Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/ufXT9FHoXAs   Thinking of fathering a child or having problems doing just that.  A new Swedish study shows that only 2 weeks of healthy eating including a lots of sugar the second week might boost your odds.   The investigators checked sperm quality for 15 healthy young men before and at the end of two weeks of controlled healthy eating.  During the second week, the healthy offerings were joined by sugary soda and pastries.   At the beginning, one-third of the men had low sperm motility.  At the end, all had vigorous swimmers!  We don’t know yet whether the healthy diet or the sugar did the trick.  For best results, use both.   Daniel Nätt, Unn Kugelberg, Eduard Casas, Elizabeth Nedstrand, Stefan Zalavary, Pontus Henriksson, Carola Nijm, Julia Jäderquist, Johanna Sandborg, Eva Flinke, Rashmi Ramesh, Lovisa Örkenby, Filip Appelkvist, Thomas Lingg, Nicola Guzzi, Cristian Bellodi, Marie Löf, Tanya Vavouri, Anita Öst. Human sperm displays rapid responses to diet. PLOS Biology, 2019; 1