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Male biological clock 'ticks too'

Male biological clock 'ticks too'

Scientists say they have found more evidence that men as well as women have biological clocks and that they start to tick in their mid-30s.A French study of over 12,200 couples having fertility treatment suggests the chance of a successful pregnancy falls when the man is aged over 35. It adds that the chance is significantly lower if he is over 40.

Previous studies have shown that both natural and assisted conception is more difficult if the man is over 40.
The researchers told a European reproductive health conference that it was likely the problems were caused by DNA damage in sperm.

Miscarriage risk
The researchers studied couples who had sought treatment for infertility at the Eylau Centre for Assisted Reproduction in Paris between January 2002 and December 2006.

All were given intrauterine inseminations (IUI), also known as artificial insemination, where sperm is inserted into the womb when the woman is ovulating.
It is given to couples where the woman has no fertility problems and is less invasive than IVF.
The men's sperm were examined for quantity, their ability to move and swim and their size and shape.

Rates of pregnancy, miscarriage and births were recorded.
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In addition, the researchers analysed detailed data on the pregnancies, which allowed them to pinpoint factors associated with the man and the woman.
As expected, maternal age had an effect in women over 35, who had a significantly higher chance of miscarriage and lower rate of pregnancy.
But the team also found that, where the father was in his late 30s, miscarriages were more common than if the man was younger.

And if a man was over 40, the chances of a successful pregnancy were even lower.
For those couples, a third of pregnancies ended in miscarriage and only 10% of treatments resulted in pregnancies.

'Growing evidence'
Dr Stephanie Belloc, who presented the work to the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) conference in Barcelona, said: "This research has important implications for couples wanting to start a family."

She said such couples should be offered IVF (where an egg is fertilised in a lab dish), and where the outer membrane of the egg seems to block sperm with DNA damage, and ICSI (where a sperm is injected directly into an egg), where the best sperm can be selected for use.

"These methods, although not in themselves a guarantee of success, may help couples where the man is older to achieve a pregnancy more quickly, and also reduce the risk of miscarriage," she added.

Dr Allan Pacey, a fertility expert at Sheffield University and secretary of the British Fertility Society, said: "There is growing evidence from a number of studies to show that men are not totally immune from reproductive ageing.

"Previous studies of couples trying to conceive naturally or undergoing IVF have shown that men over the age of about 40 are less fertile than younger men. Moreover, if they do achieve a pregnancy their partners are more likely to miscarry.

"This study reinforces the message that men aren't excused from reproductive ageing."
By Caroline Parkinson
Health reporter, BBC News, Barcelona

Soy cheese products deceive consumers, violate vegans

by Mike Adams

If you visit any natural grocery or health food store these days, you'll notice there are a lot of soy cheese products available. The implied message from the name of these products is that they are made with soy milk, not dairy products, and are therefore either healthier for you or appropriate for people who wish to avoid cow's milk for health reasons. But what they don't tell you is that virtually every soy cheese product on the market is made with a dairy product. That ingredient is casein, a milk protein.

It is, in fact, casein that is associated with most of the health problems and complaints described by people who consume cow's milk and dairy products. Those complaints include chronic sinus congestion, constipation, and even symptoms resembling asthma. That's because casein is a difficult protein for human beings to digest, which is why it is present in smaller quantities in human breast milk. Cows, on the other hand, need casein in larger quantities. The nutritional makeup of cow's milk is vastly different from human milk, which makes it even more bizarre that human beings insist on consuming this beverage produced by members of an entirely different species.

Casein is probably used in soy cheese products because it helps those resemble the taste of real cheese. It also has a quality that helps soy cheese products physically resemble dairy products, and it adds protein content to the cheese. Soy cheese manufacturers get away with adding casein to their products primarily because most consumers don't know what casein really is, and there's no attempt by soy cheese manufacturers to state on the product label that these products contain ingredients derived from cows.

Therein lies the deception: soy cheese products are positioned as alternatives to dairy cheese, and yet they continue to be made with precisely the most nutritionally offensive ingredient found in cow's milk: casein protein.

