Scientists state that levels of chromosomal abnormalities in men's sperm are associated with the quantity of vitamins that men get from leafy green vegetables and fruit, pulses.
Human Reproduction, Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal, wrote on Thursday, 20 April, an interesting research about the link between mens diet with high levels of folate a water-soluble B vitamin that occurs naturally in food the abnormalities in their sperm. Men who took folic acid, i.e. the synthetic form of this vitamin, had lower levels of abnormal sperm. By words abnormal sperm the researchers meant sperm in which a chromosome had been lost or gained. This abnprmality is also known as aneuploidy.

The authors of the research estimate that between 1-4% of sperm of healthy men have some type of aneuploidy, but there are large variations among individuals. The mechanisms are poorly understood and little is known about the effects of men's diet on their sperm.
The first study of this kind had an aim to investigate the relationship between sperm aneuploidy and the diet of partners who are going to concept. Scientists analysed sperm samples from 89 healthy non-smoking men and questioned them about their daily total food. The questioners included everything in their diet even vitamin supplements of zinc, folate, vitamin C, vitamin E and beta-carotene and the positive link was found.