conceive, the likelihood of the next generation having deformities is also high. In women, it can cause irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, abnormal egg production, loss of libido, or cessation of ovulation.
Carrots
Carrots are rich in carotene, various vitamins, and other nutrients beneficial to the human body. Gynecological experts at Rutgers Medical School in New Jersey, USA, have found that after women eat too many carrots, the large amount of carotene ingested can cause amenorrhea and inhibit the normal ovulation function of the ovaries. Therefore, women who wish to conceive should not eat too many carrots.
Crude Cottonseed Oil
Long-term consumption of crude cottonseed oil can cause a sun-related illness, with symptoms that appear after sun exposure, including general weakness, reduced sweating, hot and flushed skin, palpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness, numbness in the limbs, and loss of appetite. More serious effects are damage to the reproductive system. Experimental studies have shown that after rats feed on feed containing crude cottonseed oil for about 4 months, their testicles significantly shrink, sperm cells are significantly reduced or even disappear, the uterus shrinks, the endometrium and glands atrophy, the ovaries mildly atrophy, and the renal parenchymal cells have mild edema. Adult men who take gossypol, an extract of cottonseed oil, at 60-70 mg per day for 40 days, will have all their sperm killed in a short period and gradually disappear from the semen; women can experience amenorrhea or uterine atrophy. Therefore, young people of childbearing age should not consume it long-term.
Coffee
Researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in the USA studied 104 women who wished to become pregnant and concluded that coffee has a direct impact on conception. Among these women, those who drank more than one cup of coffee a day had only half the chance of becoming pregnant as those who did not drink this beverage. Therefore, they suggest that if women plan to become pregnant, they should drink less coffee.
It should be noted that the nutrients in foods such as coffee, carrots, and sunflower seeds are essential for the human body. This article only limits the amount of consumption, while roasted beef and mutton, and crude cottonseed oil should be listed as forbidden foods.
Roasted Beef and Mutton
Eating roasted beef and mutton is a habit of residents in Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang and other places. Some people have found that a small number of women who love to eat roasted lamb give birth to children with mental retardation, paralysis, or deformities. After investigation and modern medical research, these women and their deformed children are all victims of Toxoplasma gondii infection. When people come into contact with livestock and poultry infected with toxoplasmosis and eat undercooked meat from these animals, they can often be infected.
Garlic
Excessive consumption of garlic can deplete a person's vital energy and has a significant sperm-killing effect. For young people of childbearing age, excessive consumption has an adverse effect on fertility, so it should not be eaten in large quantities.
Sunflower Seeds
The protein part of sunflower seeds contains components that inhibit the testes, which can cause testicular atrophy and affect normal reproductive function. Therefore, young people of childbearing age should not eat too many.