And it's not just one company doing this -- even Trader Joe's, a natural grocer that offers a wide variety of healthy products, puts casein in their soy cheese products. A company called Galaxy Nutritional Foods, which makes "Veggie Slices," puts casein in their soy cheese as well. The front label of their package even says "Nature's Alternative to Cheese," and it describes the product as "made with the goodness of soy." But my question is that if this is a cheese alternative, what is a milk protein doing in the product? Granted, at least Galaxy Nutritional Foods explains what casein is in their ingredients list. It reads "casein (a dried skim milk protein)". So, there is some attempt on their part to educate consumers about what's in the product, but still, it's made with a milk protein derived from cows, and most people don't read the ingredients to begin with.

If you're into health food products, you can verify all this yourself. Visit any natural grocer or health food store and look at any veggie cheese or soy cheese product on the shelf. You will find that virtually all of them are manufactured with cow's milk protein. This just goes to show you that just because a food product is positioned as being an alternative to dairy products, or just because it is described as being a soy product, doesn't mean that it is free of animal products. This is especially important for vegans, of course, who are increasingly finding that it's difficult to buy any product that isn't made with animal products in one way or another. Even yogurt, you may recall, is colored with an insect-derived natural coloring called carmine, which is made from ground-up, red Cochineal beetles frequently imported from the Canary Islands.

But where carmine is probably good for you, I don't think casein is. Milk proteins are not something that human beings should be consuming on a regular basis, especially not adult human beings. Think about it -- if adults of the human species were supposed to be consuming cow's milk, or casein protein, then this protein would be present in much greater quantities in human breast milk, and we would all continue nursing as adults. And yet that's not the case -- adults are supposed to stop drinking mother's milk. And certainly adult humans are not supposed to be drinking the mother's milk from a four-legged, furry animal. From nature's point of view, it doesn't make any sense at all; in fact, it's rather bizarre. Repulsive, if you ask me.

The next time you go out and shop for natural foods, make sure you start reading the labels. Aside from casein, you'll also find that many so-called "natural" food products contain MSG in the form of yeast extract, another deceptive ingredient used in many natural foods. These include all the popular "meatless" brands you see at the health food stores. It's virtually impossible to find a vegetarian burger that doesn't contain MSG in one form or another. So much for the "natural" claim, huh?

Folks, it's not just the big mainstream food companies that are deceptive in their marketing. Sadly, it's also a bunch of "natural" food companies who have jumped on the health hype bandwagon and are using what I consider to be deceptive product claims and positioning statements that deceive consumers. If you actually believe what the food labels claim, you're gullible. You have to read the ingredients and learn to know the difference between natural ingredients vs. chemical additives like "autolyzed yeast extract" or "hydrolyzed vegetable protein." Believe it or not, companies can even put MSG in a product and call it "natural flavors." I'm not kidding. (Search Google for Dr. Russell Blaylock or "excitotoxins" to learn more about the disastrous health effects of MSG...)

The food companies have learned that they can slap the word "natural" on any product and more people will buy it, even if there's nothing natural about it. I've seen potato chip companies say their products are natural, and that's absurd, because you don't find deep-fried potato chip slices containing trans-fatty acids and acrylamides growing on bushes in nature, so it's not natural, but food manufacturers are certainly allowed to put the word "natural" on the label according to the FDA. Your job as a consumer is to educate yourself so you aren't deceived by bogus product health claims.

In my opinion, a natural product is a kind of product that you might find in nature. Whole tomatoes are natural products, and you could even argue that taco sauce made with ground-up whole tomatoes and natural spices derived from plants is a natural product, but if you start adding chemical taste enhancers like monosodium glutamate, or preservatives, additives, artificial colors, refined sugars and so on, it's not natural at all. Be wary of this term. The Corn Refiner's Association of America even told me in an e-mail that they believe high-fructose corn syrup is natural -- why? Because it's derived from corn! Here's a highly-refined, processed sugar, linked to obesity and diabetes, that the industry insists is a natural product.

