Folic Acid and Zinc an Aid to Infertility
Complementary therapies with folic acid and zinc can increase the amount of semen of some men with fertility problems, suggest new investigaciones.El study, which included 100 male subfertility, throws that zinc helps in increasing the number of sperm , increasing the chances for conception.
The researchers say their discovery opens new possibilities in the field of human fertility. These results were published in the journal Fertility and Sterility in the month of March of the year months curso.Dichos researchers, led by Dr. Wong Wai Yee of the University Medical Centre Nijmegen in the Netherlands studied men with fertility problems unknown cause, also comparing a group of fertile men for a period of 26 weeks, both groups of men followed one of four regimens: daily doses of folic acid and zinc, folic acid alone, zinc alone or inactive placebo treatment.
After treatment, subfertile men treated with both supplements showed an increase of 74% in the normal numbers of sperm in their semen. The men in the fertile group had more increase in their sperm than those who took folic acid or zinc alone, according to male infertility reporte.La involves multiple factors, including genetics. According to the team of Wong, animal research also suggests that nutrition affects sperm production.
Folic acid is present in foods such as vegetables, vegetable, legumes and oranges, some cereals and grain products fortified with folic acid. Zinc is found in red meat, poultry and fortified cereals.
