Thursday 7 February 2013

Television as a contraceptive

              Well - us doctors knew ages ago that male fertility was affected by wearing tight Y-fronts, as opposed to loose boxer shorts and assumed that it was an overheating problem.  We knew that too much time spent on a bicycle was not a good thing for the poor old testicles either.
                   But
A new vilain has entered the scene
              Television
A new report has found a direct relationship between declining male fertility and hours spent watching television.
              Men who watched more than than 20 hours of TV a week had sperm counts
44 % lower than those who watched fewer than 4 hours
(after adjusting for factors such as diet smoking and obesity).
             They found that sperm count fell steadily, as TV watching increased although the sperm shape and movement was not affected.
           They also found that men who did plenty of exercise had sperm counts 73% higher than those who did none.

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2 comments:

  1. English Pensioner8 February 2013 at 10:43

    If only it were true!
    On the basis that many of the least useful members of society spend much of their time watching television, whilst the busy useful members of society rarely have time for other than a quick glance, is this nature's way of selecting the fittest for reproduction?

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  2. A Scottish Pensioner8 February 2013 at 12:01

    You have a point there, but I wonder if sitting in front of a computer monitor counts the same as watching telly.
    If it does, then all our supposedly brightest young men with office jobs may have difficulty passing on their genes too.
    Who will survive? - Hospital doctors but not GPs. Car mechanics but not office based engineers.

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