Does eating betel nut affect sperm quality?

Will eating betel nut affect the quality of sperm? The answer is yes. Although betel nut has some benefits, many people eat it as a snack. It also has some medicinal value, such as the effect of reducing phlegm. However, eating betel nut for a long time is not advisable. It will damage the sexual function of both men and women. There is no doubt that it will affect the quality of male sperm, so it is recommended not to eat it.

In the past, only Southeast Asian countries and Taiwan had the habit of eating betel nuts, but now many friends in China have also started to eat betel nuts. According to relevant surveys, eating betel nuts will have adverse effects on the human body, and most of the people who eat betel nuts are men. Will eating betel nuts affect sexual function?

Zhou Zheyi, a nephrologist at the China Medical University Hospital, and others analyzed the health examination data of more than 3,200 men in Yunlin. Among them, 20.7% had chronic kidney disease and 13.1% often chewed betel nut. The results showed that chewing betel nut is an independent risk factor for chronic kidney disease. Men who often chew betel nut have an average of 2.57 times the risk of chronic kidney disease.

In addition to causing oral cancer, liver cancer and cirrhosis, chewing betel nut has also been found to be associated with central obesity, metabolic syndrome and diabetes in recent years. Now it has been discovered for the first time that betel nut may cause chronic kidney disease. It is worth noting that the risk of chronic kidney disease increases five to eight times for middle-aged betel nut users aged 55 to 65. Zhou Zheyi pointed out that middle-aged people are prone to kidney disease, and chewing betel nut may accelerate the deterioration of kidney disease. In the past, a study by the Department of Nephrology of the Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital found that among dialysis patients, the one-year mortality rate of betel nut chewers was as high as 37.5%, while that of non-betel nut chewers was only 6.6%.

Fruits and vegetables containing vitamin E and various trace elements can resist germs that damage sperm. Therefore, you should eat more foods containing vitamin E and trace elements. Adding 600 mg of vitamin E every day can improve sperm motility.

Men who smoke more than one pack of cigarettes a day always have weaker sperm motility than non-smokers. But after quitting smoking, you should be especially careful not to get anxious, because that will cause a drop in testosterone, resulting in a decrease in sperm.