Overcome Male Infertility -Sperm abnormality In Nutritional Supplements Perspective

In nutritional supplements' view point, sperm abnormality is a medical condition as a result of nutritional supplements deficiency due to unhealthy life style and diet that effect the reproductive organs which respond to sperm production. Oxidation due to the inability of immune system in fighting the forming of free radicals, leading to abnormal sperm production.

A. Cause of sperm abnormality
Poor diet, overuse of saunas, ultra-vigorous exercise, lack of exercise, excessive drinking, smoking, obesity, chronic infection, the wearing of tight slacks or underwear, poor general health, occupation, enlarge prostate grand and male hormone imbalance, environment toxins.

B. What to eat and avoid
1. What to eat
a) Organic fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grains, fish, poultry, legumes, nuts, and seed contain high amount of nutrition which are necessary to enhance the reproductive organ to serve its purposes.

b) Since water makes up 70% of our body mass. Intake of 64 ounces of water a day just to maintains our body daily function normally such as keeping the bowel and kidney clear, thus boosting the immune function fighting against the forming of free radical, resulting lessening the of sperm cell deformation. Drink ½ of body weight in ounces of water daily, that helps to relinquish the lost of body fluid and maintain the normal blood flow.

c) Pumpkin seeds
Pumpkin seeds contain high amount of zinc that is an important mineral to improve the function of prostate gland, deficiency of zinc causes low level of testosterone that affects the production of sperm and sperm quality.

2. What to avoid
a) Avoid saturated fats and hydrogenated oils, including margarine
saturated and trans fat cause cholesterol deposit in the blood vessel and hardening the arterial wall, that not only cause heart disease but also reduce blood flow that affect the erection and reduce the production of sperm and sperm abnormality. Using live oil is one of the most effective to increase liver function in eliminating the cholesterol deposit.
b) Drinking
Moderate (150 ml for female and 250ml for male of red wine daily) dinking sure helps to improve the level of testosterol and the blood flow which increases the absorption of nutrition to the cell in the body including cells in the reproductive organ. Excessive drinking damage the liver, thus decreasing the liver function as the first line of defend, guarding the invasion of bacteria and virus and the risk of forming of free radical.
c) Smoking
Smoking reduces the lung function in oxygen adsorption that decreases the blood flow to the reproductive organ as well as distribution of fluid to the organs' need, causing low levels of testosterol, resulting in increasing the risk of sperm abnormality.
d) Junk food
Junk food contains high amount of trans fat (One of human invention that cause cholesterol depositing into the vessel and plaque in arterial wall.) that blocks the blood flow in the blood vessel and increases the blood pressure to the heart in blood transportation, leading to low level of testosterone that affect the healthy sperm production.
e) Sugar
Over intake of simple sugar can increase amount of lipids in the body, leading to the shut down Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (SHBG) which reduces the amount of SHGB protein in the body, resulting in increasing the production of testosterone that affect the production and quality of sperm.
f) Caffeine
Study found that When sperm are treated under laboratory conditions with caffeine, there is a short increase in the percent of motile sperm. However, over the longer term, the percent of moving sperm declines more quickly.
g) Processed and refined foods
Processed foods and refined foods are stripped of important vitamins and nutrients that your body truly needs, thus increasing the risk of nutritional causes of sperm abnormality even with a large amount of calories and still be malnourished.


C. Treatment with Nutritional Supplements
1. Vitamin A

While keeping our eyes, skin, it is one of the important vitamin helps to boost immune system, fighting against the forming of free radicals that reduce of risk of sperm cells radicalization.

2. Vitamin B12

Vitamin B12 plays a key role in the normal functioning of the brain and nervous system as well as forming of blood. Deficiency of vitamin B12 affect the normal process in forming of testosterone, thus increasing the risk of sperm abnormality. Its function of blood forming is also important to increase blood flow the reproductive organs to perform their functions in sperm emission. Vitamin B12 also plays an important role in the creation and maintenance of all the cells and the replication of DNA, including the sperm cells.

3. Vitamin C

Beside playing an important to the immune system, it also has an effect in reduce risk of high sperm agglutination, clumping of sperm that restricts sperm motility. It also is an integral part in a biochemical process that helps to improve the normal production of sperm.

4. Vitamin E

In the male reproductive physiology, vitamin E improves the membranes of germ cells by increasing the immune system against pre oxidation and oxidation as spermatozoa are very sensitive to oxidation.

Zinc is a very important mineral that helps to maintain a healthy prostate gland. Deficiency of zinc causes enlarged prostate that increases the risk sexual dysfunction and lowers the forming of free testosterone, causing low sperm count and sperm quality.

6. Selemiun

Selemiun not only has an effect as anti-oxidative agent at cellular level, it also plays an important role in the synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA). Deficiency of selenium can increase the risk of abnormal sperm duplication, thus sperm abnormality.

7. Copper

Although Copper is not considered as an essential mineral in male fertility, but deficiency of copper can effect the absorption of zinc, thus forming an inseparable part for a healthy gland in assisting the production of sperm.

8. Flaxseed oil

Essential fatty acid beside protects cell membranes by admitting healthy substances while barring damaging ones, including the sperm cell, it also help to keep the prostate gland healthy against the swelling and inflammation, thus reducing the risk of forming of abnormal sperm cells as a result of low level of testosterone and sexual dysfunction.

9. L-Arginine

Beside serving as an essential supplement to aid sexual dysfunction by increasing the blood flow to the reproductive organs as a result of converting nitrogen into nitric oxide (NO), it also is important to treat a decreased motility not due to infection or to immunological disorder.

10. Coenzyme Q10

Beside playing an essential role in metabolic and antioxidant functions, it is important supplement which affects sperm cell kinetic features by reducing the risk of altering cell membranes, tampering with DNA due to oxidation.

11. L-carnitine

Carnitine besides treating varicocele in male infertility, it is also an essential nutrient that effect against lipid peroxidation of phospholipid membranes and against oxidative stress induced at the myocardial and endothelial cell level of sperm cells. Several studies suggest that L-carnitine supplementation may increase sperm count and mobility.