Antioxidants May Help Some Couples Conceive

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Oral antioxidants for men may help some couples who are experiencing difficulty conceiving to achieve pregnancy, according to a review published online January 19 in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

One in 20 men is affected by subfertility. In many cases, the difficulty may be traced to sperm cells altered by reactive oxygen species. Antioxidants may lessen such damage.

"Between 30% to 80% of male subfertility cases are considered to be due to the damaging effects of oxidative stress on sperm," write Marian Showell, MPH, from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and colleagues. "Oral supplementation with antioxidants may improve sperm quality by reducing oxidative stress."

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