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Raw Paleo Diet Forums => Info / News Items / Announcements => Topic started by: wodgina on October 21, 2008, 05:23:21 pm
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Wonder why the kiwi's have such dramatic reduction in sperm counts?
I've got a mate and matette who's trying to have kids at the moment in NZ and can't
http://www.theage.com.au/news/lifeandstyle/parenting/kiwi-sperm-quality-in-free-fall/2008/10/21/1224351208157.html (http://www.theage.com.au/news/lifeandstyle/parenting/kiwi-sperm-quality-in-free-fall/2008/10/21/1224351208157.html)
are we seeing pottengers cats in fast forward? no one really seems to care that much but looking at these figures it's looking very bad. Could it be bogus?
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It's not bogus at all, although the article is dead-wrong in stating that sperm-count decline is only happening in New Zealand. In fact, it seems to be happening on a worldwide scale, though I would assume that developing countries where people are on less processed diets are probably beter off:-
http://www.cqs.com/esperm.htm
A long time back, I did some exhaustive Googling on the subject of the benefits of organ-meats and I found an exchange between zoo-directors which mentioned how several large carnivore species would steadily decline in fertility if they were denied access to organ-meats - this didn't apply to wild animals taken to zoos from the wild but it did apply, aparently, to wild animals which had spent their whole lives in zoos. Can't remember the reference , right now, though.
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That cat fertility problem was in "Nutrition and Physical Degeneration" although not in detail.
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I increased my sperm count with raw oysters twice a week in my diet way before I ever heard about healthy eating. I measured it with before and after readings. From 100 million / ml to 300 million / ml.
Must have something to do with their current living conditions and diet.