ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened or Artificially Sweetened Beverages and Semen Quality in Young Men: A Cross-Sectional Study.
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- The effect of healthy dietary patterns on male semen quality: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Asian journal of andrologyPooled it
- Association between Dietary Habits and Sperm Quality: Evidence from a Multicenter Fertility Study in Malaysia.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2026Article
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- Sweet Drinks, Sour Consequences: The Impact of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages on Sperm Health, a Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2025Review
- A preconception cohort study of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and semen quality.Andrology · 2024Article
- Dietary Glycemic Index and Load and Semen Quality: A Cross-Sectional and Prospective Analysis within the FERTINUTS Trial.The world journal of men's health · 2024Article
- Relationship between dietary glycemic index and glycemic load and sperm-quality parameters in Iranian men: a cross-sectional study.BMC nutrition · 2024Article
- Ultra-processed food consumption and semen quality parameters in the Led-Fertyl study.Human reproduction open · 2024Article
- How Food Choices Impact on Male Fertility.Current nutrition reports · 2023Review
- Dietary trends and the decline in male reproductive health.Hormones (Athens, Greece) · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundExisting literature suggests that frequent consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks may be associated with lower semen quality. Studies performed in mice suggest a dose-response relationship between intake of saccharin or aspartame, two artificial sweeteners, and sperm and testis function.
methodsA cross-sectional study based on data from The Fetal Programming of Semen Quality (FEPOS) Cohort, including 1047 young men (mean age = 19 years) was performed. Each male participant completed an online questionnaire on health, health behavior and diet, and provided a semen sample. The associations between consumption of sugar-sweetened or artificially sweetened beverages (moderate ≥ 3 days/week; infrequent < 3 days/week) and semen quality were analyzed using a multivariable, negative, binomial regression model.
resultsSugar-sweetened or artificially sweetened beverage consumption was not strongly associated with either semen volume, sperm concentration, total sperm count or total motility in young men. The proportion of morphologically normal sperm was 11% lower (0.89 (95% CI 0.76, 1.04)) for moderate (≥3 days/week) consumption of artificially sweetened beverages relative to infrequent (<3 days/week).
conclusionConsumption of sugar-sweetened or artificially sweetened beverages, at the levels present in this study had limited effect on the measured markers of semen quality in young men.
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