Meta-analysis of 185 studies (N=42,935) shows sperm counts in Western countries dropped 59% between 1973 and 2011. Gov't response to this catastrophic threat to future generations? 'There’s no funding. There’s none.'https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/25/style/sperm-count.html …
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‘Silent Spring’ by Rachel Carson, published 56 years ago. Reproduction needs nutrients. Modern agriculture has poisoned our food (& soil). What little nutrients are left in our food today are used by our bodies for detoxification, not to build the new generation.
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Traditional societies the world over had special (nutrient-dense) foods that they called 'sacred' and that were given to couples who wanted to conceive. Particularly the women ate those foods before, during and after pregnancy.
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Correlate that with average testosterone levels.
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Why is there no mention of increased SSRI use across these populations? Seems like one of the more obvious potential contributors...
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and Xeno-estrogens.
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I can't figure this out. Am I supposed to be afraid of more population, or less?
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Depends on which population we're talking about.
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I wouldn't be surprised if the number of pregnancies per woman (leading to a live north or not) dropped by about that much, few people complain. Does sperm count drop linearly? Does it currently keep doing so? The past drop *alone* doesn't seem an existential threat.
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