The probability of getting pregnant with a cup of coffee a day has been halved. Is it true or not?

The article says that six major foods, including carrots, garlic and coffee, kill sperm or make people amenorrhoea, equivalent to contraceptive. Is this true or false?

Recently, there was an article entitled "have you eaten the contraceptive on the table?" Do you eat too much? At last, I was shocked! "the article went viral on WeChat moments, saying that six major foods, including carrots, garlic and coffee, kill sperm or make people amenorrhoea, which is equivalent to contraceptive. A friend joked that after watching it, the whole person was not good.

Yesterday, the reporter forwarded the article to Zhao Hongli, director of gynecology, Hangzhou traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, and Dr. Xiaoming, Department of Nutrition, affiliated Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Zhejiang University Medical College. After reading it, their first reaction was to laugh and say, "it's too much." However, they warned that the coffee and wine mentioned in the article should not be drunk too much, otherwise it may affect pregnancy.

Will eating carrots amenorrhoea?

After women eat too many carrots, a large amount of carotene will cause amenorrhea and inhibit the normal ovulation function of the ovaries. Carrots help with contraception.

Dr. Zhao Hongli commented: carrots are a good food, known as "little ginseng," but I have never heard or seen similar literature reports that carrots cause amenorrhea and inhibit normal ovulation in the ovaries. How much does it take to eat amenorrhea?

Doctor Xiaoming commented: carotene is fat-soluble and can only be absorbed by the human body under the action of fat, so its absorption rate is not as high as we think, and the probability is too low to eat too much.

If you have a cup of coffee a day, your chances of getting pregnant will be halved?

Coffee has a direct effect on conception. Women who drank more than one cup of coffee a day were only half as likely to become pregnant as those who did not drink the drink. Therefore, coffee is the best choice for contraception.

Dr. Zhao Hongli commented: I personally do not recommend coffee. The British Journal of Pharmacology did publish a US study that found that four cups of coffee a day reduced the chances of pregnancy by 25 per cent. The reason is that too much caffeine will lead to the loss of vitality of the special guiding cells in the inner wall of the fallopian tube and inhibit the normal contraction of the fallopian tube, thus affecting the smooth entry of the egg into the uterus. But many people ignore the question that the subjects of this experiment are mice, not people, and it is hard to say whether there is a similar relationship between human pregnancy and coffee drinking.

It is Dr. Xiaoming's comment: it is also necessary to remind us that now the weather is hot, beverages must not be used instead of water. Drinks contain a lot of sugar, pigments, preservatives and so on, and these ingredients are not good for health. The clinic found that some azoospermia patients have no habit of drinking water and like to use drinks instead of water. Although it is not yet possible to prove whether there is a direct or indirect relationship between pregnancy and beverage consumption, this phenomenon is worthy of vigilance. Does garlic have obvious spermicidal effect?

Original: eat more garlic Kefa people's righteousness, but also has the obvious effect of killing sperm, has the effect of contraception.

It's Dr. Xiaoming's comment: never heard of it. Garlic is good for the human body, especially when eating white cut meat, with a little garlic, it can promote the absorption of protein.

Papaya is a very effective contraceptive?

Original: papaya is a very effective contraceptive. Because papaya contains papain, it can interact with progesterone to achieve contraceptive effect.

Dr. Zhao Hongli's comments: papain is often used as a food additive to soften meat, cold resistance of beer and so on, which has nothing to do with progesterone. From a reproductive point of view, it is estrogen that interacts with progesterone, but recent studies have found that papaya does not contain estrogen. Even if there is estrogen, it does not lead to contraception. Because clinically, some infertile patients, it is precisely estrogen to supplement.

Can alcohol atrophy the testicles?

Original text: alcohol is the main component of alcohol. Ethanol can increase the concentration of catecholamine in the body, vasospasm, testicular hypoplasia, and even testicular atrophy, and the spermatogenic function will be structurally changed. insufficient secretion of testosterone and other male hormones, there will be voice thinning, breast enlargement and other feminine manifestations. Such people are prone to male infertility, and even if they give birth, the next generation is more likely to have deformities. Women can cause irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, egg production variation, no libido or stop ovulation and so on.

It is Dr. Xiaoming's comment: alcohol, especially high concentrations of alcohol, is not good for your health. A few years ago, our hospital's reproductive endocrinology department found that many patients with poor sperm quality came from the seaside. Therefore, a retrospective investigation was made on these cases. The analysis found that many of these people were fishermen. Because of the heavy humidity on the sea, I got into the habit of drinking. Every time before going out to sea, the spirits are loaded to the ship in a case. There are relatively few women who are addicted to alcohol, but one thing to remind you is that cosmetics must be extracted from pure plants without alcohol. Otherwise, alcohol will be absorbed through the skin.

Does celery reduce sperm count?

Men eat more celery will inhibit the production of testosterone, which has a spermicidal effect, will reduce the number of sperm. After eating celery for many days, healthy and fertile young men will significantly reduce their sperm volume or even make it difficult to conceive, which will return to normal a few months after the food is stopped. Dr. Zhao Hongli and Dr. Shi Xiaoming commented: I have not seen any similar research.

Eat more of the four kinds of food to help you get pregnant

Dr. Zhao Hongli said that after thousands of years of development, the foods we often eat in our daily life are basically plain foods, and most of those with strong sex have been used in medicine, or for both medicine and food. There is no problem for a person as long as he or she eats a balanced diet, eats seasonal food, and is not picky or partial.

Doctor Xiaoming said that from a nutritional point of view, as long as any food is not excessive, there is no need to worry.

If you plan to have a baby this year, you can eat more of the following four types of food before and after pregnancy.

Folic acid: it can be obtained from green leafy vegetables, or folic acid supplements can be bought separately. Asians are people with folic acid deficiency. Supplementation of folic acid before pregnancy can help prevent fetal neural tube defects.

Nuts: such as walnuts. According to traditional Chinese medicine, walnut tonifies the kidney, and the kidney dominates reproduction. Modern medicine believes that walnuts contain zinc and DHA, which help to improve the sperm condition of men. However, people with hot physique are not recommended to eat.

Bean products: such as black beans. Beans are the valley of the kidney. eat some bean products properly, which will help tonify the kidney and produce essence.

Deep sea fish: such as salmon to supplement DHA. DHA not only plays an important role in the development of fetal brain, but also plays an important role in the maturation of retinal photosensitive cells.