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Male Infertility: Successful Results Achieved By Antioxidants

According to the World Health Organization (WHO)’s International Committee for Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technology, infertility is a reproductive system disease characterized by failure to achieve clinical pregnancy after 1 year or more of regular sexual intercourse without using contraception. In 8% of couples who are unable to conceive, male infertility is the primary cause.1 In 35%…

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Antioxidants & Male Infertility: Can Supplements Make a Difference?

Modern couples are attempting to procreate in a world of toxins and dietary and lifestyle habits that produce an overabundance of reactive oxygen species (ROS); antioxidant defenses are burdened as a result. Toxins (eg, bisphenol-A and pesticides in food), aging, psychological stress, obesity, poor nutrition, reduced physical activity, high intake of caffeine, high scrotal temperature,…