Study: bacon lowers sperm count

by whland

Posted: 11 years ago 34 replies

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WOW. I better give up bacon if I ever want to have kids.

(NOPE I WILL NOT GIVE UP MY BACON) I just won't make kids.

Study: bacon lowers sperm count

A new study says that men who are trying to become fathers should give up bacon.

Harvard researchers found that men who ate one to three servings of processed meat, like bacon, had more deformed sperm than men who ate fewer servings.

The study looked at more than 150 men and found that processed meat lowered sperm quality, while white meat, like fish, raised it.

Researchers also found that men who ate the most dark meat fish, like salmon, had a 34-percent higher total sperm count than men who ate the least amount of fish.

The American Society of Reproductive Medicine presented the study in mid-October.

Source: Study: bacon lowers sperm count - kwch.com

Horny Devil Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by whland

bacon lowers sperm count

Tell him that. He seems to have plenty of it.
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TLTheLiberator

11 years ago

Maybe that's another reason why it is prohibited in two of the 3 so-called major religions.

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Richard Van

11 years ago

Originally Posted by TLTheLiberator

Maybe that's another reason why it is prohibited in two of the 3 so-called major religions.

Maybe, though neither of the religions have ever stated that as a reason.

Here's another one though and I hope I'm not throwing rocks at a hornets nest...

Pigs are one of the fastest animals to begin rotting and one of the fastest to make us ill when not stored correctly.

Now go back to either 2000 years ago to the hot middle east, or about 700 years ago to the hot middle east and try storing pork without a fridge (This was when both of those religions holy books were written concerning the eating of pork, or there abouts)

Then think how a completely god fearing society, where everything that happens is a sign from God, goes about explaining food poisoning.

Besides, as Biz and others have said, the study is wrong.

It simply has to be. I love bacon.

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Riptor

11 years ago

Had the snip years ago so bring on the bacon sarnies... preferably with mushrooms.

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Frank Donovan

11 years ago

Just another example of crap journalism.

No mention of how long the study lasted, what controls were used, or whether these "one to three servings" were consumed per week, per day, or actually during intercourse. And, naturally, no link to the original study that this "story" references.

Worse than pointless.

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Dan Riffle

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Frank Donovan

Just another example of crap journalism.

No mention of how long the study lasted, what quality controls were used, or whether these "one to three" servings were consumed per week, per day, or actually during intercourse. And, naturally, no link to the original study that this "story" references.

Worse than pointless.

I'd like to believe consumption happened at conception.

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Frank Donovan 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

I'd like to believe consumption happened at conception.

Ah. Another devotee of the post-coital bacon sandwich.
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HeySal

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Frank Donovan

I was kinda wondering where you have to put the bacon.

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thunderbird

11 years ago

Originally Posted by HeySal

I was kinda wondering where you have to put the bacon.

Ordinarily, put in the mouth crispy. Other than that, I hate to imagine.

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Dan Riffle

11 years ago

Originally Posted by thunderbird

Ordinarily, put in the mouth crispy. Other than that, I hate to imagine.

Crispy. Crispy? CRISPY?!

Bacon should be chewy, dammit!

Sorry, "crispy" and "bacon" together makes me see red.

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thunderbird

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

Crispy. Crispy? CRISPY?!

Bacon should be chewy, dammit!

Sorry, "crispy" and "bacon" together makes me see red.

What do I know. I hardly ever eat the stuff. You like it chewy with no crispiness, or chewy with some crispiness?

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Dan Riffle

11 years ago

Originally Posted by thunderbird

What do I know. I hardly ever eat the stuff. You like it chewy with no crispiness, or chewy with some crispiness?

Actually, I'm in the minority. Most people seem to like it crispy. I like it firm, but chewy without much crispiness at all. My wife calls it, "raw." I beg to differ.

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Richard Van

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

Actually, I'm in the minority. Most people seem to like it crispy. I like it firm, but chewy without much crispiness at all. My wife calls it, "raw." I beg to differ.

I like it chewy but with crispy fatty edges.

Dan, we may consume alcohol together one day but I fear a bacon sarnie is out of the question.

