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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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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?

Healthy lifestyle and excercise... but I also got an injection prescribed by the doctor as mine was very low (below healthy range both regular and free test). She said that I may have more will for physical excercise after that, so it may help me to get to a point when I can maintain proper levels myself.

Re: Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought

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

I read both links. This one sounds like a bunch of woke people unhappy that mens health is getting attention. The other study sounds legitimate.

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Re: Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought

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Along with the rise of age of adulthood and general hysteria, i would think they are all correlated.

But whether sperm counts are falling or not we need more funding towards artificial reproduction and extracorporal pregnancies, it s such a non-brainer for our fragile and unique species.

Re: Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought

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You mean, reality itself? Does the next moment in time consent to the current one? I don't think we should annihilate ourselves because you can't reconcile it with your clinging to the idea of consent

I referred to the pyramid scheme that we have designed, where people have children and said children work to fund the retirement and pension of old people.

Old people could just accept their death, and pass away peacefully instead of burdening the society with their existence while actively causing harm to younger generations with votes on matters whose consequences they will not experience.

Re: Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought

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> Swan also recommends reducing exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals by being a savvy consumer Most hygiene products get away with listing diethyl phthalate as 'Parfum'. What we need is not savvy consumers what we need is regulators to get serious.

I get reliably downvoted for suggesting this, but we need vastly better labelling across the board. We give companies a lot of leeway when it comes to selling things to put in and on our bodies without us, owners of said bodies, having any way of finding out what the hell is in their products, or where they came from, or how they were processed. It absolutely baffles me how everyone doesn't want considerably more information and transparency about our foods and cosmetics.

Re: Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought

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Do you intend to become elderly? Perhaps not so great news in 50 years when you are looking for a nursing home.

This comments feels a little ambiguous, and driving replies for two separate issues. At a societal level, is an imbalanced population pyramid a problem? Yes, and many countries are solving this by opening up immigration options. Should an individual opting not to have children be expected to have negative consequences in old age? IMHO, no.

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