Adding new seafood to the diet could help make sex life for couples, and even their fertility, according to recent research. The study could not prove cause and effect, but couples who consumed more fish each week were more likely to conceive children during the year of the study.
Food provides the energy necessary for the body to function, and nutrients to defend against diseases. When cooking, we usually choose the first ones that come to mind when we feel hungry. Although we also usually select them for the opposite reason, that is, we seek to stimulate our appetite… sexual!
“Our study suggests that seafood can have many reproductive benefits, including a shorter time for pregnancy and more frequent sexual activity,” said study author Audrey Gaskins of Harvard’s TH Chan School of Public Health in Boston.
The new research was funded by the US National Institutes of Health. UU For the study, Harvard researchers tracked the results of 500 couples in Michigan and Texas for a year. All couples were planning a pregnancy, and couples who recorded the highest amount of seafood intake maintained higher daily rates of sexual activity.
The results showed that couples who ate seafood more than twice a week had sex more frequently. An average of 22% more frequent than couples who consumed less fish. In addition, 92% of couples who ate seafood more than twice a week were expecting a child by the end of the study. Compared to 79% of couples who ate seafood less often, according to the report.
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The researchers noted that this link between seafood intake and pregnancy could not be explained only by the more frequent sex that couples had. This suggests that seafood intake could affect semen quality, ovulation or embryo quality.
“Our results emphasize the importance not only of the female diet but also male in time for pregnancy and suggests that both parties should incorporate more shellfish into their diets to obtain the maximum fertility benefit,” Gaskins said in a press release. Endocrine Society.
Dr. Tomer Singer directs reproductive endocrinology and infertility at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. He did not participate in the new study, and stressed that a cause and effect relationship is not clear based on the results.
It is uncertain “if these couples benefit from the real ingredients found in seafood,”Singer said. Maybe “these findings were a coincidence and these couples were actually healthier, were used to a healthier diet in general or had more dates for a ‘sushi night’,” he reasoned.
Fish is rich in protein and other nutrients that are beneficial for pregnant women and those who try to conceive. But many pregnant women limit their intake due to fears about exposure to mercury.
“What is certain is that this study will help couples who avoid seafood because of the fear of high mercury to consume seafood two or three times a week. Since most seafood in the United States have low levels of mercury “Singer said.
