Role of environmental estrogens in deterioration of male fertility
Fertility is actually becoming quite big business in Western medicine and more and more of an issue with patients. If a woman is not fertile, their is something with their physiology that is imbalanced–estrogen dominance, polycystic ovaries, anovulation–that needs to be addressed. The medical approach of forcing ovulation on a system that is NOT ovulating because it is not ready for it just stumps me. Fix the menstrual cycle and fertility should return. I had a friend with poor lifestyle habits, including smoking. She had seen fertility doctors and was contemplating treatment. She finally quit smoking and was pregnant in weeks. With male fertility, external influences seem to be a major player–here we seen xenoestrogens affecting fertility. Want scary? Studies in mice has shown reduction in male fertility 3 generations later when zinc was deficient.
ScienceDirect – Fertility and Sterility: Role of environmental estrogens in the deterioration of male factor fertility