Hello everybody this is Monica Reinagle and you're listening to

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today is the second of a two-part series on nutrition well and

feeling fabulous. Today is the second of a two-part series on nutrition and fertility.

Last week I talked about dietary factors that affect women's reproductive health,

but obviously it takes two people to make a baby and nutrition has a significant impact on men's reproductive function as well.

So this week's episode focuses on the things men can do to enhance their fertility.

And now on to today's show

about how nutrition affects male fertility.

Now first, I just want to reiterate something I said last week.

Most of the information I'm talking about today is gleaned from

observational and not experimental data.

In other words, we're looking at the associations between various nutritional

factors and male fertility. We don't know for certain that adopting these habits

improves fertility. However, seeing as all of them are consistent with overall good health,

there certainly doesn't seem to be any harm in trying.

With that said, let's dig into factors associated with male fertility.

There's an old saying that a gentleman should never ask a lady about her age or her weight.

And if that's true, fertility doctors are no gentleman.

As I talked about last week, both factors play a big role in women's fertility.

But guess what, guys?

Both of these factors also apply to you.

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