Avoid placing your laptop on your thighs and carrying your phone in your front pocket to protect sperm vitality and quality from heat and electromagnetic waves.

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The fact that heat is the enemy of male vitality is based on solid foundations: a thermal observation study conducted by Sheynkin and his team (2005) shows that placing a laptop on the thighs rapidly raises the local temperature by more than 2°C. This thermal increase temporarily disrupts the production of sperm, which physiologically need to remain cool. The sperm cup experiment mentioned by the creator refers to in vitro work by Avendaño et al. (2012). However, this type of laboratory evidence is not directly transferable to reality, as isolated sperm deprived of the body's natural protections are much more vulnerable to electromagnetic waves. Regarding the phone in the pocket, while a meta-analysis by Mathews (2014) associated electromagnetic waves with a decrease in sperm motility, field data remains contradictory. Indeed, a large prospective cohort study, the PRESTO study (2021), did not observe a direct overall link between carrying a phone in a front pocket and couple fertility. In short, distancing oneself from direct heat sources is an excellent wellness habit, but the effect of mobile waves in the pocket remains debated.

the sources

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2. 2Gundersen TD, Jørgensen N, Andersson AM, et al. 2015