r/science Professor | Medicine 10d ago

Health Ultra-processed foods harm men’s health. They increase weight, disrupt hormones, decrease testosterone, and introduce harmful substances linked to declining sperm quality. They contain industrial and synthetic ingredients. This may be why over the past 50 years, sperm quality has plummeted.

https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2025/not-all-calories-are-equal-ultra-processed-foods-harm-mens-health/
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u/S14Ryan 9d ago

I would probably take lead out of your list. Lead contamination and  pollution has dropped significantly in the last 50 years. 

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u/S14Ryan 9d ago

This is a pretty useless thing to add, as there is no good amount of it, there is a VERY bad amount of it, which nearly every person in the world born before around 1990 suffered from. Kids aren’t born chalk-full of lead anymore, despite being born with a non-zero amount, which will realistically never change.

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u/makesufeelgood 9d ago

Chalk full? That's some good bone apple tea right there