A new study has revealed that there is another, previously undiscovered, reason to avoid saturated fats. Although we have known for some time that saturated fats can be bad for your wellness and wellbeing in all kinds of ways, this new research now shows that it could also be bad for your sexual health.
Saturated fats are found in various types of food, especially junk foods, and in meats and cheese, and a new study has linked the consumption of these products to dwindling sperm counts in Danish men.
The study showed that young Danish men who consumed the highest levels of saturated fats suffered from a 38 percent lower sperm concentration as well as a 41 percent lower sperm count than men who ate lower levels of these types of fat.
Scientists are cautious, pointing out that we cannot be sure that it was a causal effect, but they do point out that saturated fats have been linked to all kinds of other problems within the human body, so it stands to reason that this link may be there for a reason and may pinpoint a further area of damage that can be done to the body by consumption of fat.
Previous research has shown that men who consume healthy products such as wheat, grains, fruit, oats and barley have much more sperm overall as well as much faster and agile sperm, making them far more fertile when it comes to reproduction.
Both studies, however, relied on data taken from young men who were seeking fertility treatment, so may not be an accurate representation of the population of men as a whole, and further research is needed on whether this data still holds true when men who have normal sperm counts are sampled and questioned about their diets.
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