Man your strongman - may damage your fertility

Boxer or panties? A new study by Harvard T.H. researchers suggests that this extreme differentiation debate may eventually become a winner. Chan School of Public Health found that men wearing boxers may have higher sperm counts than men in shorts.

A new study found that sperm prefer looser underwear. (Source: Marc Ebenwaldner / EyeEm / EyeEm / GettyImages)

This study is the largest study to study the relationship between underwear style and semen quality, the researchers collected information and from 656 A sample of men between the ages of 32 and 39 who are part of a couple seeking help from a fertility clinic. The men filled out the survey to ask what kind of underwear they had worn in the past three months: boxers, jockeys, double kinis, briefs or other.

Fifty-three percent of participants reported boxers wearing tights. Interesting part? The researchers found that the concentration of sperm in the boxer's sperm was 23% higher and the sperm count was 17% higher

than men wearing more fitting underwear. Moreover, men wearing boxers also had higher The number of sperm. Percentage of active sperm - those skilled swimmers pass the female reproductive system and fertilize the eggs. The most important difference is the relationship between the person wearing the boxer and the person wearing the jockey and the panties.

Although previous studies have found that high temperatures affect sperm concentration and quality, the effects of different st studies were published earlier this week in the journal Human Reproduction

“The demand for infertility treatment has been increasing the rate of infertility in the past few years and has been increasing,” said Dr. Lidia Minguez-Alarcon, Harvard University research scientist and research scientist Chan School, LIVESTRONG.COM. “These results can be used to improve the sperm count in men because the type of underwear worn is a lifestyle that can change.”

But if the child is born to win a round of Fortnite and delete your Tinder account Somewhere. Current advantageFirst list, you firmly believe in jockeys, briefs and other tights, don't, nevertheless, your sliding drawers are still the same.

"The reality is that infertility is very rare in the general population. So I won't let all people change their percentage of underwear habits because they are small," Orlando Urology Doctor and male fertility expert Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt said. “So, unless you are screened through the process, I will say to continue doing things that make you feel comfortable.”

Basically, these findings are mainly for couples who have been pregnant with a fertility specialist. Even so, changing the type of underwear you wear can have an additional effect on other changeable behaviors that have a greater impact on fertility – such as smoking, heavy drinking, and poor diet.

If you are sure you want to test the effectiveness of this boxer's best theory, Dr. Minguez-Alarcon recommends that you slip them three months before you start trying to get pregnant because spermatogenesis or sperm production takes so long. . Otherwise, your gonads may be better in a pair of stressful situations.

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