If they can call that natural, and if the food giants can call their deep-fried potato chips natural, and if soy cheese manufacturers can put cow's milk products in their soy products and call them natural, then there's really no meaning to the term.

Technically speaking, I could dig up some mercury, lead, arsenic and other toxic substances from the soil, stuff them into a tofu recipe, and sell it as a "100% natural" product. Why? Because it's all derived from the Earth! It's natural, see?

That's why the word "natural" is, essentially, a marketing term for suckers. Its only purpose is to sell products to people who flat out don't know any better. (And by the way, I've learned from talking to so many readers of this site that YOU know better. The readers of this site are really quite well informed and they tend to read labels. It's all the other people you see in the stores -- those typical shoppers -- who are the suckers.)

I have an entire book nearly completed on topics such as this. The working name of the book is, "Health Seduction," and it's about how food companies, cosmetic companies, drug companies and hospitals use deceptive, seductive language to trick consumers into buying needless products and services, all while claiming, "It's good for you!" Watch for it on the TruthPublishing.com website. Sign up to the NaturalNews Insider email newsletter and you'll get an email when this book is released.

In the mean time, be a smart shopper. Read the labels and don't trust "natural" products until you verify they are, indeed, made with wholesome ingredients and no chemical additives.

One final clarification on all this: I am not an opponent of soy products. In fact, I consume all sorts of soy products myself: soy milk, soy protein and tofu. I think soy is a genuine superfood, and recent research has shown that it helps prevent prostate cancer in men, breast cancer in women, and free radical damage. I'm fully aware that there are differing opinions on soy in the natural health community, and I remain open to any new information on the safety and efficacy of soy as it becomes available.

Becareful of Soy foods

Soy foods 'reduce sperm numbers'

A regular diet of even modest amounts of food containing soy may halve sperm concentrations, suggest scientists.

The study, published in the journal Human Reproduction,
found 41 million fewer sperm per millilitre of semen
after just one portion every two days.
The authors said plant oestrogens in foods such as tofu,
soy mince or milk may interfere with hormonal signals.
However, a UK expert stressed that most men in Asia eat more soy-based products
with no fertility problems.

"Oestrogenic compounds in food or the environment
have been of concern for a number of years,
but we have mostly thought that it was boys
exposed in the uterus before birth who were most at risk"
Dr Allan Pacey. Sheffield University

Animal studies have suggested that large quantities
of soy chemicals in food could affect fertility,
but other studies looking at consumption in humans
have had contradictory findings.
The Harvard School of Public Health study looked
at the diets of 99 men who had attended a fertility clinic
with their partners and provided a semen sample.

The men were divided into four groups depending on how much soy they ate,
and when the sperm concentration of men eating the most soy
was compared with those eating the least, there was a significant difference.

The "normal" sperm concentration for a man is
between 80 and 120 million per millilitre,
and the average of men who ate on average a portion of
soy-based food every other day was 41 million fewer.

Dr Jorge Chavarro, who led the study,
said that chemicals called isoflavones in the soy
might be affecting sperm production.
These chemicals can have similar effects to the human hormone oestrogen.

Dr Chavarro noticed that overweight or obese men seemed even more prone to this effect, which may reflect the fact that higher levels of body fat can also lead to increased oestrogen production in men.

Worried men
However, the study pointed out that soy consumption in many parts of Asia was significantly higher than even the maximum found in these volunteers.

Dr Allan Pacey, a senior lecturer in andrology from the University of Sheffield, said that if soy genuinely had a detrimental effect on sperm production, fertility might well be affected in those regions, and there was no evidence that this was the case.

"Many men are obviously worried about whether their lifestyle or diet could affect their fertility by lowering their sperm count.

"Oestrogenic compounds in food or the environment have been of concern for a number of years, but we have mostly thought that it was boys exposed in the uterus before birth who were most at risk.

"We will have to look at adult diet more closely, although the fact that such large parts of the world have soy food as a major part of their diet and don't appear to suffer any greater infertility rates than those on western diets suggests that any effect is quite small."

