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Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought

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Post by Jemm »

prox wrote: post #112
standardUser wrote: post #89

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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 inf…

I would be massively in favour of adding a QR Code that details as much as possible (without giving away trade secrets if that is possible) where and how something is sourced and then adding how it was processed. Much like you get a track and trace with a package.

I think you forget that most people don't have basic competency with even their phones. Most have no clue how to scan a QR code.

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Post by dibt »

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

> In other words not much to do

Do you believe you were already as healthy as can be? Those seem like reasonable suggestions. If you were already very fit, the doctor's suggestion might have been discouraging. If you weren't, sounds like there's a lot that can be done.

A sedentary lifestyle with poor nutrition can have a big impact on your health.

EDIT: unfit = zero resistance training, zero cardio, and more "food products" than "real" food.

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Post by swader999 »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #9
willcipriano wrote: post #6

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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.

Have enough investments and fiat to not be the poor sucker who can’t pay for help end of life as the young, productive cohort compresses.

Or just don't be afraid of getting old. We all gotta die at some point. It only takes a week to starve and I can handle that fine.

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Post by standardUser »

starkd wrote: post #170
standardUser wrote: post #128

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I can't remember the last time I talked to a gay man who wasn't on PrEP. It's arguable that in reasonably responsible circles, HIV these days poses little-to-no risk, even among sexually promiscuous people. And most other common STDs are completely curable. The big exception is herpes, the spread of which is not prevented by condoms.

Those HIV medicines tend to wane in efficacy, so they still end up dying much younger. It's not a solution, just an effective treatment.

You don't seem to understand what you are talking about. PrEP prevents the spread of HIV, it is not a medication to treat it.

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Post by ben_w »

candiddevmike wrote: post #131
prox wrote: post #112

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I would be massively in favour of adding a QR Code that details as much as possible (without giving away trade secrets if that is possible) where and how something is sourced and then adding how it was processed. Much like you get a track and trace with a package.

Who cares about hiding trade secrets if those trade secrets are "just a pinch of mercury" or some other nefarious chemical.

In principal, known toxins (when at anything even close to toxic doses when used normally) should be just not allowed in consumer products in the first place.

In practice, people like their alcoholic drinks and don't understand why that by itself is enough to require the Californian proposition 65 "substances at this location are known to cause cancer" sticker.

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Post by guessbest »

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

Do you mean morphology? Supposedly, it can be improved using the following:

> Research has not shown a clear relationship between abnormal sperm shape and tobacco, alcohol, or caffeine use, though some studies suggest that smoking can impair fertility.

https://www.reproductivefacts.org/news-and-publications/pati...

The vitamins suggested are Vitamin C and L-Carnitine, correct?

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Post by SQueeeeeL »

throwawaysleep wrote: post #122
vanderZwan wrote: post #100

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I genuinely hate this (meaning Swan's) take. The modern world is waaaay to complex to offload all responsibility to "consumers". They did it with sustainability, with sweat shops, with food, with cleaning products. It's ridiculous.

With sustainability and sweat shops, the trade off is making things a lot more expensive, so the offloading is more that most people don't care.

Non-regulatory solutions also doesn't empower the market to optimize cost in a productive way (which would cut into profits). In the current economy for the vast majority of products we have two options 1) a cheap option made in horrendous inhumane conditions and 2) a luxury good made in a process that's inherently limited in aim and scope. Globalism basically exports the suffering of the most unregulated markets to the entire planet.

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Post by bmacho »

__alexs wrote: post #26
willcipriano wrote: post #6

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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.

No problem. GPT-42 powered humanoid Tesla robots will be looking after us by then. Probably better conversationalists than your kids anyway /s

this but unironically
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