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Natural ways to boost sperm quality

My husband and I have been trying to conceive for over a year, and we’ve just found out he has low sperm motility, with no obvious cause. Are there any effective supplements he could take or anything else he could do to improve it?

T.L., via email

Sperm-related problems account for some 20 to 30 percent of infertility cases worldwide. Sperm motility refers to its ability to move efficiently—vital for it to travel through a woman’s reproductive tract and reach and fertilize an egg. Sperm count or density (number of sperm), morphology (size and shape) and viscosity (consistency) are other important aspects of sperm quality for fertility, and terms you’ve probably seen on your husband’s semen analysis report. A huge variety of nutritional and lifestyle factors can affect sperm quality, so there’s lots he can do to try

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