Fat could harm sperm quality

Health reporter, BBC News, Barcelona

Obese men have poorer quality sperm, perhaps because too much fat around their testicles causes them to heat up, scientists have suggested.
University of Aberdeen researchers looked at the sperm of over 2,000 men in couples having problems conceiving.

The heaviest men had a higher proportion of abnormal sperm, as well as other problems. The scientists told a European fertility conference losing weight probably boosted fertility.

"We are pleased to be able to add improved semen quality to the long list of benefits that we know are the result of an optimal body weight" Dr Ghiyath Shayeb
University of Aberdeen


Being obese is already known to affect women's chances of getting pregnant.
The men were divided into four groups, according to their BMI (body mass index).
Other factors which could affect fertility, such as smoking, high alcohol use and age, were taken into account by the researchers.

Men who had a healthy BMI of 20 to 25 were had higher levels of normal sperm than those who were heavier. They also had higher semen volume, the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology meeting in Barcelona was told.
But those with a higher BMI had lower volumes of seminal fluid, and a higher proportion of abnormal sperm.

There was no significant difference between the four groups in sperm concentration or activity. Other studies have also linked obesity to DNA damage in the sperm.

Semen quality

Dr Ghiyath Shayeb, who led the research, said: "Our findings were quite independent of any other factors and seem to suggest that men who are trying for a baby with their partners, should first try to achieve an ideal body weight.

"This is in addition to the benefit of a healthy BMI for their general well being.
"Adopting a healthy lifestyle, a balanced diet, and regular exercise will, in the vast majority of cases, lead to a normal BMI.
"We are pleased to be able to add improved semen quality to the long list of benefits that we know are the result of an optimal body weight."

The researchers will now look at male BMI in fertile and infertile couples to see if the poorer semen quality is directly linked to poor fertility, and examine further how obesity can damage sperm.

Dr Shayeb said there were a number of possible explanations, including different hormone levels in obese men, overheating of the testicles caused by excessive fat in the area, or simply the lifestyle and diet that leads to obesity also causing poorer semen quality.
Dr Ian Campbell, chair of the charity Weight Concern, said it was known that overweight people had a tendency to have fewer children.


He said there had been a suspicion that was mainly due to lack of opportunity.
"But if weight actually has a detrimental effect on sperm quality, that's really interesting," he said
"It's one more reason for men to lose weight."

By Caroline Parkinson

Paint chemicals 'may harm sperm'

Men regularly exposed to chemicals found in paint may be more prone to fertility problems, research suggests.
Men such as painters and decorators, who work with glycol solvents, are two-and-a-half times more likely to produce fewer "normal" sperm.
The UK study looked at more than 2,000 men attending 14 fertility clinics.
However, the Occupational and Environment Medicine study found a wide range of other chemicals had no impact on fertility.

"Infertile men are often concerned about whether chemicals they are exposed to in the workplace are harming their fertility" Dr Allan Pacey, Sheffield University

Sperm motility - the amount of movement of individual sperm - is an important factor in overall fertility. There had been fears that exposure to a wide variety of workplace chemicals might affect a man's ability to father a child.

The joint research project between the Universities of Manchester and Sheffield looked at two groups of men attending fertility clinics - those with sperm motility problems, and those without them.

The men were questioned about their jobs, lifestyles, and potential exposure to chemicals, revealing a 250% increase in risk of sperm motility problems among those exposed to glycol ethers. These chemicals are widely used as solvents in water-based paints.

This risk was present even after other lifestyle factors, such as smoking, wearing tight underpants, testicular surgery and manual work, were taken into consideration.

'Reassuring'
Dr Andy Povey, from the University of Manchester, said: "We know that certain glycol ethers can affect male fertility and the use of these has reduced over the past two decades.

"However, our work suggests they are still a workplace hazard and further work is needed to reduce such exposure."

However, this was the only chemical linked to fertility problems in men, and Dr Allan Pacey, a fertility specialist from Sheffield University, said that this would ease men's worries.

"Infertile men are often concerned about whether chemicals they are exposed to in the workplace are harming their fertility. Therefore it is reassuring to know that on the whole, the risk seems to be quite low."