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Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that the omega-3 essential fatty acid DHA is required for the proper formation of healthy sperm, thereby supporting male fertility.
“Normal sperm cells contain an arc-like structure called the acrosome that is critical in fertilization because it houses, organizes, and concentrates a variety of enzymes that sperm use to penetrate an egg,” said Manabu T. Nakamura, an associate professor of biochemical and molecular nutrition at the University of Illinois. The study shows that DHA is essential in fusing the building blocks of the acrosome together. “Without DHA, this vital structure doesn’t form and sperm cells don’t work,” said Timothy Abbott, doctoral student at the University of Illinois, who co-authored the study.
We have known for some time that DHA is abundant in your brain and arteries, playing vital roles in neurological and cardiovascular health. Now we have a better understanding of why DHA is also highly concentrated in the testes. Too bad so many men are deficient.
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“Normal sperm cells contain an arc-like structure called the acrosome that is critical in fertilization because it houses, organizes, and concentrates a variety of enzymes that sperm use to penetrate an egg,” said Manabu T. Nakamura, an associate professor of biochemical and molecular nutrition at the University of Illinois. The study shows that DHA is essential in fusing the building blocks of the acrosome together. “Without DHA, this vital structure doesn’t form and sperm cells don’t work,” said Timothy Abbott, doctoral student at the University of Illinois, who co-authored the study.
We have known for some time that DHA is abundant in your brain and arteries, playing vital roles in neurological and cardiovascular health. Now we have a better understanding of why DHA is also highly concentrated in the testes. Too bad so many men are deficient.
More...
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