If you are underweight, your body will often feel hungry, which can shut down your reproductive system. Men and women with a body mass index below 20 will basically have low fertility. Relatively speaking, overweight women are slightly more fertile than overweight men. Even a mildly overweight man with a body mass index of 25 will have a sperm count that is 22% lower than that of a normal-weight man of the same age. For women, obese women with a body mass index of more than 30 may have their fertility reduced by half. For the treatment of male infertility, dietary therapy is also one of the methods of traditional Chinese medicine. However, the specific choice of dietary therapy needs to be determined based on the actual clinical situation.

How to protect men’s sperm quality

Avoid sexually transmitted infections

Sexually transmitted infections often have few symptoms and the damage is not discovered until a couple is trying to have a baby. In particular, chlamydial infections are on the rise. In 10% of cases, the damage caused to the fallopian tubes by chlamydial infection is enough to render women infertile without obvious symptoms. "Women aged 16 to 24 are susceptible to chlamydia, but they tend not to have children in this age group, so it is many years before the first infection is known."

Watch your caffeine intake

Excessive caffeine increases the risk of miscarriage, although how much is too much is unclear. A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine by the NIH's Institute of Child Health and Human Development found that women who drink five or more cups of coffee a day are twice as likely to have a miscarriage than women who drink less coffee. Research also shows caffeine may enhance the side effects of alcohol. Young people drink too many acidic drinks containing caffeine and sugar every day, which not only makes people gain weight but also easily causes infertility.

Stay cool

Heat is bad for sperm production, and the fact that a man's testicles drop to such a vulnerable position obviously makes this the case. The ideal temperature is 3 to 4 degrees Celsius lower than body temperature. Any increase in temperature will affect sperm count. Every 1 degree Celsius increase will affect sperm count. It will drop sharply by 40%. Scientists speculate that overheating may explain the low sperm counts in men with seated jobs such as taxi drivers and long-haul truck drivers: Carefully placed thermometers showed that scrotal temperatures increased by 2.2°C within 2 hours of sitting in a car.

Eating reasonable food can also ensure sperm quality

Of course, for men with abnormal semen who have the following corresponding syndromes, it is quite effective to eat the following dietary remedies in a reasonable manner. It is recommended that those with similar situations flexibly choose the following dietary remedies for health care. If necessary, you can also take Chinese patent medicine or Chinese medicine decoction.

1. Codonopsis venison soup: 750 grams of venison, 30 grams each of Codonopsis pilosula and Astragalus membranaceus, 15 grams Atractylodes macrocephala, 9 grams Eucommia ulmoides, 12 grams Gorgon fruit, 20 grams wolfberry, 12 grams each Poria, Angelica and Rehmannia glutinosa, 9 grams Cistanche deserticola, 3 grams of cinnamon, 15 grams of white peony root, 10 grams each of Ziziphus spinosus and Pleurotus chinensis, 6 grams each of Polygala, epimedium, pepper, curculigo, psoralen, and Alisma, 15 grams each of Cuscuta and Chinese yam, and Achyranthes achyranthes. 9 grams, 100 grams of ginger, 250 grams of green onions, appropriate amount of salt. Method: Wash the venison with clean water, remove the bones, remove the fascia, blanch it in a boiling water pot, take it out, cut it into about 2 cm square pieces, and break the bones. After the above medicines are prepared according to the recipe, put it in a clean gauze bag, soak it in water and put it into the pot together with the venison and deer bones. Pour in an appropriate amount of water, wash the ginger and green onion, smash them into pieces and put them into the pot. Grind the pepper. Mix the powder and salt thoroughly and put in a small bowl. Set aside. First, bring the soup to a boil over high fire, skim off the foam, then simmer over slow fire for 2-3 hours. When the venison is cooked, place it into bowls and season lightly with pepper and salt. Eat with meals, eat meat and drink soup, 1 to 3 times a day, 150 ml to 200 ml each time. This prescription has the effects of replenishing qi and blood, warming and nourishing kidney yang, strengthening the spleen and calming the heart. It is suitable for oligospermia, thin semen, soreness and weakness of waist and knees, cold sensitivity, impotence, spermatorrhea, etc. caused by insufficient kidney yang; and mental fatigue, sallow complexion, heart palpitations, insomnia, etc. caused by deficiency of heart and spleen and insufficient qi and blood. disease.

2. Sea cucumber, bird's nest and eel soup: appropriate amounts of sea cucumber, bird's nest and eel, or 1 purple river car. Method: Wash the above ingredients into coarse powder, add water and boil them; or make a fresh purple river cart and boil them until they are very soft. Take the soup and drink it as you like. Sea cucumbers are rich in nutrients. The famous old Chinese doctor Shi Jinmo is good at using sea cucumbers to treat cold scrotum and lack of sperm, often with good results. Bird's nests are made from the saliva of swiftlets or a mixture of saliva and down feathers, and are rich in glue. It contains nutrients, protein, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, etc. It is a good nourishing product, which can strengthen yang and replenish qi, clear essence and replenish marrow; and eel contains protein and vitamin A. The combination of various medicines can strengthen the spleen and kidneys, nourish essence and warm yang.

3. Pig kidney soup: 1 pair of pig kidneys, 10 grams of rhizome root, appropriate amount of salt and other seasonings. Method: Remove the fascia and glands from the pig kidneys, cut into pieces and cut into fine flowers, add the bone and rhinoplasty into the pot, add an appropriate amount of water and simmer for 1 hour, add a little salt and seasoning and serve. Eat with meals, 1 to 3 times a day, 150 ml to 200 ml each time. This prescription has the effect of nourishing the kidneys and replenishing essence. It is suitable for men with abnormal semen, thin and sparse semen, cold and painful lower abdomen, etc.

4. Cynomorium stewed with chicken soup: 20 grams of Cynomorium, 2 slices of ginger, 2 red dates, 6 chicken testicles, and a little salt each. Method: Wash Cynomorium Cynomorium and chicken testicles separately with water and set aside. Wash the ginger with clean water, scrape off the skin, cut into 2 slices and set aside. Wash the red dates with clean water, remove the core and set aside. Put all the above ingredients into a casserole, add water, and simmer for 4 hours. Season with a little salt when eating. Eat with meals, 1 to 3 times a day, 150 ml to 200 ml each time. This prescription has the effect of nourishing the kidneys and strengthening essence. It is suitable for patients with kidney deficiency and low sperm count, impotence, listlessness, pain in the waist and spine, soreness and weakness in the knees, etc.

5. Huaiyam eel soup: 1 eel, 30 grams each of yam and wolfberry, 10 grams each of Cistanche deserticola, Morinda officinalis and Astragalus membranaceus, a little Shaoxing wine and salt. Method: Blanch the eel in boiling water to remove the mucus and coagulate the blood in the eel body. After blanching, open the eel belly and remove the intestines, but do not remove the blood from the eel. Cut the eel into sections, mix it with shredded ginger and Shaoxing wine, put it into a stew pot, add astragalus root, yam, wolfberry, Cistanche deserticola, and Morinda officinalis, and add water. If you can drink, you can add wine and water. Half. Simmer in water for 4 hours, add salt and serve. Eat with food, fish and soup, 1 to 3 times a day, 150 ml to 200 ml each time. This prescription has the effect of nourishing the kidneys and replenishing essence. Deficiency of kidney yang leads to abnormal semen, dead semen or thin semen, lack of energy, rheumatic joint pain, etc.