What’s inside: You’ll learn a lot about refined carbs and sugar—and how they affect your metabolism and cellular health, including sperm. Results: Not so pretty, but also not the end of the road for fertility if you know how to (carb).
In the last half-century, global sugar consumption has soared more than fivefold, adding roughly 450 (kilo)calories a day to the average diet. In an era of takeout and processed snacks, refined carbohydrates and added sugars dominate many people’s plates. The result: a steady driver of chronic illness, but more importantly for our purposes, possesses a quiet threat to male reproductive health.