Posted on 10/27/2005 11:37:16 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Problem drinking may dampen both a man's sex life and his chances of having children, according to a new study.
Researchers in India found that men being treated for alcoholism had lower testosterone levels and more sperm abnormalities than non-drinkers did. They also had a far higher rate of erectile dysfunction (ED) - 71 percent, versus 7 percent of abstainers.
Some past studies have suggested that heavy drinking can take a toll on men's reproductive health. One recent study found that couples had a higher miscarriage risk if the man had consumed 10 or more drinks a week around the time of conception.
Also, it's known that alcoholic men can develop signs of low testosterone, including shrunken testicles and enlarged breasts.
The new findings add to evidence that heavy drinking, at least among alcoholics, may harm both men's sex lives and their fertility, according to the study authors, led by Dr. K. R. Muthusami of Kovai Medical Center and Hospital in Coimbatore, India.
"Men are advised to refrain from chronic alcohol consumption if they want to procreate and lead a normal sex life," the researchers conclude in the medical journal Fertility & Sterility.
On the other hand, it's unlikely that light drinking would have any significant effect on men's fertility, Muthusami told Reuters Health.
The study included 66 non-smoking men who had sought treatment for alcoholism, along with 30 non-smokers who had never consumed alcohol. On average, alcoholic men had a significantly lower sperm count, but more abnormal sperm, as well as lower testosterone levels and changes in other reproductive hormones.
According to the researchers, these findings likely reflect direct damage to the testicles caused by excessive alcohol. Alcohol, Muthusami said, enters the testicles directly and can both cut testosterone production and harm the quality of semen.
But the potential harm is not limited to men. Other studies, the researcher noted, have found heavy drinking to impair women's reproductive health as well.
SOURCE: Fertility & Sterility, October 2005.
Which one?
If you're 5'4", it is.
25.5 ounces in a fifth.
I'll have to do some serious research on that one . Get back to ya later. Or not.
Anybody know if there are grants available for this type of activity?
A fifth? Who buys their bottles that small? I go for the big jugs!
This ex[plains Ted Kennedy.
Good one! He's like the poster child for their research...
a fifth is the perfect size for a drink with dinner.
Then you'll want to avoid looking directly at post #20, just as you would want to avoid looking directly at Teddy in person!
Yep ~ it harmed mine ~ I only fathered five or six kids during my drinking days. ;)
LOL, my friend drinks and he has 5.
What a load of crap. My Dad was the town drunk and my Mom had 9 NINE living children, 1 misscarriage and twins that died died because they were premature (l944). If the twins were born today, they would probably have lived with the medical technology we have today.
DO NOT BELIEVE THIS BUNCH OF DO-DO. By the way, I do not drink at all and do not recommend it.
Ya can't have too many kids. ;);)
Oh yes you can!!! 1 is too many for me. I am not having any!
How do they know it wasn't the cigarettes?
What cigarettes?
>The study included 66 non-smoking
>men who had sought treatment for
>alcoholism, along with 30
>non-smokers who had never >consumed alcohol.
Okay, I misread it. My bad.
Smart girl ~ to hell with those stretch marks. ;)
I'm not having any more either.
There are ............
Eighteen holes did not become the standard until the early 1900s, but from 1764 onward, more courses copied the St. Andrews model.
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Then, on the other hand there is another explanation:
When asked why golf consists of 18 holes, a man jokingly says that it's from 18 shots being in a bottle of whiskey and that when done drinking that many (while playing the game), he reckons the round was then considered done.
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Opioids also cause hypogonadism and low testosterone levels.
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