There is a whole myth about the frequent use of bicycles that ensures that their frequent use can generate problems of erectile dysfunction and infertility.As we know you are a Lifestyle like us, we tell you everything!
Can riding a bike cause erectile dysfunction?
We know that exercise in general is very beneficial for our health, but could cycling be another story?
Certainly, in this sense the investigations They contradict each other, there are some who have found some risk indicators of infertility and erectile dysfunction and others who deny that it is true, but find a relationship with a slightly more alarming disease.Let's see!
Cycling and the risk of infertility and erectile dysfunction
In a study published in the journal Fertility and Sterility in 2010, a relationship was found between the habit of riding a bike and a smaller sperm production.
This result was obtained from a sample of 2611 men, who were I question them about their eating habits, exercise and even attire.
31% of these men turned out to be beginner cyclists and shared another characteristic: they had a low sperm count.On the other hand, a 40 % of those who admitted to biking frequently had poor mobility of their sperm, a high number if compared to 23%, of those who did not exercise.
Demining the study but...Is cycling related to prostate cancer?
In a new study, the largest in this thematic, conducted by researchers at University College London, the data offered by 5282 male cyclists, who voluntarily participated in This research in the United Kingdom, answering a survey, where they had to report if they had erectile dysfunction, if they had been diagnosed with infertility or if they had had prostate cancer.To evaluate the results they were classified according to the time they spent practicing weekly Cycling: less than 3.75 hours, between 5.76 and 8.5 hours and more than 8.5 hours.
In all this sample no relationship was found between erectile dysfunction, infertility and cycling, without However, there was a somewhat more worrying finding: the results inferred a certain relationship between cycling and an increased risk of developing prostate cancer, especially among those who spend more hours in the activity and in men who exceed 50 years.Presenting a risk six times greater than the rest of the participants.
It is fair to clarify that to assert a specific relationship it would be necessary to carry out new studies, so this can be taken as a small indication, but not yet a real indication of risk.
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