Why do men need to supplement folic acid?

Many friends will ask that although pregnancy is a woman's own business, women need to supplement folic acid. Supplementing folic acid during pregnancy is very important for the healthy development of the child. So before a woman becomes pregnant, do men also need to supplement folic acid? Then let's find out together whether men also need to supplement folic acid. The following is some relevant knowledge, I believe it will be helpful to your question.

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, analyzed the sperm quality of 89 healthy men and recorded their daily intake of zinc, folic acid, vitamin C, vitamin E and beta-carotene. The results showed that men with the highest folic acid intake had the lowest chance of sperm abnormalities. "That is, if the daily intake is 722-1500 micrograms, the risk factor will be reduced by 20%-30%."

Brenda Eskenazi, a professor at the Children's Environmental Health Center of the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley, and one of the researchers, said that low folic acid levels in men can cause too many or too few chromosomes in their semen. If the egg combines with these abnormal sperm, it may cause newborn defects such as Down syndrome and increase the chance of miscarriage in women.

Li Zheng, director of the Shanghai Human Sperm Bank and chief physician of the Urology Department of Renji Hospital affiliated to the Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, said that in recent years, the medical community has been paying attention to the relationship between dietary nutrition and newborn health.

This American study has opened up a new field. "According to the results of this study, men who want to be fathers can supplement folic acid appropriately, such as eating more green leafy vegetables, fruits, and legumes; and men whose wives are already pregnant do not need to be overly nervous, because even men with insufficient nutrition still have 99% normal sperm."

To sum up, male friends should also supplement folic acid appropriately before having children. Therefore, male friends should also eat more foods containing folic acid before preparing to have children, so as to ensure the healthy development of the children in the future. Now it seems that you have learned the above knowledge that male friends should also supplement folic acid, so hurry up and supplement it.