The effect of dietary patterns on male infertility

Background: Approximately 40% of infertility problems in are men. Male infertility is a multifactorial disease with multiple causes potentially overlapping. With regard to the majority of cases of male infertility due to sperm production defect with unknown causes. Over the past 50 years the Western diet has changed dramatically in America. For example, in the 1950s compared with today s diet more total calories, cheese, added fats, refined grains and added sugar to be formed that reflects a poorer diet. The study shows Reduced sperm count, reduced sperm motility and morphology abnormal in most Western countries with changing in dietary pattern. Aims: The purpose of this review was to elucidate the role of dietary patterns in male reproduction, providing current evidence studies.Methods: Using PubMed and Medline, we searched for publications during the last 10 years (2006-2016) by keywords such as semen quality, infertility, diet, food pattern, semen quality, life style, Mediterranean diet, Western diet and the impact of dietary patterns on male infertility.Result: In studies, dietary patterns affect semen quality such as mobility, concentration, sperm count, sperm morphology, sperm DNA and antioxidant status, so in this way can affect male fertility and in consultation subfertile men are not reversible and unlike some infertility risk factors, diet is an opportunity for intervention.Conclusion: Considering the study, the diet and eating habits with effect on semen quality is closely relatedto male infertility. According to cross-sectional studies, healthier dietary patterns by reducing injuries among couples show that subfertile sperm and sperm mobility among healthy men are correlated.

کلیدواژه ها:

Infertility men ، Semen quality ، Dietary patterns