Men should abstain from drinking at least three months prior to conceiving
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Re: Men should abstain from drinking at least three months prior to conceiving
#2> He also noted that it doesn’t take excessive alcohol use ...
> “In the models we’re using, even drinking three to four beers after work several days a week can induce [bad stuff for sperm],” Golding said. “You may not feel inebriated, but your body is going through chemical changes.”
Vs. the CDC's current upper limit for "moderate" male drinking is 2 drinks/day, and they're very quick to specify that "a" beer is at most 12 oz. of 5% ABV (or 8 oz. of 7% ABV, or ...). One 16 oz. pint of 7.5% is two drinks.
That said, with how many acres of "skin in the game" it is to become a father - I'd say to abstain for 6 months. If nothing else, it sends a loud "I'm taking daddyhood d*mned seriously" signal to your wife.
Re: Men should abstain from drinking at least three months prior to conceiving
#3Am I missing something - what negative effects are there?
> "I need to program the offspring to be able to adapt to that kind of environment"
What does this mean?
Re: Men should abstain from drinking at least three months prior to conceiving
#4> He also noted that it doesn’t take excessive alcohol use ... > “In the models we’re using, even drinking three to four beers after work several days a week can induce [bad stuff for sperm],” Golding said. “You may not feel inebriated, but your body is going through chemical changes.” Vs. the CDC's current upper limit for "moderate" male drinking is 2 drinks/day, and they're very quick to specify that "a" beer is at…
in northern culture, the CDC's recommendation is laughable. Excessive drinking is a regular thing where its cold
Re: Men should abstain from drinking at least three months prior to conceiving
#5> He also noted that it doesn’t take excessive alcohol use ... > “In the models we’re using, even drinking three to four beers after work several days a week can induce [bad stuff for sperm],” Golding said. “You may not feel inebriated, but your body is going through chemical changes.” Vs. the CDC's current upper limit for "moderate" male drinking is 2 drinks/day, and they're very quick to specify that "a" beer is at…
in northern culture, the CDC's recommendation is laughable. Excessive drinking is a regular thing where its cold
Sure, and during COVID we kept the liquor stores open--so alcoholics in withdrawal weren't a problem when we had bigger fish to fry. Do you think that's a good thing?
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Re: Men should abstain from drinking at least three months prior to conceiving
#7This is a research report, and despite the recommendation being about as non-harmful as you can get, it shouldn't be used for health advice. Even systematic literature reviews are a stretch for health advice as opposed to tertiary sources, such as the CDC or Mayo Clinic websites.
Re: Men should abstain from drinking at least three months prior to conceiving
#8> He also noted that it doesn’t take excessive alcohol use ... > “In the models we’re using, even drinking three to four beers after work several days a week can induce [bad stuff for sperm],” Golding said. “You may not feel inebriated, but your body is going through chemical changes.” Vs. the CDC's current upper limit for "moderate" male drinking is 2 drinks/day, and they're very quick to specify that "a" beer is at…
I would say that 3-4 beers several times a week is allot of alcohol.
It is an amount where I would definitely start to think that ones life would be degraded in certain ways by the amount of alcohol consumed.
Where I live the recommendations are that people that drink 10 or more units of alcohol per week should be provided support from the healthcare system to reduce their drinking.
Re: Men should abstain from drinking at least three months prior to conceiving
#9> He also noted that it doesn’t take excessive alcohol use ... > “In the models we’re using, even drinking three to four beers after work several days a week can induce [bad stuff for sperm],” Golding said. “You may not feel inebriated, but your body is going through chemical changes.” Vs. the CDC's current upper limit for "moderate" male drinking is 2 drinks/day, and they're very quick to specify that "a" beer is at…
3-4 beers after work several days per week seems like a drinking problem imho.
Re: Men should abstain from drinking at least three months prior to conceiving
#10> He also noted that it doesn’t take excessive alcohol use ... > “In the models we’re using, even drinking three to four beers after work several days a week can induce [bad stuff for sperm],” Golding said. “You may not feel inebriated, but your body is going through chemical changes.” Vs. the CDC's current upper limit for "moderate" male drinking is 2 drinks/day, and they're very quick to specify that "a" beer is at…
I would say that 3-4 beers several times a week is allot of alcohol. It is an amount where I would definitely start to think that ones life would be degraded in certain ways by the amount of alcohol consumed. Where I live the recommendations are that people that drink 10 or more units of alcohol per week should be provided support from the healthcare system to reduce their drinking.
90% of alcoholic drinks are consumed by the top 10%. Something like 40% of people don't drink ANY alcohol, another 10% a few times a year, 10% maybe once a month, the last once a week, and the final group, drinks 10-20 drink per day...