Folic acid is also transported for the godparents

2001/03/01 Galarraga Aiestaran, Ana - Elhuyar Zientzia

• Osasuna

The importance of folic acid for women who want to be mothers or are pregnant has long been known. At present, all women who are in this situation receive this information, and most of them take a pill daily to make sure they take enough of it. In fact, it is known that this prevents the malformation of the spine called spina bifida.

According to a new study by scientists from the University of California, for those who want to be parents it is very important to take the necessary folic acid. In the study published in the journal Fertility and Sterility it is explained that the absence of folic acid is related to the decrease in the number of sperm and sperm density.

In addition, folic acid is also suspected to be involved in the synthesis and repair of sperm DNA. Therefore, with a low content of folic acid, the risk is that the chromosomes are damaged and, therefore, children are more likely to suffer from health problems.

In the study conducted by the same group of researchers in 1991, it was explained that male spermatozoa taking too much vitamin C had more genetic damage. In addition, if they were smokers, the risk was even greater.

The main conclusion of these studies is that behavior and habit (diet, smoking, drinking alcohol) have a major influence on reproductive health. Therefore, men who want to be parents should reflect on their behavior, since even though they have so far focused on women, they also participate at the same level.