Embryology and Reproduction scientists discovered that men who are obese have worse sperm than men who had average weight. “There is a very long list of health hazards from being overweight,” said Ghiyath Shayeb, the study’s lead researcher at the University of Aberdeen. “Now we can add poor semen quality to the list.”

With that being said they have not totally proven that it can hurt their chanced of having children. “If you have a man who isn’t fantastically fertile with a normal partner who is fertile, her fertility will compensate,” said Dr. William Ledger, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Britain’s University of Sheffield. Yet, if both partners are heavy then there is a chance that there will be problems. Obesity does decrease women’s fertility.

Shayeb and his fellow colleagues studied the sperm samples from over 5,000 men from Scotland and divided them into groups according to their BMI (Body Mass Index). Men who had an optimal BMI (20 to 25) had higher levels of normal sperm than those who were overweight or obese.

Larger men had a 60% higher chance of having a lower amount of semen and a 40% higher chance of having sperm abnormalities. They also found that underweight men were just as likely to have the same problems as obese men. “But there were not many underweight men in Scotland,” he noted.

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Dr. Peter C.Y. Tong from the Prince Wales Hospital at the Chinese University of Hong Kong believes that the majority of men with type 3 diabetes must pay attention to these warnings and see a doctor immediately if they have ED no matter how embarrassing it is. “You must take action now to improve upon these modifiable risk factors,” Dr. Tong said.

Doctors can inspect them to see if they have any other heart or cardiovascular problems. Treatment may include different medications, exercise, or a new diet. Out of 118 men that suffered from ED close to 30% of them also suffered from serious cardiac problems over a 7 year span.

Erectile dysfunction is a good predictor of heart disease or stroke because both conditions occur when certain arteries fail to expand fully in response to stimulus. Because the arteries in the penis are smaller than those in the heart, for instance, the condition might show up sooner.

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