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Dan Riffle 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Richard Van

I like it chewy but with crispy fatty edges.

Dan, we may consume alcohol together one day but I fear a bacon sarnie is out of the question.

Eh, once I'm drunk, I throw the crispy-o-meter out the window. Besides, I have whole new worlds of popcorn to show you. You really have to schedule a visit to the New World.
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MissTerraK 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

Crispy. Crispy? CRISPY?!

Bacon should be chewy, dammit!

Sorry, "crispy" and "bacon" together makes me see red.

Exactly!!

I won't eat crispy bacon, it must be chewy so I can savor the flavor. When it's crispy, it breaks apart and seems to lose so much of that wonderful bacon taste.

Huh? Who'd a thunk it?

Dan's a man after my own...

bacon.

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- Dan Riffle 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by MissTerraK
  
  Dan's a man after my own...
  
  bacon.
  
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  Is that what the kids are calling it these days?
  
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  MissTerraK 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Dan Riffle
  
  Is that what the kids are calling it these days?
  
  Haha!
  
  Why didn't I see that one coming? I must be slippin'!
  
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  Dan Riffle 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by MissTerraK
  
  Haha!
  
  Why didn't I see that one coming? I must be slippin'!
  
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  agmccall 11 years ago
  
  I would bet that P.E.T.A. is behind the study
  
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  thunderbird 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by agmccall
  
  I would bet that P.E.T.A. is behind the study
  
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  PETA uses money donated to it to pay for publicity stunts. Research? I don't think so. I am baffled by PETA and what their agenda really is. Nearly 100% of pets taken to PETA's US "shelter" in Virginia are put to death.
  
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  MissTerraK 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Dan Riffle
  
  My potential reply is almost worth the ban.
  
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  Behave! Again! :p
  
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Jason Kanigan 11 years ago

Correlation is not causation.

Men who eat more servings of bacon are likely doing other negative health-related things.
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ronrule 11 years ago

I have 3 kids already, sounds like a bonus to me.
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- bizgrower 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by ronrule
  
  I have 3 kids already, sounds like a bonus to me.
  
  Better than the surgery. But, then could you sue if the study is
  not accurate?
  
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Dennis Gaskill 11 years ago

The article says "processed meat" like bacon, so it's not just bacon. I love how these studies draw their conclusions based on one factor isolated from all other factors.

How many times has it been preached something is "bad" for you because of some study, only to have another study show years later whatever was bad is not bad after all, and may even be good for you?

I believe these kinds of studies about as much as I believe I can turn invisible at will.
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Dan Riffle 11 years ago

Would have been much better if the study was about sausage.
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mojojuju 11 years ago

I was eating lots of bacon when my children were conceived. Do you think my wife was cheating on me?
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- bizgrower 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by mojojuju
  
  I was eating lots of bacon when my children were conceived. Do you think my wife was cheating on me?
  
  Nah. The study's wrong.
  
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- gearmex 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by mojojuju
  
  I was eating lots of bacon when my children were conceived. Do you think my wife was cheating on me?
  
  Me too, i think this study does not hold any ground and even if it did, i would not give up my breakfast Bacon once a week
  
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HeySal 11 years ago

I can see there being some truth to it. Look at some of the chemicals in processed meat. After putting myself through 7 years of that pill with as sick as it made me the last year I took it, to find out all I'd have had to do is bacon and egg breakfasts, I feel just a little bit cheated.:rolleyes:
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- tagiscom 11 years ago
  
  Hmmmmm! :rolleyes:
  
  Old Man and the Se.. Bacon - YouTube
  
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MissTerraK

11 years ago

Originally Posted by whland

WOW. I better give up bacon if I ever want to have kids.

(NOPE I WILL NOT GIVE UP MY BACON) I just won't make kids.

Study: bacon lowers sperm count

Source: Study: bacon lowers sperm count - kwch.com

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bizgrower 11 years ago

I wonder if the actual study addresses if the effect is temporary
or permanent? Suppose a man was having a fertility issue.
Would the processed meat effect go away after a day or
a week... So many other factors too though.
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