Cell Phones Reduce Sperm Count #shorts
00:00:00.000 | You might have heard that carrying your phone in your pocket
00:00:02.600 | can reduce your testosterone levels and sperm count,
00:00:05.460 | and guess what?
00:00:06.480 | That is true.
00:00:07.320 | The data contained within this meta-analysis
00:00:09.240 | and other meta-analyses clearly point out
00:00:11.680 | that it can reduce sperm count
00:00:14.040 | and maybe testosterone levels significantly,
00:00:16.160 | but certainly sperm count and motility significantly.
00:00:19.160 | It reduces sperm quality.
00:00:20.920 | So should you avoid putting your phone in your pocket?
00:00:23.760 | Certainly your front pocket, I would suggest yes, right?
00:00:26.280 | If you are somebody who is seeking to conceive, right?
00:00:28.960 | And then people say,
00:00:29.940 | well, I don't actually feel the heat of the phone.
00:00:31.600 | It doesn't get that warm.
00:00:33.180 | But the temperature effects of the phone, it turns out,
00:00:37.120 | are enough, even under conditions
00:00:39.260 | in which people don't report it to be uncomfortably warm,
00:00:42.280 | that it can change the temperature milieu of the testicle
00:00:44.840 | in ways that can diminish sperm quality.
00:00:46.400 | How much and how that relates
00:00:48.280 | to fertility and healthy pregnancy, not clear.
00:00:50.600 | But since we're talking about things to avoid,
00:00:53.080 | if your goal is to have a healthy fertilization
00:00:56.640 | in pregnancy, well then, by all means,
00:00:58.560 | just don't carry it in your front pocket.