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Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought

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Re: Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought

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Post by oldsklgdfth »

HideousKojima wrote: post #13

Non-paywalled link: https://archive.ph/AfzEs I've heard a lot of theories about what is causing this, the most common being plastics, increased sugar consumption, more people worldwide being overweight/obese, more people worldwide being sedentary/less physically active, exposure to various harmful chemicals, and more. I'd assume it's probably a combination of several factors, but similar to plummeting male testostero…

BPF is a common used in packaging, water bottles, etc. "BPF exhibits similar estrogenic and anti-androgenic effects on the mammalian endocrine system to those of bisphenol A (BPA)"[0].

I'm very curious how large a factor this is. Personally, once I realized how much plastic I used - from water bottles to food containers - I became very concerned and stopped using it.

More intuitive explanations make sense to me, like unhealthy, non-active and stress filled lifestyles.

[0] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28741210/

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ghiculescu wrote: post #29
PartiallyTyped wrote: post #5

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Already have.

As a young adult, I am asked to reconcile paying and working for old people, most of whom despise my very existence because I am not cis-het, people who repeatedly called for my death, people who go on twitter tirades about how LGBT people shouldn't exist and in the process making a their base of borderline functioning adults more rabid, my taxes and work pay so that said rabid animals have healthcare while they vote to deny mine.

I have to fund the pension of people who tried to indoctrinate me into their religion by instilling fear into a younger me, telling me that I will go to hell every single day for being a non believer, or for being different.

With all due respect, humanity is a steaming pile of garbage.

Re: Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought

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Post by HideousKojima »

bhouston wrote: post #31

This article covering well done meta analysis seems to be a lot more reputable that what was on this site 3 weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33582534 I wonder if it gets as many upvotes? Or if hacker news prefers to get its fertility analysis from theoretical physicists.

Your link is broken, so I'm not sure what you're trying to argue.

EDIT: thanks for fixing the link

Re: Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought

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Post by compiskey »

rayiner wrote: post #22
compiskey wrote: post #12

But are they? https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/05/fears-over-fa...

> In addition, they argued that the design of the 2017 study relied on racist and colonial hierarchies and assumptions This response sounds like real science for sure.

No post body was provided.

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Post by TheLoafOfBread »

giraffe_lady wrote: post #47
MonkeyMalarky wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pornhub causing the fall of civilization and not nuclear proliferation or global warming? That's a new one.

You clearly don't hang out with enough catholics & evangelicals. In all seriousness this is a mainstream-ish opinion in some religious circles.

Well I would expect that when you are using something often, then it will go stronger like muscles. So more wanking -> more sperm count. But I am just guessing here.

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Post by HuShifang »

swarnie wrote: post #55
ChuckNorris89 wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>to get testosterone to normal level, How does one do that exactly?

Less soy?

No, you'd need to be chugging multiple jugs of soy milk a day for that to (maybe) matter. Better would be to lift, eat better, sleep, etc.

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Post by andai »

Inviz wrote: post #8

I had a test recently and I have 0% "normal" sperms, when 4%-14% is the normal range. Pretty radical. The doctor said to take vitamins, to get testosterone to normal level, and to excercise. In other words not much to do

Am I reading this right that the average person has 86-96% abnormal sperm?

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Post by bhouston »

kneebonian wrote: post #39

It is interesting, I have a friend group that consists of about 5 married couples all of whom have been having issues conceiving and have been trying for a while now, but are still having issues. Curiously enough my wife and I just had our 4th and every time we've conceived within two months (even when I was hoping it would take a little longer). From what I hear our friends story is not unusual and many in our age b…

> the potential impact of the increased difficulty in having children is.

Less people in the world. Look at Japan and South Korean population projections out 50 to 75 years -- they may cut their populations in half, and it could keep going? Hard to extrapolate trends out that far though...

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Post by yourusername »

ChuckNorris89 wrote: post #44
Inviz wrote: post #8

I had a test recently and I have 0% "normal" sperms, when 4%-14% is the normal range. Pretty radical. The doctor said to take vitamins, to get testosterone to normal level, and to excercise. In other words not much to do

>to get testosterone to normal level, How does one do that exactly?

There's several ways. Get enough sleep, eat healthy fats, quit alcohol, lift weights, reduce body fat to a healthy level (but not too much) increase vitamin/mineral intake if you are deficient. Or go on TRT.
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