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50/50 Adventure
01-13-2008, 12:40 AM
Just a potential heads up for those trying to conceive.Plus I dont think I would want myself,spouse,baby to have caffeine in the system and affecting things in that stage regardless.

London, Oct 30: Most of you may be addicted to your morning cuppa coffee, but a new study has revealed that your favorite brew may reduce your ability to father normal children.

Just three cups a day is thought to damage sperm and lead to failed pregnancies or birth defects.

"Independent of age, men with substantial daily caffeine consumption have increased sperm damage," scientists were quoted by the Mirror, as saying.

It offers a possible reason for plummeting fertility levels among British men, which have fallen 29 per cent in the last decade.

Bradford University and California University studied males with no fertility problems aged 22- 80.

"Three cups of coffee a day creates damage leading to chromosome rearrangements in the embryo. This can lead to the death of the embryo and birth defects," lead author Dr Andrew Wyrobek said. (ANI)

lynnmosher
01-13-2008, 12:41 AM
This is a new one for me. Although I don't need it, I will pass it on to my daughter. Thanks for this.

Ransom v. Unman
01-13-2008, 01:00 AM
But wait... THe English have been drinking coffee regularly for hundreads of years!

Something about this report doesn't add up... I trust the British media a little less than I trust the American media. I get the feeling they're not telling the whole story.