大連小媳婦兒急眼了

There was a time when infertility was seen as a women’s problem. Not anymore.

曾經有一段時間，不孕是被視為是女性的問題。

其實不然。

Older dads are more likely to pass on genetic mutations to their offspring than older mums, according to research.

據研究表明，相比於大齡媽媽，大齡爸爸更有可能將基因突變遺傳給他們的孩子。

Sperm counts in men worldwide have declined by half over the past 50 years and are continuing to fall.

全球男性的精子計數在過去50年里減少了一半，且這種趨勢還將繼續。

Here, in a piece for The Hippocratic Post, a range of experts reveal 21 things that could be diminishing your partner’s supply.

在《希波克拉底郵報》上的一篇文章當中，一些專家揭露了21件能夠減少你的伴侶精子供應量的事情。

BIOLOGICAL CLOCK

生物鐘

Men have a biological clock just like women. Studies have shown that men’s fertility starts to decline after the age of 35.

和女性一樣，男性也有生物鐘。

研究表明，男性的生育能力在35歲之後就開始衰退。

TIGHT UNDERWEAR

緊身內褲

Male models – and footballer David Beckham – may look sexy in tight briefs, but close-fitting underwear is going to decrease your chance of conceiving a child.

男模和足球運動員大衛.貝克漢姆身著緊身三角褲可能看起來十分性感，但是這種內褲會減少你生孩子的幾率。

UNDESCENDED TESTICLE

隱睪

CANCER TREATMENT

癌症治療

BEING ILL

生病

A huge number of illnesses can affect male fertility.

很多疾病能夠影響男性的生育能力。

A RANGE OF MEDICATIONS

一些藥物

』Many different types of medication can affect male fertility through different ways,』 says Dr Jane Stewart.

「很多不同類型的藥物能夠通過不同方式影響男性的生育能力。

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STAYING FIT

保持健康

Staying fit and healthy and exercising regularly is important if you want to maximise your chances of conceiving a child.

如果你想要將懷孕的幾率最大化，保持健康和定期鍛鍊十分重要。

However, men and women who exercise too much can impair their natural fertility.

然而，運動過多的男性和女性能夠損害他們的先天生育能力。

BEING OVERLY HOT

過熱

Anything that raises the temperature of your testicles is going to have a temporary impact on sperm production, even sitting on a crowded commuter train for long periods in a heatwave.

任何提高睪丸溫度的事情都會對精子生成產生臨時影響，即使是長時間坐在高溫狀態下的擁擠通勤火車上。

FREQUENT SELF-PLEASURE

頻繁的自慰

NOT HAVING ENOUGH SEX

沒有足夠的性

LACK OF VITAMIN D

缺少維他命D

Vitamin D – the sunshine vitamin – is essential to sperm health.

維他命D是一種陽光維他命，它對精子的健康至關重要。

DRINKING TOO MUCH

酗酒

SMOKING TOBACCO

抽菸

BEING OBESE

肥胖

USING YOUR LAPTOP ON YOUR LAP

在膝蓋上使用筆記本電腦

HAVING A POOR DIET

飲食不佳

BODYBUILDING

健美

YOUR JOB

你的工作

GUM DISEASE

齒齦病

Bacteria in gums, which easily passes through the mouth into the bloodstream, may have an inflammatory effect on other parts of the body including the testes which produce sperm.

牙齦中的細菌很容易穿過口腔進入血流，使身體的其他部位發炎，包括生成精子的睪丸。

GOING VEGETARIAN

成為素食者

MOBILE PHONES

手機

Some scientists believe that electromagnetic field exposure from mobile phones may have a negative effect on sperm production.

一些科學家們認為，手機產生的電磁場暴露可能會對精子生成產生不利影響。